Jeff Beck is the latest fellow musician to comment on the reunion rumours. 
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I was sad to hear of the death of Keith Shadwick. Keith was a well known jazz and rock critic. I worked with him on his 2005 book Led Zeppelin The Story of a Band and Their Music 1968-1980. The book was an excellent insight into the compositional side of Zep told by Keith with much insight. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends. 
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Tight But Loose is very sad to hear of the death of former Page and Plant drummer Michael Lee .
Michael was found dead at his home on Monday 24th November. A cause of death has not been established, he had just turned 39. 
Michael Lee was born on 19th November 1969 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, moving to Darlington a year later. Leaving school at 16 Michael worked in a music store selling piano’s but soon became more interested in drums. With money from his first job Michael brought an old Premier …

The John Paul Jones produced album by Nickel Creek songwriter/fiddler Sarah Watkins is due for release on April 7th 2009. Sarah has just signed a record deal with Nonesuch Records. The self-titled debut album Sara Watkins, features a wide range of colleagues and old friends, including alt-country duo Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench, Elvis Costello drummer Pete Thomas; colleagues from the bluegrass world like Tim O’Brien, Punch Brothers’ Chris Eldridge, Ronnie McCoury, and Rayna Gellert; and her Nickel Creek band mates Chris …

The guitar documentary “It Might Get Loud,” starring guitarists Jimmy Page, Jack White and The Edge, is finally set to get a theatrical release after it was announced that the film was purchased by Sony Pictures Classics for distribution in North America, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Sony said it intends to “open the film next summer.”
The documentary was directed by Davis Guggenheim, best known for his directorial role for the Academy Award-winning “An Inconvenient Truth.” It has been screened three times to date, all during the …

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“THEY WON’T BE CALLING IT LED ZEPPELIN” 
The November 21 edition of the Birmingham Evening Mail reported on a guest appearance by Robert as follows:
Robert Plant tries to avoid questions about his role in the proposed Led Zeppelin reunion tour – but Hancock managed to steer him in that direction at Bilston’s Robin 2 club. 
Robert made a surprise on-stage appearance to mark singer Ricky Cool’s 30 years in music and confirmed to Hancock he would not be joining Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham on the road. He said …

Robert and Alison’s Raising Sand album has been nominated for five Grammy Awards in the 51st annual Grammy Awards event due to be staged in Los Angeles on February 8 2009. 
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In a report on Rolling Stone.com a comment from an insider in the Page camp gave indication that Page, Jones and Jason viewed the plan to work together as a new band. The source was quoted as saying “Whatever this is, it is not Led Zeppelin – not without the involvement of Robert Plant”. 
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Robert and Alison Krauss picked up an award at this years CMA Awards. The track “Gone Gone Gone” was named musical event of the year. The ceremony for the 42nd annual CMA Awards took place last Wednesday night (Nov. 12) in Nashville.