Who and wheredoes someonecome up withthe idea ofpairingROCK GOD/LEGEND Robert Plant withbluegrass queen Alison Krauss?Well, it’s a stroke of pure GENIUS!The album has sublime harmonies,subtle and sparse vocals, and amoody beauty, a beauty that hidesan underlying growl from bothartists. Both Plant and Kraussare up front on the mix, neithersupporting the other. Their solossoar and their harmonies are twovoices singing as one. With T-BoneBurnett as producer, mixes effortlessly the old and new,from blues to country to folk. Atimeless recording, it is difficultto pick which songs are new andwhich are decades old. Highlightsof a truly outstanding album are, , and the beautiful Celtic-inspired. RobertPlant’s old vocal leanings even ruboff on Krauss who delivers a powerfulperformance on . Beautiful, beautiful!