Editing Robert Plant (section)

==Solo career (1981–present)==

===Early solo career and success (1981–1993)===
{{BLP sources section|date=August 2023}}
After Led Zeppelin disbanded in December 1980 (following the death of drummer [[John Bonham]]), Plant briefly considered abandoning music to pursue a career as a teacher in the [[Waldorf education|Rudolf Steiner education system]], going so far as to be accepted for teacher training. He nevertheless embarked on a successful solo career, helped by encouragement from [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] drummer [[Phil Collins]], who would go on to play with him.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musictimes.com/articles/23372/20150106/robert-plant-praises-phil-collins-encouraging-solo-career-led-zeppelin-split.htm |title=Robert Plant Praises Phil Collins For Encouraging His Solo Career After Led Zeppelin's Split |work=Music Times |first=Shawn |last=Christ |date=6 January 2015 |access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref> Plant's solo career began with the album ''[[Pictures at Eleven]]'' in 1982, followed by 1983's ''[[The Principle of Moments]]''. Popular tracks from this period include "[[Big Log]]" (a Top 20 hit in 1983), "[[In the Mood (Robert Plant song)|In the Mood]]" (1983), "[[Little by Little (Robert Plant song)|Little by Little]]" (from 1985's ''[[Shaken 'n' Stirred]]''), "Far Post" (the B-side of "[[Burning Down One Side]]"), which appeared on the soundtrack of the 1985 movie ''[[White Nights (1985 film)|White Nights]]'' starring [[Gregory Hines]] and [[Mikhail Baryshnikov]], and popularised by airplay on [[album-oriented rock]] stations), "[[Tall Cool One (Robert Plant song)|Tall Cool One]]" (a No. 25 hit from 1988's ''[[Now and Zen]]'') and later "[[I Believe (Robert Plant song)|I Believe]]" (from 1993's ''[[Fate of Nations]]''). This last track, like Led Zeppelin's "[[All My Love (Led Zeppelin song)|All My Love]]", was written for and dedicated to his late son, Karac. Whilst Plant avoided performing Led Zeppelin songs through much of this period (although he would occasionally improvise his unique Zeppelin screams into his set), his tours in 1983 (with Phil Collins on drums) and in 1985 were very successful, often performing to sold-out arena-sized venues. In 1986 Plant performed at the [[Heart Beat 86|Birmingham Heart Beat Charity Concert]] with other famous Midlands musicians. 
[[File:Robert Plant and Phil Johnstone, backstage at Glastonbury Festival, 1993.jpg|alt=The two men looking rocked-out and happy posing for a photo|thumb|Plant, [[Phil Johnstone]], and ''[[Creem]]'' editor [[Dusty Wright]], backstage at the [[Glastonbury Festival]], 1993]]

During the late 1980s and early 1990s Plant co-wrote three solo albums with keyboardist/songwriter [[Phil Johnstone]]. These were: ''[[Now and Zen]]'' in 1988, ''[[Manic Nirvana]]'' in 1990, and the 1993 ''[[Fate of Nations]]'' (which features [[Moya Brennan]] of [[Clannad (musical group)|Clannad]] and former [[Cutting Crew]] guitarist [[Kevin MacMichael|Kevin Scott MacMichael]]). Songs from this third album, plus a smattering of Led Zeppelin classics, made up the set-list for Plant's acclaimed sunset performance on the Main Stage at Glastonbury Festival, in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web|title = 1993|url = http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/history/history-1993/|website = Glastonbury Festival – 24–28 June 2015|access-date = 12 February 2016|first = Pretty Good|last = Digital}}</ref> It was Johnstone who talked Plant into playing Led Zeppelin songs in his live shows, something Plant had always previously resisted, not wanting to be forever known as "the former Led Zeppelin vocalist".{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}}

Although Led Zeppelin disbanded in 1980, Plant occasionally collaborated with [[Jimmy Page]] on various projects through this period, including forming a short-lived all-star group with Page and [[Jeff Beck]] in 1984, called [[the Honeydrippers]]. They released an EP called ''[[The Honeydrippers: Volume One]]'', and the band had a No. 3 hit with a remake of the [[Phil Phillips]]' tune "[[Sea of Love (Phil Phillips song)|Sea of Love]]", plus a follow-up hit with a cover of [[Roy Brown (blues musician)|Roy Brown]]'s "[[Rockin' at Midnight]]". The pair again worked together in the studio on the 1988 Page solo effort ''[[Outrider (album)|Outrider]]'', and in the same year Page contributed to Plant's album ''Now and Zen''. Also, on 15 May 1988 Plant appeared with Page as a member of Led Zeppelin, at the [[Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary]] concert (where he also performed in his own right as a solo artist). Plant's live collaborations with other well-known musicians continued when he took to the stage with Queen at Wembley Stadium, for 1992's "The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert" for AIDS Awareness; where he sang Queen's "[[Innuendo (song)|Innuendo]]" and "[[Crazy Little Thing Called Love]]", and Led Zeppelin's "[[Kashmir (song)|Kashmir]]" and "[[Thank You (Led Zeppelin song)|Thank You]]".

