Tiny Desk (Home) Concert: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss

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The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Introducing NPR Music’s Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. It’s the same spirit — stripped-down sets, an intimate setting — just a different space.

Bob Boilen | December 13, 2021
What a remarkable sight to see the reunion of Robert Plant and Alison Krauss gathered around a couple of microphones in Nashville. It’s been 14 years since their surprising and remarkable album Raising Sand and now they’re back at Sound Emporium, the studio where they recorded some of that first record and the entirety of their new album Raise The Roof.

Huddled in the control room are an all-star cast of musicians, with Jay Bellerose on drums, JD McPherson on guitar, Dennis Crouch on upright bass, Stuart Duncan on guitars and ukulele, and Viktor Krauss on electric bass and guitar. All of these folks minus JD McPherson played on the original recordings of the songs you’ll hear in this Tiny Desk (home) concert.

They kick it off with the rockabilly sounds of “Can’t Let Go,” a song originally recorded by Lucinda Williams and written by Randy Weeks. For their second number, Robert Plant recalls a song he first heard as a 15-year-old listening to some great R&B by Bobby Moore & the Rhythm Aces. He and Alison Krauss put their hearts and harmonies into a cover of that song, “Searching For My Love.” Alison takes the lead on the final tune “Trouble With My Lover,” written by Allen Toussaint and recorded in the ’60s by the “Lost Queen of New Orleans Soul,” Betty Harris. These interpretations are delicate, gripping and so damn special.

SET LIST
“Can’t Let Go”
“Searching For My Love”
“Trouble With My Lover”

MUSICIANS
Robert Plant: vocals
Alison Krauss: vocals
Jay Bellerose: percussion
JD McPherson: guitar, backing vocals
Dennis Crouch: upright bass
Stuart Duncan: acoustic guitar, electric 12-string guitar, ukulele, backing vocals
Viktor Krauss: electric bass, electric guitar

CREDITS
Video Director/Editor: Vern Moen
Audio Engineer: Rachael Moore
Executive Producer: Dilly Gent
Producer: Josiah Bultema
Color: Graham Lovelis
P.M. (LA): Ian Menzies
P.M. (Nashville): Matthew Pessoni
Director of Photography: Trevor Wineman
Camera Operator: Scott Pessoni, Matthew Pessoni
1st Assistant Camera: Dylan Mire, David Piersaul
Gaffer: Shelby Wertsbaugh
Key Grip: BJ Hyman
Assistant Engineer: Louis Remenapp
2nd Engineer: Joe Trentacosti
Mixed by: Michael Piersante
Additional Engineering: Neal Cappellino

TINY DESK TEAM
Producer: Bob Boilen
Video Producer: Maia Stern
Audio Mastering: Josh Rogosin
Tiny Production Team: Bobby Carter, Kara Frame, Joshua Bryant, Sofie Hernandez-Simeonidis
Executive Producer: Keith Jenkins
Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann

#nprmusic #tinydesk #robertplant #alisonkrauss

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A Three Hour Tour  Dec 13, 2021 • 4:57:45pm

It’s lonely here in the new thread.

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calochortus  Dec 13, 2021 • 4:58:13pm

re: #1 A Three Hour Tour

It’s lonely here in the new thread.

Have a {{{hug}}}

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PhillyPretzel  Dec 13, 2021 • 4:58:35pm

re: #1 A Three Hour Tour

That is what happens when a new thread is started. It will fill up.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 13, 2021 • 4:58:36pm

I can’t believe how good Robert Plant is singing. None of that upper-end screech any more, but he’s nailing the pitch much more than he used to. There are a couple of Zep songs where his pitch is so bad it’s hard for me to listen.

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No Malarkey!  Dec 13, 2021 • 4:59:07pm

My unvaccinated coworker is on oxygen in the hospital, but her condition isn’t worsening.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 13, 2021 • 4:59:36pm

re: #1 A Three Hour Tour

It’s lonely here in the new thread.

listening to the music…

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Charles Johnson  Dec 13, 2021 • 5:01:58pm

I’ve been getting a little into Discord today, just to see what it’s about. Interesting software.

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A Cranky One  Dec 13, 2021 • 5:04:32pm

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Barefoot Grin  Dec 13, 2021 • 5:05:55pm

I love the Lucinda song. Fun to see Viktor. There used to be a video of he and one of his friends driving around our old high school pretending to be the kind of guys who do “grit laps” around the school shared among my friend’s younger siblings’ friends (he’s four years younger than we are).

And yes, Robert Plant’s vocals are amazing. I think he kind of preferred this kind of thing all along and really grew tired of Jimmy Page’s weird shit over the years.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Dec 13, 2021 • 5:06:34pm

Brought up from downstairs. Post # 265

re: #260 austin_blue

‘Tis, but on the other hand, that doesn’t necessarily translate to a large amount of liquid water come springtime. Teleskiguy would know. Maybe he could pop in and tell us. I know that it varies by air temperature.

