Robert Plant and Alison Krauss tickets for NYC $30.00 each!

The staging is distinctly understated: save for a gold curtain that unfurls before the closing number, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss's click here for tickets show is almost completely devoid of visual distraction. Just a few rugs, a discreet curtain backdrop, and a couple of modest screens either side of the stage.


Even the band have the low-key demeanour of upscale bouncers. But although they don't make any flashy moves it's sometimes hard to tell whether it's Buddy Miller or Stuart Duncan that's picking out a specific guitar solo they have the lived-in look of great character actors. Bassist Dennis Crouch bears a resemblance to the late, great Peter Boyle; and bandleader T Bone Burnett could be a riverboat gambler from some Anthony Mann Western.

The important thing is that they're all masters of their instruments, none more evidently than drummer Jay Bellerose, a constant blur of movement as he employs a wealth of techniques to draw every last breath of drama out of each song. This isn't drumming, it's inhabiting the songs so intimately that they burst vividly into life, whether he's dashing off a frisky second-line shuffle behind Burnett on "Bon Ton Roulay", driving the bold, dynamic shifts of a bluegrass "Black Country Woman", or draping cloths over drumskins to dampen the beats on a slow, sultry "Black Dog".

Then, of course, there are Plant and Krauss themselves, a pairing whose unlikeliness is still evident in the occasional slight twinge in their harmonies. But all the best musical couplings have this kind of unexpected eccentricity about them, and this one works magically, from the sly warmth of "Rich Woman" to the rockabilly "Gone Gone Gone", reaching its apogee on a tremendous "Please Read the Letter".

For much of the show, Krauss leaves the violin duties to Duncan to concentrate on singing. And what a voice she has! Her keening wail on "Trampled Rose" is spine-tingling, quite supernatural in its haunting purity, while her delivery on "Sister Rosetta Goes before Us" and "Through the Morning, Through the Night" stands as testament to the one-inch-punch emotional power packed by the gentlest of voices. "Down to the River to Pray" gets a particularly warm reception, too.

Plant, meanwhile, proves there's more to his game than the shriek of yore, with the warm vocal caresses of his harmonies interspersed with more rousing bonhomie on "Fortune Teller", before he dives bravely into the maelstrom of despair that is Townes van Zandt's "Nothin'". A pertinent reminder that sometimes, some music demands to be taken seriously.


US Tour dates


Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
June 5, 2008
Thursday, 7:30 pm Bank of America Pavilion
Boston, MA VIEW

Robert Plant
and Alison Krauss June 7, 2008
Saturday, 8:00 pm Constellation Brands Performing Arts Center
Canandaigua, NY VIEW

Robert Plant
and Alison Krauss June 8, 2008
Sunday, TBA Borgata Casino Event Center
Atlantic City, NJ VIEW

Robert Plant
and Alison Krauss June 10, 2008
Tuesday, 8:00 pm WAMU Theatre at Madison Square Garden
New York, NY VIEW

Robert Plant
and Alison Krauss June 11, 2008
Wednesday, 8:00 pm WAMU Theatre at Madison Square Garden
New York, NY VIEW

Robert Plant
and Alison Krauss June 13, 2008
Friday, 8:00 pm Merriweather Post Pavilion
Columbia, MD VIEW


Robert Plant
and Alison Krauss June 14, 2008
Saturday, 8:00 pm Asheville Civic Center
Asheville, NC VIEW

Robert Plant
and Alison Krauss June 17, 2008
Tuesday, 8:00 pm Fox Theatre Detroit
Detroit, MI VIEW


Robert Plant
and Alison Krauss June 18, 2008
Wednesday, 9:00 pm Ravinia
Highland Park, IL VIEW


Robert Plant
and Alison Krauss June 19, 2008
Thursday, 8:00 pm Fabulous Fox Theatre - St. Louis
Saint Louis, MO VIEW


Robert Plant
and Alison Krauss June 21, 2008
Saturday, 8:00 pm Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Morrison, CO VIEW

Robert Plant
and Alison Krauss June 23, 2008
Monday, 8:00 pm Greek Theatre-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA VIEW
Robert Plant
and Alison Krauss June 24, 2008
Tuesday, 8:00 pm Greek Theatre-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA VIEW
Robert Plant
and Alison Krauss June 25, 2008
Wednesday, 7:00 pm Santa Barbara Bowl
Santa Barbara, CA VIEW
Robert Plant
and Alison Krauss June 27, 2008
Friday, 8:00 pm Greek Theatre-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA VIEW
Robert Plant
and Alison Krauss June 28, 2008
Saturday, 7:30 pm Harvey's Outdoor Arena - Lake Tahoe NV
Stateline, NV VIEW
Robert Plant
and Alison Krauss June 30, 2008
Monday, 7:00 pm Humphrey's Concerts by the Bay
San Diego, CA VIEW
Robert Plant
and Alison Krauss July 1, 2008
Tuesday, 7:30 pm Dodge Theatre
Phoenix, AZ VIEW
Robert Plant
and Alison Krauss July 7, 2008
Monday, 8:00 pm NOKIA live at Grand Prairie
Grand Prairie, TX VIEW
Robert Plant
July 8, 2008
Tuesday, 7:30 pm Mud Island
Memphis, TN VIEW
Robert Plant
and Alison Krauss July 10, 2008
Thursday, 8:00 pm Chastain Park Amphitheatre Peter Conlon Presents
Atlanta, GA VIEW
Robert Plant
and Alison Krauss July 11, 2008
Friday, 8:00 pm RBC Center
Raleigh, NC VIEW
Robert Plant
and Alison Krauss July 12, 2008
Saturday, 8:00 pm Mann Music Center
Philadelphia, PA VIEW
Robert Plant
and Alison Krauss July 14, 2008
Monday, 8:00 pm Molson Amphitheatre
Toronto, ON VIEW
Robert Plant
and Alison Krauss July 15, 2008
Tuesday, 8:00 pm Time Warner Cable Amphitheater
Cleveland, OH VIEW
Robert Plant
and Alison Krauss July 18, 2008
Friday, TBA Rupp Arena
Lexington, KY VIEW
Robert Plant
and Alison Krauss July 19, 2008
Saturday, 8:00 pm Sommet Center
Nashville, TN VIEW