===Page and Plant (1994–1998)===
[[Page and Plant]] became a full-fledged performing act from 1994 through 1998, releasing the ''[[No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded]]'' album in 1994 and following with an enormously successful tour in 1995, including a return to the Glastonbury Festival.<ref name="Lewis 2010 p. 553">{{cite book | last=Lewis | first=D. | title=Led Zeppelin: The 'Tight But Loose' Files | publisher=Music Sales | year=2010 | isbn=978-0-85712-220-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jOzTNQk0C48C&pg=PT553 | access-date=19 August 2023 | page=553}}</ref> Fourteen years of speculation from their fans and occasional sniping between the two former members ended when they reconvened their former musical partnership to produce ''No Quarter''. Having long resisted offers from MTV to reform to do an ''Unplugged'' show, they finally accepted as part of a deal that also allowed them to visit Morocco to record new material. The album combines the results of both of these projects. The Led Zeppelin material features new arrangements and new instrumentation, including strings, Egyptian musicians and the vocals of British-Asian star Najma Akhtar.

Page and Plant recorded their only post-Zeppelin album of original material as the 1998 album ''[[Walking into Clarksdale]]'', an effort that was unsuccessful commercially, leading Plant to return to his solo career after another world tour. A song from this album, "[[Please Read the Letter]]", was re-recorded by Plant with [[Alison Krauss]], and was featured on their 2007 album which won the [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year]].

=== Priory of Brion and reunion with Page (1999–2001) ===
Starting in mid-1999, Plant performed until the end of 2000 at several small venues with his folk-rock band, named Priory of Brion. This band consisted of the original Band of Joy guitarist Kevyn Gammond alongside [[Andy Edwards (musician)|Andy Edwards]] (drums), Paul Timothy (keyboards), and Paul Wetton (bass). The Priory of Brion played around one hundred concerts across Europe at various small clubs and festivals. The band performed cover versions of songs that had influenced Plant in his formative years. Many of these cover versions would crop up later on his [[Dreamland (Robert Plant album)|''Dreamland'']] album.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Priory of Brion |website=www.robertplanthomepage.com |url=http://www.robertplanthomepage.com/priory_of_brion/_private/priory_of_brion.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213001821/http://www.robertplanthomepage.com/priory_of_brion/_private/priory_of_brion.htm|archive-date=13 February 2017|access-date=4 December 2021|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1999, Plant contributed to the [[tribute album]] for [[Moby Grape]] co-founder [[Skip Spence]], who was terminally ill. The album, ''[[More Oar: A Tribute to the Skip Spence Album]]'' ([[Birdman Records|Birdman]], 1999), with the album title referring to Spence's only solo album, ''[[Oar (Skip Spence album)|Oar]]'' ([[Columbia Records|Columbia]], 1969), contained Plant's version of Spence's "Little Hands". Plant had been an admirer of Spence and Moby Grape since the release of Moby Grape's [[:wikt:eponym|eponymous]] 1967 [[Moby Grape (album)|debut album]].{{efn|1=Plant included "8:05", from the first Moby Grape album, as a B-side to a 1993 single; it is also included on the expanded reissue of his ''[[Fate of Nations]]'' album on [[Rhino Records]]. Plant performed "Hey Grandma" (also from the first Moby Grape album) live when with his pre-Led Zeppelin [[Band of Joy]], during the 1967–1968 period.<ref name=raresongs>{{cite web |website=Robert Plant Now and Zen |title=Rare and Unrecorded Songs |url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~liden/rp_raresongs.html |access-date=21 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111014408/http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~liden/rp_raresongs.html |archive-date=11 November 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Plant albums reborn with nine lives |url=http://www.rhino.com/rzine/pressrelease.lasso?PRID=448 |website=New Releases |publisher=Rhino Records |date=20 September 2006 |access-date=22 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061015223620/http://www.rhino.com/rzine/pressrelease.lasso?PRID=448 |archive-date=15 October 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> On the ''[[Sixty Six to Timbuktu]]'' collection (2003), Plant includes his version of Spence's "Little Hands", as well as "Naked If I Want To", another song from the first Moby Grape album.<ref name=raresongs/>}}

In 2001, Plant appeared on [[Afro Celt Sound System]]'s album ''[[Volume 3: Further in Time]]''. The song "Life Begin Again" features a duet with Welsh folksinger [[Julie Murphy (singer)|Julie Murphy]], emphasising Plant's recurring interest in Welsh culture (Murphy would also tour in support of Plant).

