★★★★★
Re-energized by Dreamland - and by the critical acclaim that greeted it - Robert Plant cemented his relationship with his backing band (now minus guitarist Porl Thompson and bassist Charlie Jones) by bestowing the name the Strange Sensation on them. He then dragged them off to his farm in South Snowdonia. "The environment just seemed like the right thing to do," he said. "A place where we'd be together 24 hours a day, five days a week, so that people could go off in different little factions...
- www.bbc.co.uk
2014-03-12
★★★★★
[Editor's note: This concert was recorded in Nashville, Tenn., at the War Memorial Auditorium]
- www.americansongwriter.com
2013-04-25
★★★★★
Raising Sand, Robert Plant's 2007 collaboration with Alison Krauss, netted six Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year and Record of the Year. Following up a success like that would be downright intimidating for some artists; but Plant is not like any other artist, he's not easily shaken, and he's always played to his own expectations regardless of outcome...
- www.americansongwriter.com
2013-04-25
★★★★★
Following Raising Sand, Plant's Grammy-laden collaboration with Alison Krauss, looked a tall order on paper and, while 2009's Band Of Joy revisited some of the touchstones, it showed the singer delving further into the world of Americana while simultaneously nodding to his own illustrious past. There's an even stronger sense of history on this live show based on the record, not least because of the inclusion of some choice Led Zep oldies...
- recordcollectormag.com
2013-04-02
★★★★★
Robert Plant could have easily relaxed this time around and done a Raising Sand: Part 2 following the huge success he had pairing up with Alison Krauss in 2007. But it's Robert Plant and rest on his laurels he does not. He has selected a crew of musicians for Band of Joy featuring vocalist Patty Griffin, Buddy Miller and Darrell Scott and has drawn on the songwriting talents of many with covers of Los Lobos' 'Angel Dance', Low's 'Silver Rider' and a Townes Van Zandt track 'Harm's Swift Way...
- www.state.ie
2011-04-29
★★★★★
The 'if I enjoy it, then the audience will too' gambit isn't 100 percent fail-safe, but it seems to work for Plant. Resisting, once again, a world tour with Led Zeppelin, he has instead followed his heart to Nashville with co-producer and tremolo guitar whizz Buddy Miller. Working with multi-instrumentalist Darrell Scott (banjo pecks, jinking mandolin etc.) among others, the pair cut 12 eclectically sourced cover versions in ten days...
- www.mojo4music.com
2011-01-31
★★★★★
Buy / Listen: 7Digital | Amazon | eMusic | We7 | Spotify Robert Plant could have easily relaxed this time around and done a Raising Sand: Part 2 following the huge success he had pairing up with Alison Krauss in 2007. But it's Robert Plant and rest on his laurels he does not...
- www.state.ie
2011-01-25
★★★★★
Joy? Well, it depends whom you ask. As long as Robert Plant is alive and murmuring, there will be those who take their Led Zeppelin worship so seriously that they'll be satisfied with nothing less than a full-blown Zeppelin reunion tour. For those still kneeling in the houses of the holy, anything short of a Robert Plant/Jimmy Page/John Paul Jones resumption--like, say, Robert Plant solo albums--represents a second-best-case scenario...
- www.popmatters.com
2011-01-20
★★★★★
Without co-star Alison Krauss or marquee Texan producer T Bone Burnett, Robert Plant's latest solo outing suffers the expected sequel slump. Band of Joy lacks the subtle grace and evocative restraint of 2007's Raising Sand, even as local ringer Patty Griffin's lilting harmony tops Richard Thompson's "House of Cards" and the stellar Townes Van Zandt encore "Harm's Swift Way...
- www.austinchronicle.com
2011-01-03
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