In Praise of Robert Plant and Alison Krauss

In late 2007, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss released Raising Sand. What an album. I remember it well – the release and early years of playing it, I mean. The album is still with me now. A forever favourite. A modern classic that feels like it was beamed in from another time entirely.

I was working in the local Borders store and we playlisted just a hand…