Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant and bluegrass crooner Alison Krauss may not be the likeliest of musical combinations. But on this welcome collaboration album, they work beautifully together, wringing a kind of magic from other people’s songs. The key to the album is its versatility. Between them, Krauss and Plant can handle a vast repertoire on their own, and here they take on the lot, from folk laments and country soul to searing blues and upbeat rock & roll. … mehrOverseen by Elvis Costello producer T Bone Burnett and backed by high caliber musicians like guitarist Marc Ribot and multi-instrumentalist Mike Seeger, Raising Sand sees the duo create stellar covers of songs by Tom Waits, Townes Van Zandt, Mel Tillis and The Everly Brothers, among others. Highlights include a killer version of Roly Salley's "Killing the Blues", and a cover of the Plant-Page collaboration "Please Read the Letter," though in truth, it’s difficult to find a weak spot on the whole album. --Danny McKenna weniger

1 - Rich Woman (Dorothy LaBostrie-McKinley Millet)
2 - Killing the Blues (Rowland Salley)
3 - Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us (Sam Phillips)
4 - Polly Come Home (Gene Clark)
5 - Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On) (Phil and Don Everly)… mehr
6 - Through the Morning, Through the Night (Gene Clark)
7 - Please Read The Letter (Robert Plant-Michael Lee-Jimmy Page-Charlie Jones)
8 - Trampled Rose (Tom Waits-Kathleen Brennan)
9 - Fortune Teller (Naomi Neville)
10 - Stick With Me Baby (Mel Tillis)
11 - Nothin' (Townes Van Zandt)
12 - Let Your Loss Be Your Lesson (Milt Campbell)
13 - Your Long Journey (A.D. Watson and Rosa Lee Watson) weniger