appeared in Mojo magazine, January 2007

Interview by Mat Snow

Robert Plant has journeyed down from Worcestershire to his north London townhouse with only an apple plucked from a wayside tree to sustain his journey and the first volume, Ballads (“the green CD”), of Harry Smith’s legendary Anthology of American Folk Music for company. It’s a significant choice. At the age of 58, Plant has reached the end of one musical journey, and has started another, one which will bypass the busy thoroughfare of rock. So say farewell to the Golden God of the midnight moan and banshee howl, of the world conquest that stretches from Bron Yr Aur to Tampa Stadium and onwards to the Silk Road and Atlas Mountains. The next new Robert Plant music you hear will be country. ||Continue reading||

originally appeared in Songlines Magazine, November-December issue

by Nigel Williamson

We asked Robert Plant for his world music playlist when we encountered him at the summer garden party at the Real World studios in Wiltshire in July. Given the convivial spirit of the occasion and the fact that the likes of Daby Toure, Sevara Nazarkhan and Little Axe were providing the soundtrack, we correctly judged that he couldn’t say ‘no’.

Normally, following these kind of informal agreements struck over a glass of Pimm’s, several stern reminders are necessary before delivery but Plant responded like a true enthusiast and his playlist arrived without further prompting within days. ||Continue reading||

originally appeared in Rolling Stone Magazine December 4, 2006

By David Fricke

Now and again, you find these fantastic moments when what’s left of virgin Mississippi is still in place,” Robert Plant says with a pilgrim’s reverence. The singer is sipping coffee in a restaurant in Clarksdale, just south of the Crossroads - the spot where Highway 49 and the old 61 (now 161) cross and according to legend, Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil in return for the musical prowess that made him the world’s most famous bluesman. ||Continue reading||

Originally appeard on sportsillustrated.com

As Robert Plant watched Jimmy Connors some 15 years ago, the legendary Led Zepplin front man couldn’t help but identify with the eccentric, fist-pumping Connors, who was at the end of his career. As he watched the 39-year-old tennis player transform himself into a rock star on one of the sport’s grandest stages, the U.S. Open, Plant was inspired to pick up a racquet himself and see if he couldn’t get the same kind of rush on the court instead of the stage.

It didn’t take long for Plant to get hooked. ||Continue reading||

Originally appeared on thisiskidderminster.co.uk

ROCK legend, Robert Plant has joined forces with a host of Wyre Forest musicians to help raise funds for a Kidderminster woman’s life-saving treatment. ||Continue reading||

Originally appeared in Expressandstar.co.uk

By Sol Buckner

Rock legend Robert Plant is backing a fundraising campaign to raise £25,000 in three months to save the life of a Kidderminster mother suffering from a brain tumour.
The former Led Zeppelin frontman, who lives near Shatterford, was so moved by the plight of his 41-year-old friend Jackie Jennings that he decided to stage a Christmas concert in the town.Around 600 fans are expected to pack into the town for the concert at Kidderminster Town Hall on December 23. ||Continue reading||

Originally appeared on Billboard.com

by Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.

Rhino is devoting massive new boxed sets to the careers of the Doors and Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant, both of which will arrive in time for the holiday season.

First up on Nov. 14 is the Plant box, “Nine Lives,” which includes all nine of his post-Zeppelin solo discs as well as a DVD. Each album has been expanded with bonus tracks, beginning with 1982’s “Pictures at Eleven,” which includes the non-album cut “Far Post” and a 1983 live version of “Like I’ve Never Been Gone.” ||Continue reading||

press release

LOS ANGELES - Driven by an insatiable artistic curiosity, Robert Plant has spent his life as a singer and songwriter chasing new sounds, rediscovering ancient ones and bringing them both together to create something original. Throughout his career - first as a member of Led Zeppelin and then as a solo artist for the past 25 years * Plant has tapped a multifarious array of inspirations that span the globe and the ages including Celtic and English folk, American blues, early rock ‘n’ roll, psychedelic rock and jazz as well as Arabic, Moroccan, West African and Indian music. After nine acclaimed solo albums - seven with Atlantic Records - Plant remains a restless spirit destined to a life of musical wanderlust. ||Continue reading||

Originally appeared on BBC.co.uk/wales

Robert Plant back at Rockfield, where his career took a new path
Rock legend Robert Plant has paid homage to the recording studio which helped him launch his solo career. ||Continue reading||

first published in the Birmingham Post, UK
Midlands Rich List 2006

33 (29=) Robert Plant £65m (£60m)

Robert Plant is still touring in his latest incarnation as lead singer of The Strange Sensation, and fans can still wave their lighters and glow sticks to old favourites as well as the newer compositions ||Continue reading||