Picture by David Smith (Toronto)
Robert Plant’s Band of Joy at DAR Constitution Hall
By Dave McKenna
Robert Plant got famous exploiting a traditional form of American music – the blues. At a Led Zeppelin show in Laurel in 1969, Washington Post pop-music critic Carl Bernstein (yeah, him) found Plant’s performance so derivative he labeled it “latter-day blackface.” Plant survived the slur, and he and Zeppelin went on to do all right for themselves. In fact, had Plant wanted to play that same stuff the same way with the same band all these …

Black Country Communion have announced details of four UK headline summer concerts they will be performing in the North of England, following their appearance at London’s High Voltage Festival at Victoria Park on Sunday July 24th.
The four piece rock band comprised of Joe Bonamassa (guitar, vocals), Jason Bonham (drums), Glenn Hughes (vocals, bass) and Derek Sherinian (keyboards), play Leeds O2 Academy (Tuesday 26th July), Newcastle O2 Academy (Wednesday 27th July), Glasgow O2 Academy (Friday 29th July) and Manchester Academy (Saturday 30th July).
A special ticket pre-sale will be available to O2 …

Vote for the greatest live version of their greatest song
Nearly 40 years ago on the evening of March 5th 1971 at the Ulster Hall Belfast, Led Zeppelin  performed for the first time in public, a new lengthy 12 minute composition due to be released on their next album. It began in tranquil mood and then developed into a soaring climax. It told the tale of a lady who was sure, about a bustle in a hedgerow and advised that if you listened very hard the tune would come to you …

Set List
Misty Mountain Hop
Down To The Sea
Angel Dance
Houses Of The Holy
Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down
Move Up
Cindy I’ll Marry You Some Day
Oh What A Beautiful City/Wade In The Water/In My Time Of Dying
Satisfied Mind
Tangerine
House Of Cards
Somewhere Trouble Don’t Go
Monkey
Can’t Buy My Love
Ramble On
Tall Cool One
Gallows Pole
In The Mood
Rock And Roll
And I Bid You Good Night

Photo by Dave Smith
This excellent review from New York City’s very own Maria Gorshin from her wonderful blog citygirlwrites.blogspot.com/
The moment Robert Plant and Band of Joy appeared on stage at the Beacon Theatre on Saturday Night the air went electric with a charge that ran both ways. They hit the boards beaming and visibly jazzed for a night of playing great music while the audience rose to greet them in a spontaneous, all-at-once movement that seemed set off by a shockwave of ardor. In America’s favorite rock room, American roots …

The Yardbirds and Vanilla Fudge are the latest additions to the attractions at the Zep Fest 2011 event being staged in Washington DC on May 27th to 29th.
TBL has also linked up with Zep Fest to offer an exclusive Zep Fest ticket and hotel discount for TBL magazine subscribers only.
If you are a current 2011 TBL subscriber and you are planning to visit the Zep Fest we can offer the following discount price:
$250.00 (a $75 reduction) for 3-day tickets
$139.00 (a $35 reduction) for 1-Day tickets
Zep Fest has also arranged for …

MGM Grand Theatre at MGM Grand at Foxwoods
Setlist
Angel Dance
Down to the Sea
Cindy, I’ll Marry you Someday
You Can’t Buy My Love
Houses of the Holy
Twelve Gates to the City
Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down
Somewhere Trouble Don’t Go
Nobody’s Fault But Mine
Monkey
Satisfied Mind
Tangerine
Move Up
Ramble On
Tall Cool One
Gallows Pole
Encore
In the Mood
Rock And Roll
We Bid You Goodnight
REVIEW: Plant mixes old, new songs
 One has to admire Robert Plant for not standing still in the music world, always evolving as do Sting and a select few others.
The former frontman for Led Zeppelin and his latest band, The Band …

LED ZEPPELIN APP LAUNCHED:
A new app for iPhone and IPad users has been launched. This Day In Led Zeppelin contains masses of Zep trivia with over 5,000 facts about the band and has been produced by the team behind the This Day In Music website and book of the same name.
“I had the idea of making individual apps for some of the biggest acts in the world, and thought the best one to start with would be Led Zeppelin, because of their iconic status,” said editor of the Led …

Robert Plant at Tower Theatre, Philadelphia
My wife and I were fortunate to attend Robert’s show on 1/26/11 at the Tower Theatre in the Philadelphia area with a couple of dear friends.  It was near blizzard like conditions, with the area receiving 12-16 inches of snow within 24 hours, about 4 inches just during the show.  But the show was fully attended, as most braved the elements to see Robert and The Band of Joy.  In the bathroom, I overheard one fan saying he traveled over 130 miles one way for …

 
Picture by David Smith (Toronto)
Robert Plant and Band Live Up to Name
House of Blues, Boston, January 25, 2011
Robert Plant sure wasn’t afraid to stick with what worked. He made a major musical statement in 2007with “Raising Sand,” his excellent disc with Alison Krauss, which found the rock icon veering towards country and rootsy sounds. While Krauss is not around these days to play with Plant, that has not stopped him and his backing Band of Joy to live up to their name.
Plant mixed it up musically mainly with songs from …