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ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUSS : GLASTONBURY 2022
- Rich Woman
- Quattro (World Drifts In)
- Fortune Teller
- The Price of Love
- Rock and Roll
- Please Read the Letter
- Trouble With My Lover
- High and Lonesome
- It Don't Bother Me
- Gone Gone Gone
- The Battle of Evermore
- When the Levee Breaks
Label : no label
Venue : Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, Pilton, UK
Recording Date : June 24, 2022
Length : 53 minutes
NTSC : 16:9
Concert review (The Daily Telegraph) : Robert Plant and Alison Krauss delivered an absolute masterclass of duet singing and organic lithesome groove at Glastonbury. Their early evening set beneath dreary skies and drifting rain on the Pyramid stage was not the most densely packed performance of the day, certainly not drawing a crowd of the scale that would be expected if Plant’s old cohorts Led Zeppelin ever decided to pummel Glastonbury into oblivion. At 73, the man who practically invented heavy rock singing has shifted towards something more sensuous and understated. For her part, the fifty year old Krauss established her reputation singing country and playing bluegrass fiddle, and she knows exactly where to put a harmony to make a vocal fly. The multiple Grammy award winner may be the more accomplished musician, but she grew up listening to her brother’s Zeppelin albums and knows her place as the junior partner in this combo; indeed, she revels in it. The odd couple arrived on stage as casually as a couple of old festival heads who had just wandered down from the stone circle bathed in patchouli oil. Krauss was wrapped in what looked like a flowery bedstead, Plant wore a paisley shirt and clutched a pair of maracas, his mane of grey ringlets tied back. Backed by a fantastic band who could add piano, mandolin, banjo and violin to the swampy bass, drum and electric guitar grooves, they warmed up with some sublime roots Americana, their voices perfectly and artfully matched. But the set gathered power as they kept throwing in Zeppelin classics, including a rockabilly romp through Rock and Roll, an ethereally folky Battle of Evermore and a broody, moody When the Levee Breaks. As the songs gathered pace, and the rhythms gained impetus, Plant would close his eyes and let out a hearty roar, voice drenched in echo, to remind us all that the old lion is still a frontman to be feared and revered. When he called out “It’s gonna break!” at the end of Levee, I half expected a deluge to descend. Fortunately the rain held off, and Plant and Krauss left the stage wreathed in smiled and basking in loud applause.
Concert review (Ian Dixon) : Glastonbury is back, a transient city, gathered in the name of music, convened again after 3 years and given prime time coverage on the BBC. So it was easy to sit on the sofa and take in Friday’s performance of Plant & Krauss, up close and personal. With his hair pulled back and an air of seriousness about him, Robert looked less a Rock God than a crag of Rock itself, prowling the stage like an arthritic tiger, clutching the mic stand, wielding maracas and drawing strength from his co-lead singer. As with their albums, much of their televised set contained earnestly delivered mid pace folky, country, bluesy rock soup. When Robert was able to lose himself in that vibe, he relaxed and opened up, and boy did he fully let that show in a magnificent Rock and Roll. Please Read The Letter also held its place as a superior mid pace number that then took a life of its own in the instrumental coda. Elsewhere the Purity of Alison’s voice shone, while at other times she reminded me of June Carter, keeping a close, maternal eye on Johnny. I stick by my theory that a happy Plant is an entertaining Plant and on this day Robert felt comfy with his past. That classic mandolin intro brought about a spirted Battle for Evermore during which, in one spine tingling moment, Krauss channelled the full Sandy Denny. Wisely they did not try to replicate The 4th again when it came to Levee, and the results were interesting, particularly in Robert’s faraway look when he glanced at the low drum riser and later towards the guitar player, or was that just me? Maybe this was not quite as successful as earlier reworks of Whole Lotta Love, but this is 2022 vintage Plant from a man who really stands still musically, even if he seems now forced to more physically.
Concert review (Somerset County Gazette) : The duo, who published two albums, played at the Pyramid stage on Friday, June 24, and entertained festivalgoers with a set that included material born from their partnership. Nostalgic fans though also had the chance to listen to the band’s rendition of some Led Zeppelin songs. The band started the set with songs like Trouble With My Lover, recorded for their second album together, Raise the Roof. Then the duo, supported by a band including acoustic guitars, violin, upright bass, piano, and banjo, played some famous Led Zeppelin songs. They started with Rock and Roll, a more tribal version compared to the one recorded for Led Zeppelin IV, but just as powerful, with guitar riffs that must have reminded the crowd of Chuck Berry. Some of the most bluesy, acoustic Led Zep material was also included in their set. Plant and Krauss continued their show by playing The Battle of Evermore - a song that perfectly captured the spirit of the band - and closed their exhibition with a medley that included When the Levee Breaks, a blues song originally written in the 1930s, and snippets of Friends. In between, there was also room for their own version of Fortune Teller and a tribute to Bert Jansch, a Scottish folk musician who surely was a huge influence on Plant, and Jimmy Page, in the 1960s. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss released their first album, Raising Sand, in 2007. A second album, Raise the Roof, followed last year, November 2021. The duo is currently on tour with dates scheduled in Europe and the United States. Robert Plant played at the festival in 2014, with Jimmy Page in 1995, and in 1993 with his Fate of Nations solo tour.