The rocker sat down with Colbert for a chat about his creative roots, from the Kirk Douglas film that inspired him as a kid to his recent embrace of ethereal folk tunes from Wales with his new project Saving Grace.
The lineup features Plant, vocalist Suzi Dian, drummer Oli Jefferson, guitarist Tony Kelsey, banjo and string player Matt Worley, and cellist Barney Morse-Brown.
Produced by Plant and the band, “Saving Grace” was recorded between April 2019 and January 2025 in the Cotswolds and on the Welsh Bordersm where they breathed fresh life into a collection of century-old music.
A treasury of songs featured back in time by Memphis Minnie, Bob Mosley (Moby Grape), Blind Willie Johnson, The Low Anthem, Martha Scanlan, Sarah Siskind, and Mimi Parker and Alan Sparhawk’s Low.
Plant and the band are currently on the road playing their first shows in North America, which began in Wheeling, West Virginia on Ocober 30, with dates running to the end of the month.
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