Robert Plant and Alison Krauss

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Talk Reuniting for Their New Album Let’s catch the fire and see what we’ve got — Robert Plant With their combined talents and diverse tastes, the cliché about the odd coupling of bluegrass princess Krauss and rock god Plant doesn’t apply. Here, in two separate phone calls conducted by Lisa Robinson—Plant from England and Krauss from Nashville—they talk about their love of traditional American music and their work with, and admiration for, each other. Alison Krauss: We never really stopped talking about it. I used to hear Lucinda Williams [who sings backing vocals on the album] sing “Can’t Let Go” for years, and I thought it would be so much fun to do it with Robert. Plant Alison and I were coming to a finale. Krauss We didn’t want it to be a continuation; we wanted this album to have its own identity, and it does. Through the years we thought, wouldn’t this be nice, wouldn’t this be nice, then when it’s time when things are inspired, everything comes together real quick.