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February 20, 2009

Plant, Krauss Clean Up at Grammys

After taking Album of the Year, the unlikely duo plot their next chapter
June 26, 2008

Beauty and the Beast

How a rock legend and a bluegrass queen became the unlikeliest match in rock & roll. On the road with Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
August 16, 2002

Krauss Snags Bluegrass Award Noms

IBMAs set for October in Lexington
March 20, 2002

"O Brother" Stays on Top

Overall album sales continue to plummet

Recordings and Reviews

Raising Sand

Robert Plant's fender baritone has symbolized rock excess for almost four decades; Alison Krauss' virtuoso fiddle and mountain soprano have symbolized country purity for two. Post-Zep, however, the leonine Plant has put his star power behind roots music from the Delta to the Sahara, while the demure...

2007 RS: 3.5of 5 Stars

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Now That I've Found You: A Collection

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Biography

The rise of Alison Krauss both presaged and shadowed the most significant country music trend of the '90s: the explosion in the earning power of female talent. Of course, Krauss didn't pull a Shania by morphing country hooks into slick radio pop. Krauss was right at the forefront of the explosion's most adult wing, a violin prodigy from the Midwest who signed with Rounder Records at age 14 and bec...

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