Robert Plant appears to be following the Americana music muse that led him to a successful collaboration with Alison Krauss and T. Bone Burnett on the Grammy-Award winning Raising Sand.
Plant has confirmed a 12-city North American tour beginning in July. Plant’ will be supported on tour by the Band of Joy, a name taken from a pre-Zeppelin ’60s Birmingham, England group he performed in with drummer John Bonham. Plant and Band will preview material from a new album set for release on Rounder in late summer/early fall. Band of Joy will feature Patty Griffin (who has recently release her own new album Downtown Church), multi-instrumentalist/singer Darrell Scott, bassist/singer Byron House, drummer/percussionist/vocalist Marco Giovino, and co-producer/guitar/singer Buddy Miller (who also appeared on Raising Sand.)