Photo Richard Grubb
Robert Plant is 63 today.
From his vital contribution to Led Zeppelin and on through an eclectic solo career, Robert Plant has occupied a unique position at the forefront of rock culture for over 43 years.
That unmistakeable voice and that charismatic presence, together with an quenching thirst for musical invention and energy have placed Robert Plant in a category of his own.
In the past 12 months working within The Band Of Joy, he has provided some of the most remarkable nights of his career –notably for us his life affirming …

Robert Plant and the Band Of Joy –Big Chill Festival, 7 August 2011 – Photos and report for TBL by Richard Grubb
Setlist: Black Dog, Down to the Sea, Angel Dance, Houses of the Holy, House of Cards, Somewhere Trouble Don’t Go (Buddy Miller lead, Robert harmonica),Monkey, Satisfied Mind (Darrell Scott lead), Thank You, Ocean of Tears (PattyGriffin lead), In The Mood (incl. excerpt of Fairport Convention’s Come AllYe), Please Read The Letter, Misty Mountain Hop, Shine It All Around, Ramble On Encores: Black Country Woman, Gallows Pole
So to the end …

On Sunday all roads lead to The High Voltage Festival in London’s Victoria Park where Black Country Communion will be making their only UK Festival appearance.
Tomorrow night (Thursday) the power house four piece of Glenn Hughes vocals and bass with Joe Bonamassa on guitar, Derek Sherinian on keyboards and Jason Bonham on drums, will be In Dublin before Saturday’s appearance in Llandudno then the High Voltage Festival on Sunday. Next week they play Leeds (26th), Newcastle (27th), Glasgow (29th), Manchester (30th), followed by a rescheduled show in Stockholm (2nd August), the original show was …

Photo by John-Kenney
Robert Plant was honoured at the Montrael Jazz Festival on Friday. On receiving the Spirit award he  made reference to John Bonhamsaying – “I always remember what John Bonham told me when I was about 22,” Plant said. “He said `You’re not very good at what you do, but just go out and look good, because it will help us a lot.’”
Robert Plant and The Band Of Joy wrapped up the second leg of their US tour on Saturday night with a show at Atlantic City. This leg …

SETLIST (from memory)
Black Dog
Down To The Sea
Angel Dance
Black Country Woman
House of Cards
Monkey
Somewhere Trouble Don’t Go
All My Love
A Satisfied Mind
Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down
Ocean Of Tears
In The Mood
Please Read the Letter
Houses of the Holy
Ramble On
Harm’s Swift Way
Gallow’s Pole
And We Bid You Goodnight
Robert Plant & The Band of Joy’s April 25th appearance in Santa Barbara was very special for a significant reason…as Stephen Humphries reports for TBL:
The lovely Santa Barbara Bowl is a great venue to see any act perform because there’s not a bad seat in the 4,500 capacity amphitheater.
Despite …

SETLIST (from memory)
Black Dog
Down To The Sea
Angel Dance
Black Country Woman
House of Cards
Monkey
Somewhere Trouble Don’t Go
That’s the Way
A Satisfied Mind
Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down
Ocean Of Tears
In The Mood
Please Read the Letter
Houses of the Holy
Ramble On
Harm’s Swift Way
Gallow’s Pole
And We Bid You Goodnight
Robert and the band, as usual, sounded spot on. “Down to the Sea” and “Angel Dance” were both very dynamic and smoking hot. “That’s The Way” was gorgeous and gentle, and Darrell Scott’s pedal steel was a great touch. “Please Read The Letter” a-la Page/Plant in 1998, but also …

Photo by Mark-Van-Manen
Set list included
Black Dog
Black Country Woman
House of Cards
Please Read the Letter
Tangerine
Angel Dance
Satisfied Mind
Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down
Houses of the Holy
Ramble On
In The Mood
Encore
She has Funny Cars
Gallows Pole
We Bid You Good Night

Review: Robert Plant delivers `Joy’-filled Greek show
By Jim Harrington Oakland Tribune
Part of me wishes that Robert Plant had never met producer T-Bone Burnett. If T-Bone hadn’t helped turn the British rocker into a first-rate Americana artist — something that started with Plant’s Burnett-produced collaboration with Alison Krauss, 2007’s “Raising Sand” — then maybe we’d have seen a …

Set list included
Black Country Woman
Black Dog
Please Read the Letter
Monkey
Angel Dance
House of Cards
Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down
Ocean of Tears
Somewhere Trouble Don’t Go
Cindy I’ll Marry You Someday
Satisfied Mind
In the Mood
Houses Of The Holy
Ramble On
Encore
Harm’s Swift Way
Gallows Pole
And We Bid You Goodnight
Robert Plant summons ghosts but is still magical
By Charles R. Cross
Robert Plant was only five minutes into his Paramount show Wednesday before he was summoning ghosts. “Welcome to another incredible evening … live from the Edgewater Inn,” he joked.
It was the first of a half-dozen references he made to Led Zeppelin’s …

Robert Plant & The Band Of Joy are confirmed to appear at the Big Chill Festival held at Eastnor Castle Deer Park in Herefordshire.
The Band Of Joy are scheduled for the Deer Park Stage as second on the bill to Rodrigo Y Gabriela on the Sunday August 7th of the weekend event. Also appearing on the bill are Warpaint, Steel Pulse, Femi Kuti & The Positive Force,  Norman Jay and About Group.
For further details and ticket arrangements see link at
http://www.bigchill.net/festival/home/
 

Setlist
Black Dog
Down to the Sea
Black Country Woman
Tangerine
Houses Of The Holy
Monkey
In the Mood
Please Read the Letter
Angel Dance
House of Cards
Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down
Somewhere Trouble Don’t Go
Satisfied Mind
Ramble On
Gallows Pole
Encore
Harm’s Swift Way
I Bid You Goodnight
It had been 6 or more years since seeing Robert perform live and my 1st Band of Joy experience in Portland.
There was an unexpected surprise thanks to the support band “Mississippi All Stars.” They managed to more than warm up the full house/sold out event for the Band of Joy. They were new to me and I …