As we move into February, the Robert Plant and The Band Of Joy tour continues across America – here’s a round up of the tour progress so far:
New songs worked into the set include a radically reworked version of Black Dog, a version of Nobody’s Fault But Mine that lends itself more to the Unledded version than the sonic Presence version and an excellent arrangement of Ramble On -while numbers such as In The Mood, Silver Rider and Cindy have re-appeared.  The press coverage has been universally positive and even …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Picture by David Smith
Cindy, I’ll Marry You Someday
Angel Dance
Down to the Sea
House of Cards
Rich Woman
Love Throw a Line
Misty Mountain Hop
A Satisfied Mind
Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down
Somewhere Trouble Don’t Go
Twelve Gates to the City/Wade in The Water/In My Time of Dying
Houses of the Holy
Tall Cool One
Ramble On
Gallows Pole
Monkey
Rock and Roll
I Bid You Goodnight
RP and the BOJ – Toronto (1.23.11) Review
Toronto, ON. Jan. 23, 2011 – Has any former rock god aged as gracefully as Robert Plant? He could easily be raking in mega-millions playing stadiums with a reunited Led …

Set List
Cindy, I’ll Marry You Someday
Angel Dance
Down to the Sea
Rich Woman
House of Cards
Love Throw a Line
Please Read the Letter
A Satisfied Mind
Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down
Somewhere Trouble Don’t Go
Tangerine
Twelve Gates to the City/Wade in The Water/In My Time of Dying
Houses of the Holy
You Can’t Buy My Love
Tall Cool One
Ramble On
Gallows Pole
Silver Rider
Rock and Roll
I Bid You Goodnight
The first of  two Band Of Joy shows in Toronto received a favourable review from the Toronto Sun
Sony Centre, Toronto Review (Toronto Sun)
If Rod Stewart has put out what seems to be an endless …

Robert Plant and The Band Of Joy continue their US tour with a lively show in Michigan which included the re-appearance of Silver Rider and a bizarre hat wearing encore (see photo below)
Angel Dance
Please Read The Letter
Down To The Sea
Rich Woman
House of Cards
Love Throw a Line
Central Two-O-Nine
Satisfied Mind
Tangerine
Silver Rider
Somewhere Trouble Don’t Go
You Can’t Buy My Love
Houses of the Holy
Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down
Twelve Gates to the City/Wade in the Water/In My Time of Dying Medley
Tall Cool One
Ramble On
Gallows Pole
Harm’s Swift Way
Rock and Roll
I Bid You Goodnight

photo by Wyatt Brake
Robert …