Robert Plant and Alison Krauss

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
Former Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant and bluegrass/folk singer and fiddler Alison Krauss may seem like an unlikely pairing. But listen to "Raising Sand" – their new album together of folk, country, gospel and rockabilly numbers -- and it starts to make sense. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss join us today to share it.

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