This week's Feature Album Raise The Roof is the follow up to Robert Plant and Alison Krauss' highly acclaimed and award-winning debut album Raising Sand. Now, 14 years later, Plant and Krauss come back together alongside producer T Bone Burnett to expand their collaboration in exciting new directions.
The album features 12 new recordings of songs by legends and unsung heroes including Merle Haggard, Allen Toussaint, The Everly Brothers, Anne Briggs, Geeshie Wiley, Bert Jansch and more.
The songs selected for Raise The Roof alternately reflect deep-rooted influences and new revelations. For his part, Plant was keen to introduce the English folk traditions he has loved since adolescence, while Krauss cites hearing 'Quattro (World Drift In)' by American group Calexico as "the moment I knew we'd make another album'.
Raise The Roof is out now. Tune into PBS all week for your chance to win a copy of the album. Not a PBS member? Sign up now for your chance to win.
TOP TRACKS WE'RE LOVING
Mei Saraswati - 'Wannaz'
Joseph Rabjohns & Lachlan R. Dale - 'Shining'
Shilpa Ray - 'Bootlickers of the Patriarchy'
Adam Strömstedt - 'Tie Dye'
Nils Frahm - 'Nils Has A New Piano'
Troth - 'Oak Corridor'
ORCHA - 'Tomorrow (Zoltan Fecso Edit)'
Gordi - 'Grass Is Blue'
Domink Eulberg - 'Rotmilan'
