Raising Sand @ richardeward.com

Raising Sand
from Rounder

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Where is Alison ?
  Got high Hopes but was a bit dissapointed by it all !
  I think that the combination could have been tremendous but the album did not excite me at all .. I thought Alison could have tuned up better ..
  But it is only me !

• Intriguing and Refreshing!
  I am a huge fan of Led Zeppelin, so I bought this album right away. Robert Plant sounds a lot different, of course, since this is a country album. However, not different in a bad way. He has a versatile style. Alison Krauss has a beautiful voice, and they are very harmonious. My faves on this album are "Rich Woman", "gone, gone, gone", and "Fortune Teller."

• A Strange Pairing
  I've been a fan of both Robert and Alison for too many years to mention; however, I would never have come up with this pairing. Admittedly, I was a bit of a skeptic when I saw the release of the album. When I first heard "Gone, Gone, Gone", I thought: Okay, this is not bad. Then I heard "Please Read The Letter". I was sold . . . hook, line and sinker.
  I would place this album easily in my top twenty fave albums of all time, and that is saying something.
  The music is evocative and bluesy and it... more info

• Raising Sand
  Great CD ! Especially "Killing the Blues"(from the JC Penney commercial)
  My favorite however was "Your Long Journey" Can't get that tune out of my head.

Tracks:

1. Rich Woman
2. Killing the Blues
3. Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us
4. Polly Come Home
5. Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)
6. Through the Morning, Through the Night
7. Please Read the Letter
8. Trampled Rose
9. Fortune Teller
10. Stick with Me Baby
11. Nothin'
12. Let Your Loss Be Your Lesson
13. Your Long Journey

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