In the summer of 2001, Plant reunited with Page for both a cover of "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It" for a Sun Records tribute album and an appearance at the Montreux Jazz Festival, the last time they worked outside of Led Zeppelin together.<ref name=":4" />

===Strange Sensation and further collaborations (2002–2009)===
In 2002, with his then newly formed band Strange Sensation, Plant released a widely acclaimed collection of mostly blues and folk remakes, ''[[Dreamland (Robert Plant album)|Dreamland]]''. Contrasting with this lush collection of often relatively obscure remakes, the second album with Strange Sensation, ''[[Mighty ReArranger]]'' (2005), contains new, original songs. Both have received some of the most favourable reviews of Plant's solo career and four [[Grammy]] nominations, two in 2003 and two in 2006.

[[File:Robert Plant.jpg|thumb|left|Plant and Strange Sensation at the Green Man Festival, 2007]]

As a former member of Led Zeppelin, along with Page and John Paul Jones, Plant received the [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]] in 2005 and the Polar Music Prize in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Plant and Alison Krauss |url=http://www.rounder.com/artists/robert-plant-and-alison-krauss |website=Rounder |access-date=17 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911161103/http://www.rounder.com/artists/robert-plant-and-alison-krauss |archive-date=11 September 2012 |date=11 September 2012}}</ref>

From 2001 to 2007, Plant actively toured the US and Europe with Strange Sensation. His sets typically included recent, but not only, solo material and plenty of Led Zeppelin favourites, often with new and expanded arrangements. A DVD titled ''Soundstage: Robert Plant and Strange Sensation'', featuring his ''[[Soundstage (TV series)|Soundstage]]'' performance (filmed at the Soundstage studios in Chicago on 16 September 2005), was released in October 2006.

With Strange Sensation's Justin Adams he appeared at the 2003 ''[[Festival au Desert]]'' held in [[Essakane]] in the [[North of Mali]],<ref name="Festival Au Desert">{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-au-desert.org/index.cfm?m=0&s=2|title='Caravanes des Artistes pour la Paix' du Festival au Désert history|date=February 2013|work=Festival Au Desert|access-date=1 August 2013}}</ref> captured in a French-language documentary film entitled ''Le Festival au Désert'' (2004).

On 23 June 2006, Plant was the headliner (backed by [[Ian Hunter (singer)|Ian Hunter]]'s band) at the Benefit For [[Arthur Lee (musician)|Arthur Lee]] concert at New York's [[Beacon Theatre (New York City)|Beacon Theatre]], a show which raised money for Lee's medical expenses from his bout with leukaemia. Plant and band performed thirteen songs&nbsp;– five by Arthur Lee & Love, five Led Zeppelin songs and three others, including a duet with Ian Hunter. At the show, Plant told the audience of his great admiration for Arthur Lee dating back to the mid-'60s. Lee died of his illness six weeks after the concert.

An expansive box set of his solo work, ''[[Nine Lives (Robert Plant album)|Nine Lives]]'', was released in November 2006, which expanded all of his albums with various B-sides, demos, and live cuts. It was accompanied by a DVD. All his solo works were re-released with these extra tracks individually.

In 2007, Plant contributed two tracks to the [[Fats Domino]] tribute album ''[[Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino]]'', "It Keeps Rainin{{'"}} with the Lil' Band o' Gold and "[[Valley of Tears (song)|Valley of Tears]]" with the [[Soweto Gospel Choir]].

