On his second Nonesuch album, Carry Fire, due October 13 on Nonesuch / Warner Bros. Records, Plant reflects on the experiences, the emotions and the sounds of...
87 months ago

NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album is released. However, you can still listen with the Spotify or Apple Music playlist at the bottom of the...
85 months ago

Carry Fire is a very chill, very lovely album whose main flaw is that it has a hard time rising from good to great.
85 months ago

This is an album that's detailed, immediate, and full of life. The result is one of his most accomplished and casually ambitious albums.
85 months ago

Robert Plant has been defined by a stylistic restlessness, but his 11th solo album doesn't deviate wildly in tone from 2014's Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar.
85 months ago

On the title track he sings, “I carry fire for you/ Here in my naked hands/ I bare my heart to you,” words that can be construed to be sung to...
85 months ago

Released today, his new album Carry Fire further extends Plant's voyage and reaffirms his mastery. There's always been something deeply enviable...
85 months ago

Carry Fire takes the same musical foundations Zeppelin leaned on all those years ago, mainly blues and the Eastern flavors heard on Kashmir.
85 months ago

Why did you feel it was important to speak out about these issues? They're universal issues that have no particular time of beginning and don't...
85 months ago

Robert Plant. Carry Fire. (Nonesuch). Carry Fire opens with “The May Queen”, a wonderfully mellow folk-rocker with shades of Robert Plant's...
85 months ago