Moisture content. Wet, heavy snow has more water than powder. That’s why skiers like a good base of heavy snow covered in a layer of powder.

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gocart mozart  Dec 13, 2021 • 5:09:56pm
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calochortus  Dec 13, 2021 • 5:11:36pm

re: #10 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

Brought up from downstairs. Post # 265

re: #260 austin_blue

‘Tis, but on the other hand, that doesn’t necessarily translate to a large amount of liquid water come springtime. Teleskiguy would know. Maybe he could pop in and tell us. I know that it varies by air temperature.

Moisture content. Wet, heavy snow has more water than powder. That’s why skiers like a good base of heavy snow covered in a layer of powder.

Considering the amount of rain we’re getting in the Bay Area, I’m going to guess the Sierras are getting a lot of water content too. Not for nothing is the snow up there generally known as “Sierra cement.”

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austin_blue  Dec 13, 2021 • 5:11:54pm

re: #4 Charles Johnson

I can’t believe how good Robert Plant is singing. None of that upper-end screech any more, but he’s nailing the pitch much more than he used to. There are a couple of Zep songs where his pitch is so bad it’s hard for me to listen.

On a lot of Zep songs, he was clearly out of his natural range.

The older he got, the more prone he was to sing songs within his normal range, as a soloist.

It’s a shame that he didn’t demand they key the songs to his voice in LedZep rather than to the music as written.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 13, 2021 • 5:13:20pm

re: #9 Barefoot Grin

I love the Lucinda song. Fun to see Viktor. There used to be a video of he and one of his friends driving around our old high school pretending to be the kind of guys who do “grit laps” around the school shared among my friend’s younger siblings’ friends (he’s four years younger than we are).

And yes, Robert Plant’s vocals are amazing. I think he kind of preferred this kind of thing all along and really grew tired of Jimmy Page’s weird shit over the years.

It’s obvious that Plant really enjoyed this with Alison

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Charles Johnson  Dec 13, 2021 • 5:17:46pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 13, 2021 • 5:18:08pm
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sagehen  Dec 13, 2021 • 5:19:06pm

anybody who missed the hearing… here it is

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Charles Johnson  Dec 13, 2021 • 5:25:31pm

By the way, this video isn’t how records are usually made. The band doesn’t normally play live in the control room.

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No Malarkey!  Dec 13, 2021 • 5:27:09pm
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A Cranky One  Dec 13, 2021 • 5:28:34pm

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No Malarkey!  Dec 13, 2021 • 5:29:01pm

re: #18 Charles Johnson

By the way, this video isn’t how records are usually made. The band doesn’t normally play live in the control room.

You have probably commented on this which I missed, but as a musician I was wondering what you thought of the Beatles documentary.

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Dec 13, 2021 • 5:30:45pm

Charles, did you see my note downstairs?

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Charles Johnson  Dec 13, 2021 • 5:30:55pm

re: #21 No Malarkey!

You have probably commented on this which I missed, but as a musician I was wondering what you thought of the Beatles documentary.

I haven’t seen it yet! I don’t have Hulu in my portfolio of streaming services.

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No Malarkey!  Dec 13, 2021 • 5:32:23pm

re: #23 Charles Johnson

I haven’t seen it yet! I don’t have Hulu in my portfolio of streaming services.

It’s on Disney+

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Dec 13, 2021 • 5:33:17pm

Calm before the storm here (the circle), but y’all up north are getting hit:

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A Cranky One  Dec 13, 2021 • 5:33:40pm

re: #21 No Malarkey!

You have probably commented on this which I missed, but as a musician I was wondering what you thought of the Beatles documentary.

My favorite scenes:

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Charles Johnson  Dec 13, 2021 • 5:35:10pm

re: #22 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!

Yes, I ‘m on it.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 13, 2021 • 5:36:36pm

re: #24 No Malarkey!

It’s on Disney+

Right, I don’t have that one either. I had a free trial package that included both, but I canceled it because my streaming portfolio was getting bloated.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Dec 13, 2021 • 5:36:50pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 13, 2021 • 5:37:07pm

lolololol

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 13, 2021 • 5:38:24pm
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No Malarkey!  Dec 13, 2021 • 5:39:21pm

re: #28 Charles Johnson

Right, I don’t have that one either. I had a free trial package that included both, but I canceled it because my streaming portfolio was getting bloated.

I’ve signed up for so many, it’s nuts.

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Barefoot Grin  Dec 13, 2021 • 5:42:10pm

re: #18 Charles Johnson

By the way, this video isn’t how records are usually made. The band doesn’t normally play live in the control room.

Yes, that was record-level perfection. Live in the control room. Oh my.

