AP - Jul 10, 2009
Robert Plant received a royal honor from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace on Friday, putting the former Led Zeppelin front man one notch above his old band mate Jimmy Page. But,...
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If Robert Plant can rejuvenate his career in Nashville, who s next? What began as an unorthodox pairing of the golden-tressed singer for Led Zeppelin with bluegrass chanteuse Alison Krauss captured five...
More »AP - Feb 9, 2009
The 51st annual Grammys was an all-ages affair ultimately dominated by a rock legend who took up with a younger bluegrass singer on a whim. The unlikely pairing of Robert Plant and Alison Krauss that...
More »Reuters - Feb 9, 2009
Former Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant received a whole lotta love at the Grammy Awards Sunday, winning five prizes including album of the year for an acclaimed collaboration with bluegrass queen Alison...
More »AP - Feb 8, 2009
A complete list of winners at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards. Album of the Year: Raising Sand, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss; T Bone Burnett, producer; Mike Piersante, engineer/mixer; Gavin Lurssen,...
More »AP - Feb 8, 2009
List of awards presented during Sunday s telecast of the 51st annual Grammys: Album of the Year: Raising Sand, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Rap Album: Tha Carter III, Lil Wayne Male Pop Vocal Performance...
More »AP - Feb 8, 2009
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss are taking home the Grammys highest honor, winning album of the year for Raising Sand. They beat out Lil Wayne, Ne-Yo, Coldplay, and Radiohead for the...
More »Reuters - Feb 8, 2009
Former Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant and American bluegrass singer Alison Krauss won the Grammy for record of the year on Sunday for the tune Please Read the Letter. The other...
More »E! Online - Jan 1, 2009
Jimmy Page can't seem to get Robert Plant onboard for a Led Zeppelin reunion. Maybe Queen Elizabeth can do some arm-twisting. Seems Her Majesty is a big Zep fan, naming Plant as one of the recipients...
More »AP - Sep 19, 2008
Alison Krauss and Robert Plant s album Raising Sand was a big winner at the Americana Honors & Awards. Raising Sand won album of the year, and Krauss and Plant were named duo of the year Thursday at...
More »AP - Jul 24, 2008
With Alison Krauss touring this summer with Robert Plant, the guys in her band, Union Station, had some time to kill, like enough to read biographies of all 43 presidents and maybe paint their houses...
More »AP - Dec 13, 2007
If Led Zeppelin tours in 2008, it won t be during May: Singer Robert Plant has reserved that month for a European jaunt with Alison Krauss. Plant, fresh off a hugely successful reunion concert with...
More »Reuters - Aug 28, 2006
You may have seen the recent photos of Bob Dylan looking uncannily like Charlie Chaplin, and his 44th album, Modern Times, shares a title with Chaplin s 1936 classic about automation, big business and...
More »Reuters - Aug 4, 2006
Arthur Lee, the eccentric singer/guitarist with influential 1960s rock band Love, has died in a Memphis hospital after a battle with leukemia, his manager said on Friday. He was 61. His death comes...
More »Reuters - Jun 27, 2006
Musician Jeff Buckley is getting the biopic treatment. Writer-director Brian Jun, whose Steel City was nominated for the grand jury prize at January s Sundance Film Festival, will write and direct a...
More »E! Online - Mar 6, 2006
Guess who s still alive? After a nearly four-year break from recording, Pearl Jam has announced plans to release its eighth official studio album on May 2, followed by a major tour. The self...
More »Reuters - Oct 20, 2005
After weeks of doubts, Sao Paulo s mayor had agreed to allow U.S. rockers Pearl Jam to perform in the Brazilian city s biggest stadium. More than 40,000 fans are expected for the December 2 and 3 shows...
More »AP - Oct 12, 2005
Do rock stars really need to learn how to scream? It s doubtful Robert Plant needed coaching to shriek baaaaay-beeeeey, or that Zack de la Rocha ever needed a lesson. But regardless of natural talent,...
More »AP - Sep 8, 2005
Upcoming celebrity benefits to raise money for relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: • Kevin Smith is holding an online auction on his Web site, http: 1/4 1/4http://www.ViewAskew...
More »AP - Aug 14, 2005
Robert Plant is donating proceeds from sales of a four-song CD to an Arizona-based charitable organization that aids people in remote regions of Ethiopia, Mali and Niger. The former Led Zeppelin frontman...
More »Reuters - Jun 11, 2005
Nelson Mandela joined some of the world s top musicians on Saturday in pressing the rich world to act against AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. We live in a world where the AIDS pandemic threatens the very...
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