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Nov 16, 2021Each song seems subtle, even sparse, but with repeated listens the complexity of the arrangements starts to astound. [Jan 2022, p.14]
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Dec 14, 2021While a little less grace and a little more grit could have benefitted their second pairing, Robert Plant and Allison Krauss’ “Raise the Roof” is nice and rough in all the right places.
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Dec 7, 2021Maybe after the stresses and strains of the past couple of years we need a familiar embrace to soothe away our pain. Raise The Roof fits the bill, even if it might win fewer prizes for originality than its predecessor.
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Nov 29, 2021It often feels like they're delighted that they're making an album that lives up to their debut, and it's hard not to share their thrill.
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Nov 22, 2021What worked a treat then continues to work now.
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Nov 18, 2021It’s surely as powerful as, and possibly better than, the twosome’s impressive debut.
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Nov 18, 2021Though less dynamic than its predecessor, owing perhaps to the lack of a surprise factor, it essentially picks up where Raising Sand let off. There are a few new tweaks, but this is collaboration is so strong, we’re left asking why we had to wait so long.
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Nov 17, 2021Perhaps the most appealing part of the album is that regardless of what sound, style or location these songs came from—British folk, New Orleans soul, Bakersfield country—they sound cohesive and of a piece in the hands of Plant and Krauss. In other words, the singers make these songs sound like their own.
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Nov 17, 2021There is not a whiff of a cynical retread of old tricks during Raise the Roof, which manages the trick of coming across both sophisticatedly polished and winningly raw and in-the-moment.
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Nov 16, 2021It's another record to follow deep into the bayou, chasing the will-o-the-wisp harmonies. [Dec 2021, p.70]
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MojoNov 16, 2021The formula still works a treat. [Dec 2021, p.86]
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Nov 16, 2021Raise the Roof could have emphasized the differences between its many musical differences, but instead, Plant and Krauss unify them.
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Nov 19, 2021Raise the Roof, also produced by Burnett, is the dark and spacey counterpart to Plant and Krauss’ first release, with covers that span from modern indie-folk band Calexico to early Delta blues musician Geeshie Wiley.
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Rolling StoneJan 5, 2022Has a similar beauty and mystery [as 2007's Raising Sand] with covers of Calexico. [Jan 2022, p.71]
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Nov 18, 2021With clever song selection and excellent execution, Raise the Roof turns the spotlight on craft. It might not quite match its predecessor, but it sounds too confident to worry about that.
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Nov 19, 2021This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view.