“Isn’t that amazing?” asked Robert Plant rhetorically on stage Wednesday night at Ravinia Festival, about 25 miles north of Chicago in the suburb of Highland Park, Illinois. “It’s amazing the way two voices can sometimes feel like nothing I’ve ever imagined,” he continued, noting his performance alongside singer and violinist Alison Krauss. “It’s been a long, strange journey to get here… I think.”
In 2005, Plant released his eighth solo studio album Mighty ReArranger. It’s an apt title that perfectly encapsulates the solo career he’s put together since 1982, turning familiar songs on their head in the best way possible as he continues to forge ahead in one of rock’s most creative and impressive second halves.
Following the release of Raising Sand, his platinum 2005 collaboration with Krauss, the duo teamed again for 2021’s Raise the Roof, touring since.
“I am blessed,” said Plant late in Wednesday night’s performance. “I really am. I am so lucky to be in the presence of this wonderful woman and her magnificent art,” he continued, introducing Krauss.
With temperatures reaching 90 degrees on Chicago’s north shore, Plant and Krauss offered up a magical evening of live music, backed beautifully by a marvelous five piece group over the course of about an hour and a half.
Wednesday marked just the seventh show of this outing for the duo, a tour set to run through the summer, wrapping up September 1, 2024 in Vail, Colorado ahead of an October tour of Italy for Plant.
Opening act JD McPherson was on double duty Wednesday, joining Plant and Krauss on guitar throughout, stealing opening number “Rich Woman” as Plant turned left to soak it in.
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