
Robert Plant has announced a new album called Saving Grace. His first full-length since the 2021 Alison Krauss team-up Raise the Roof is led by a new cover of Low’s “Everybody’s Song.” Listen to the former Led Zeppelin singer’s take on the Great Destroyer track below.

Saving Grace is out September 26 via Nonesuch. Plant produced the album and he recorded it with a new band featuring vocalist Suzi Dian, drummer Oli Jefferson, guitarist Tony Kelsey, banjo and string player Matt Worley, and cellist Barney Morse-Brown.
Beginning in the autumn, Plant and his new band, which he calls Saving Grace, will tour North America in support of the new album. See the tour dates below.
In February 2019, Robert Plant booked a trio of shows at tiny, off-the-radar theaters across England with a new band he dubbed Saving Grace. Each night they played an eclectic mix of covers like Donovan’s “Season of the Witch,” Townes Van Zandt’s “Nothin,’” Patty Griffin’s “Standing,” and even a couple of Led Zeppelin songs largely utilizing acoustic instruments, including banjo and accordion.
“I did this basically to keep me away from the tedium between projects,” Plant tells Rolling Stone while chilling in a hotel room between shows in Lucca, Italy, and Juan-les-Pins, France. “I just liked the idea of getting out and playing these tiny weenie little shows, and just showing up with no expectations, nothing at all. It was a totally different way of enjoying myself without having any kind of professional ambition beyond just enjoying the evening.”
It didn’t take long for Plant to discover an undeniable musical chemistry among himself, drummer Oli Jefferson, guitarist Tony Kelsey, banjo and string player Matt Worley, cellist Barney Morse-Brown, and vocalist Suzi Dian. When space cleared up in all their schedules, more Saving Grace shows were booked with very little advance notice. They also started laying the groundwork for a studio album, though progress was slow due to the pandemic, the second Plant/Krauss album, 2021’s Raise the Roof, and a tour that kept the duo on the road for three years.
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