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Ace Rothstein  Dec 13, 2021 • 5:46:35pm

re: #31 Backwoods_Sleuth

I hate that woman.

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Dave In Austin  Dec 13, 2021 • 5:46:56pm
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Charles Johnson  Dec 13, 2021 • 5:49:41pm
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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Dec 13, 2021 • 5:51:31pm

Always loved weather maps. Here’s the whole world, windspeed in the upper atmosphere where the pressure is just 1% of what it is down here.

As you can see, there is a big eye right over Redmond.

This proves that Bill Gates is controlling the weather.

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Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion  Dec 13, 2021 • 5:51:37pm

re: #37 Charles Johnson

But she’s doing so well as Queen of TERF Island.

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No Malarkey!  Dec 13, 2021 • 5:54:15pm
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lawhawk  Dec 13, 2021 • 5:55:02pm

re: #15 Charles Johnson

JK Rowling, who went and created characters who could morph into any other character with polyjuice potion, could change memories with a spell, and turn into other forms (animagus), will draw the line with someone who comes out as trans?

Yeah, it makes no sense at all.

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Sherlock Hound  Dec 13, 2021 • 5:57:01pm

re: #39 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion

But she’s doing so well as Queen of TERF Island.

TERF Island threatens to be a lonely place. The only ones who’ll want to hang with JKR are those who like wearing sheets outside bedtime. At least she has Mumsnet.

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ckkatz  Dec 13, 2021 • 5:58:34pm

Great Tiny Desk Concert! Plant and Krauss really work well together.

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ckkatz  Dec 13, 2021 • 6:00:22pm

Oh yes, and a very belated “tgim”.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 13, 2021 • 6:02:03pm
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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Dec 13, 2021 • 6:02:23pm
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lawhawk  Dec 13, 2021 • 6:03:20pm

re: #46 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

So… gin.

And I love gin.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 13, 2021 • 6:06:18pm

The Air Force gave its forces until Nov. 2 to get the vaccine, and thousands have either refused or sought an exemption.

Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek said Monday that these are the first to be administratively discharged for reasons involving the vaccine.

She said all of them were in their first term of enlistment, so they were younger, lower-ranking personnel.

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No Malarkey!  Dec 13, 2021 • 6:06:34pm

Daughter decided to become a Hilltopper; she’ll be attending Western Kentucky University next Fall. My little goofball is all grownup, sniffle.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Dec 13, 2021 • 6:06:50pm

If I had videos like this to help me I would not have shied away from history classes in school:

Why did the League of Three Emperors fail twice? (Short Animated Documentary)


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Dave In Austin  Dec 13, 2021 • 6:07:43pm
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Charles Johnson  Dec 13, 2021 • 6:08:39pm
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Barefoot Grin  Dec 13, 2021 • 6:09:18pm

re: #47 lawhawk

So… gin.

And I love gin.

It does not love me. I’ll have a bourbon every once in a bit, but gin pulls me in and then gives me a kidney punch. In fact, when I finish this last bit of work I’m going to have a small taste of Jim Beam Black.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 13, 2021 • 6:09:53pm
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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Dec 13, 2021 • 6:11:45pm

re: #47 lawhawk

So… gin.

And I love gin.

Gin, tonic, lime

Hard to screw that up

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William Lewis  Dec 13, 2021 • 6:16:20pm

re: #48 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Good. Give them all the boot & Big Chicken Dinner.

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William Lewis  Dec 13, 2021 • 6:18:37pm

re: #55 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

Gin, tonic, lime

Hard to screw that up

Ick.

1 oz. Rye Whisky
0.5 oz. sweet vermouth
3 dash Aromatic Bitters
1 cherry

That’s heaven.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 13, 2021 • 6:24:57pm
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lawhawk  Dec 13, 2021 • 6:26:34pm

re: #57 William Lewis

The Mrs. loves her bourbons. I’m not the biggest fan, but I know how to make some riffs on Old Fashioned that she loves.

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A Cranky One  Dec 13, 2021 • 6:29:18pm

I prefer to mix my bourbon with more bourbon.

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EPR-radar  Dec 13, 2021 • 6:30:51pm

re: #58 Charles Johnson

That’s the power of the Great Both Sides Lie.

95+% of the mainstream media (i.e. discounting Faux News) is absolutely committed to the farcical proposition that the GOP is a perfectly normal center-right political party.

Then, compounding the absurdity, GOP views on everything are taken to be a self-justifying default, such that only Democrats have to explain to a hostile press how their ideas will work in practice.

Meanwhile, nearly every idiotic proposal by a Republican is met with drooling credulity.

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retired cynic  Dec 13, 2021 • 6:51:37pm

Jack Daniels Black works for me. Straight.

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guachi  Dec 13, 2021 • 8:23:45pm

re: #4 Charles Johnson

You are so right. Robert Plant sounds great.


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