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Sep 2017 - p.28
Robert Plant's new album,
Carry Fire
, will be
released October 13th on Nonesuch/Warner
Bros. Records.
Carry Fire
is his eleventh solo
album and first full-length release since 2014's
acclaimed
lullaby and...The Ceaseless Roar
.
As with
lullaby and...The Ceaseless Roar
,
Robert is accompanied by The Sensational
Space Shifters
:
John Baggott
on keyboards,
moog, loops and percussion,
Justin Adams
on
guitar and percussion,
Dave Smith on bendir,
tambourine and drums and
Liam "Skin" Tyson
on guitar, acoustic guitar and twelve-string.
Robert Plant
and the
Space Shifters
(which
now includes
Seth Lakeman
who appeared on
three tracks on 'Carry Fire') will play the Civic,
Wolves on 20th November. Robert Plant and the
Space Shifters are also joined on
Carry Fire
by
a number of special guests.
Chrissie Hynde
joins Robert on the duet
Bluebirds Over The
Mountai
n (written by rockabilly legend
Ersel
Hickey
and later recorded by both
Richie Valens
and
The Beach Boys
). Albanian cellist
Redi
Hasa
performs on three tracks, as does the
aforementioned Seth Lakeman - viola and fiddle.
NOV
20
Robert Plant and the band spent two years on the
road together supporting
lullaby and...The
Ceaseless Roar
, their unique sound and vision
ultimately evolving into something even more
creative and powerful.
Robert, who lived in Texas for a time before
returning to England three years ago, together
with his friends, present the songs
Carry Fire
,
melding unusual rhythms with naturalism and
smouldering power.
"It's about intention, I respect and relish my past
works but each time I feel the trawl and incentive
to create new work. I must mix old with new.
Consequently, the whole impetus of the band has
moved on its axis somewhat, the new sound and
different space giving way to exciting and
dramatic landscapes of mood, melody and
instrumentation".
