Robert Plant and Alison Krauss met at a tribute concert to Leadbelly, and decided to collaborate. They crafted an album together in 2007 titled Raising Sand. The album featured production by T-Bone Burnett and songwriting by Plant, Tom Waits, Sam Phillips, Townes Van Zandt and Gene Clark among others.
Throughout 2008, Plant and Krauss, along with Burnett, toured in support of the album. The tour was critically acclaimed.... Read more on Last.fm