The 52nd annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival brought a stellar lineup to the Colorado mountain town this weekend, with artists from Zach Top and Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit to Alison Krauss & Union Station and I’m With Her on the bill. There was also a special celebration of Toy …
Read More »Alison Krauss and Union Station Return With First Album Since (Sheesh) Obama's First Term
Given her two albums and tours with Robert Plant, including one last summer, it’s easy to forget that Alison Krauss is in another band too, and has been for a while. On March 28, we will be reminded with the release of Arcadia, the first album in 14 years by …
Read More »Ringo Starr Exudes Cowboy Cool on 'Look Up'
Ringo always wanted to be a cowboy. He grew up in the toughest corner of Liverpool, dreaming of escaping to the Wild West, hoping to emigrate to Texas. He was the biggest country fan in the Beatles, the one who sang the Buck Owens classic “Act Naturally” as well as …
Read More »Hear Robert Plant and Alison Krauss' New Rendition of 'When the Levee Breaks'
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss have shared their rendition of “When the Levee Breaks” to mark the recent launch of the duo’s summer tour. The track — a Memphis Minnie cover, of course, popularized by Led Zeppelin’s IV — is Plant and Krauss’ first single since the longtime collaborators released …
Read More »Robert Plant and Alison Krauss on Their 2024 Tour, 'Stairway to Heaven,' Retirement, and Much More
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss aren’t ready to stop singing together just yet. “We’ve been doing this on and off since 2007,” says Krauss, “and it’s just gotten better every time we’ve gotten together.” So after touring for the past two years behind their second collaborative album, 2021’s Raise the …
Read More »Willie Nelson Extends the 2023 Outlaw Music Festival Tour into the Fall
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Willie Nelson’s Outlaw Music Festival Tour rides again in 2023. And this time, it’s a dual celebration: not only of music that colors outside the lines, but of …
Read More »Robert Plant on Success, Getting Panned by Rolling Stone, and What 'Stairway to Heaven' Means to Him Now
W hen I reach Robert Plant on the phone, it’s a few days before he and Alison Krauss play Glastonbury. Plant has just arrived back in England in a great mood and describes his day so far in his very Plant-like way: “It’s summer solstice — it’s magnificent,” he exclaims. …
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