Something About Robert Plant's Voice...

... is making me fall in love with him in this song. I'm powerless, I tell you!

Robert Plant & Allison Krauss--Please Read the Letter.mp3

I got my hands on a copy of the Plant & Krauss album "Raising Sand," and though it is generally outside the strict parameters of my usual tastes, I love it. They harmonize incredibly well (as you'd expect), and the songs are varied and a little gritty at times, and they're so easy w/ the songs and w/ each other that it seems to me they must have had a lot of fun making this album. It feels like one of those "simple joys of making music" records, and how could we resist? The above song was my favorite from first play.

And this seems as good a time as any to talk about faves for the year. My favorite album of the year (by far): The National, "Boxer." Killing myself that I missed them in concert, but it couldn't be helped. Funny, this is one of those how-you-know-you're-an-adult moments, because were this high school, I would not have gotten over it. This album brought me no end of joy this year, and it is still my go-to, default record when shuffle just does not cut it in iTunes.

Nothing came close to the National this year, but I loved Peter Bjorn and John, Feist, Schooner, Arcade Fire, Editors, and lots and lots of Broken Social Scene, too. Also happy to discover Jose Gonzalez, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Hello Saferide, Basia Bulat, and The Cloud Room. So much Swedish pop this year, yaay!

[photo: ae | Richmond, VA | 11.3.07 ]

Comments

[davak]

Love the mp3. Adding to the collection.

Thanks for sharing.

[arse poetica]

You're most welcome, davak. Some more sprinkled about in the "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" category. Thanks for dropping in! =)