Houses of the Holy @ 50
Released on this date in 1973. An insightful assessment by someone who hadn’t been born yet. And by someone who was. Abigail Devoehouses of the holyjimmy pagejohn bonhamjohn paul jonesLed ZeppelinMichael NolandRobert Plant
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Led Zeppelin: The Biography
This sounds promising. bob spitzjimmy pagejohn bonhamjohn paul jonesLed ZeppelinRobert Plant
Robert Plant: A Life
This is really the first biography of Plant. On balance it’s decent enough but still a pedestrian effort that doesn’t really add much more to what we already know. To Paul Rees’ credit he keeps the speculative temptation that Zep always courted to a minimum. I think that a bio by the very excellent rock…
Physical Graffiti
Released on this day (23rd) 40 years ago. All you always wanted to know. bluesfolkjimmy pagejohn bonhamjohn paul jonesLed Zeppelinmusicphysical graffitiRobert Plantrock ‘n roll
lullaby and… The Ceaseless Roar
Well, Plant is back and the initial reviews seem to be very warm and pretty similar. Pitchfork The Guardian American Songwriter Paste Rolling Stone Live4ever bluegrassbluescountry and westernfolkgospelLed ZeppelinmusicRobert PlantThe Sensational Space Shifters
Robert Plant: new fall release
Track listing Why is it that we’re still hanging on every word Robert Plant sings? Why are his recordings so eagerly anticipated over 40 years into his career in pop music? Two reasons stand out above all others. First: his voice. Surely the predominant element in reaching listeners, in making a connection with each…
Robert Plant @ Jazz Fest
As usual an excellent report by Keith Spera. He prefers to chart his own course down roads less traveled, specifically the back-country trails that lead to forgotten corners of Appalachia, the Mississippi Delta, and ramshackle bars in New Orleans’ Bywater neighborhood. Thus, on Saturday, he and the Space Shifters exhumed a meditation by high-lonesome Kentucky…
Huey “Piano” Smith and the Rocking Pneumonia Blues
New book from LSU Press. Here is an article in Nola.com Allen ToussaintDr. JohnErnie K-DoeFats DominoHuey “Piano” SmithJohn Wirtlevon helmnew orleansRobbie RobertsonRobert Plant
Hammer of the Gods
Listening again to the O2 concert it has became clearer than ever that Led Zep’s sound is of Wagnerian proportions, dragging you through the Mississippi delta up to Norse and Celtic mythology and much in between and then back down to the delta. Here are two decent enough interviews — the first is with Jimmy…
Hymns & Spirituals/Downtown Church
Two great complementary works: Tommy Sancton and Lars Edegran Patty Griffin Downtown ChurchgospelLars Edegranmusicnew orleansPatty GriffinRobert PlantTommy Sancton
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