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 Bad Production Nov 03, 2009
I have nothing bad to say about either Robert Plant or Alison Krauss, but I think "Raising Sand" was the victim of poor production. Both of these artists have very strong controlled voices, but they seemed to be afraid of trespassing on each other's home genre. The best numbers are done solo. "Gone, Gone, Gone" by the Everly Brothers was outstanding, but all the reverb and other tricks were not necessary. The drums sounded like they were being played by someone who was sleeping with the producer; too loud, too clumsy, too much! I would like to hear a re-release of this CD after a trip to the production lab.
Raising Sand Oct 22, 2009
This turned out to be a very pleasant surprise; the more I listened, the more it grew on me...Highly recommended for "hippie"/new age sorts (not for Zeppelin Rockers).
 Would recommend if you are a fan of both artists Oct 22, 2009
I bought this CD with the video. I enjoyed the collaboration effort and really liked both Plant's and Krauss' music separately (being very different styles). I was looking forward to a little more of a variety. It seemed at times that the music was too similar and more like Alison's and not enough like Robert's. In my opinion, I would have liked to see Alison rock a little more. She has a wonderfully beautiful voice and with the violin as accompaniment, it could have been more of a treat. All-in-all I enjoyed it, but thought it could have been better.
 weird pair, great music Oct 14, 2009
I got this album because I kept hearing so much about it, even from people who didn't normally buy music. Plus, the pairing was so strange to me that I was curious. :)
Both musicians have a great history in their respective genres. The result of combining them is something that draws from both, but is something totally new. It's one of those albums that sounds familiar, like you've heard it before, but you can't place it.
I think this album has something for fans of either artist. It's "roots" music, but so is Led Zeppelin. It's mellow at some places, but really rocks in others. Definitely an album that you'll enjoy in its entirety, like the old Led Zeppelin albums, rather than something where you'll only listen to one song.
Pounding Sand Oct 10, 2009
T-Bone Burnette has that Appalachian blues dirge thing down. Hollow sounding bass, haunting strings and guitars, thudding drums...all atmosphere and no mass. And despite all the critical raves, he's manages to turn one of rock's most massive vocalists and one of bluegrass's most substantive singers into wispy tendrils of folkish fog. "Raising Sand" is a very average album from a pair of people who rarely fall short of greatness, from a producer who has his title listed on some of my all time favorites.
I'm not sure why this trio of people decided to make a CD comprised on mostly down-tempo dirges, but that's what you get. Only on the Everly Brothers' "Gone Gone Gone" does "Raising Sand" give a hint that roots music can be roots rocking. And Krauss' fiddle playing is only used to solid effect on "Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us." "Sister Rosetta" actually haunts in a realistic way, as opposed the Burnette's forced period-production manipulation. I wanted a little Zep roar to appear, instead, Plant coos and moans a lot. Nothing takes flight.
When the songs work, one at a time, they're great. "Rich Woman," "Trampled Rose" and even the Led Zep cover "Please Read The Letter" highlight what "Raising Sand" could have been. But the entire album plods along in dire need of a little moonshine kick. It makes me wish Krauss, Plant and T-Bone had given a listen to T-Bone's work on the likes of King of America, Love & Hope & Sex & Dreams or even How Will the Wolf Survive?. Some adrenaline would have lifted "Raising Sand" to something far better that this mediocre offering.
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