Plant performed with Strange Sensation guitarist [[Justin Adams]] and the West African riti (a one-string violin) master [[Juldeh Camara]] for the finale of the three day [[World of Music, Arts and Dance]] Festival in [[Abu Dhabi]]. Approximately 50,000 attended each of the free Womad concerts, which took place on the Corniche public beach from 23–25 April 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/robert-plant-wows-womad-1.523005|title=Robert Plant wows Womad|date=25 April 2009|work=[[Q (magazine)|Q]]|access-date=28 January 2022}}</ref>

===Alison Krauss (2007–2009 & 2021)===
[[File:KraussPlantNIA2008.JPG|thumb|Plant on stage with Alison Krauss at Birmingham's [[National Indoor Arena|NIA]] on 5 May 2008]]

In 2007 and 2008, Plant recorded and performed with bluegrass star [[Alison Krauss]]. A [[duet]] album, ''[[Raising Sand]]'', was released on 23 October 2007 on Rounder Records. The album, recorded in Nashville and Los Angeles and produced by [[T Bone Burnett]], includes performances of lesser-known material from [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]], [[blues]], [[folk music|folk]] and [[Country music|country]] songwriters including [[Mel Tillis]], [[Townes Van Zandt]], [[Gene Clark]], [[Tom Waits]], [[Doc Watson]], [[Little Milton]] and [[the Everly Brothers]]. In February 2008 the song "[[Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)]]" from ''Raising Sand'' won a Grammy for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals at the [[50th Annual Grammy Awards|50th Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Grammy winners|website=CNN |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/10/grammy.winners/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205174232/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/10/grammy.winners/index.html|archive-date=5 December 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=28 November 2017|title=50th Annual GRAMMY Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/50th-annual-grammy-awards-2007|access-date=30 November 2021|website=GRAMMY.com}}</ref> In February 2009 at the [[51st Grammy Awards]], ''Raising Sand'' won 5 Grammys, for Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals, Best Country Collaboration with Vocals, and Contemporary Folk/Americana Album.<ref>{{cite web |last=Glaister |first=Dan |date=9 February 2009 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/feb/09/grammy-awards-robert-plant |title=Veteran Robert Plant steals show at Grammys |work=[[The Guardian]] |publisher=[[Guardian News and Media]] |access-date=18 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=28 November 2017|title=51st Annual GRAMMY Awards|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/51st-annual-grammy-awards-2008|access-date=30 November 2021 |website=GRAMMY.com}}</ref> The album has been successful critically and commercially, and was certified platinum on 4 March 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|date=4 March 2008|title=Gold & Platinum: Raising Sand |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/|website=RIAA|access-date=30 November 2021}}</ref> The album was also nominated for the [[Mercury Prize]] in July 2008.<ref>{{cite web|author=Owen Gibson|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/jul/23/mercuryprize.popandrock |title=Mercury picks dark horses and rising stars |date=23 July 2008|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=1 January 2012}}</ref>

Plant and Krauss began an extended tour of the US and Europe in April 2008, playing music from ''Raising Sand'' and other American roots music as well as reworked Led Zeppelin tunes. Also in 2008, Plant performed with bluegrass musicians at the [[New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival]] and [[Bonnaroo]] Music & Arts Festival. He appeared as a surprise guest during [[Fairport Convention]]'s set at the 2008 [[Fairport's Cropredy Convention|Cropredy Festival]], performing Led Zeppelin's "[[The Battle of Evermore]]" with Kristina Donahue as a tribute to [[Sandy Denny]].

In 2021, Robert Plant and [[Alison Krauss]] released the 12-track studio album ''[[Raise the Roof (album)|Raise the Roof]]'', produced by [[T Bone Burnett]], as a follow-up to ''[[Raising Sand]].'' Accompanying the album's launch, Plant and Krauss performed a globally live-streamed set, broadcast from Nashville's [[Sound Emporium Studios]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 August 2021 |title=Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Announce First Album Together in 14 Years, Share New Song |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/robert-plant-and-alison-krauss-announce-first-album-together-in-14-years-share-new-song-listen/ |access-date=18 August 2021|website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Hodgkinson|first=Will|title=Robert Plant and Alison Krauss review — the rock god and bluegrass queen create covers gold|newspaper=[[The Times]]|language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/robert-plant-and-alison-krauss-review-the-rock-god-and-bluegrass-queen-create-covers-gold-xslhmq2np|access-date=19 November 2021|issn=0140-0460}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=ROBERT PLANT And ALISON KRAUSS Celebrate New Album 'Raise The Roof' With Series Of Live Performances|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/robert-plant-and-alison-krauss-celebrate-new-album-raise-the-roof-with-series-of-live-performances/|website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET|date=17 November 2021|access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref>

===Band of Joy (2010–2011)===
[[File:BandOfJoy.jpg|thumb|Plant performing live with the [[Band of Joy]] (including, most notably, [[Patty Griffin]] and [[Buddy Miller]]) at [[Birmingham Symphony Hall]] on 27 October 2010]]

In July 2010, Plant embarked on a twelve-date summer tour in the United States with his newly formed group called [[Band of Joy]] (reprising the name of his first band in the 1960s). The group included singer [[Patty Griffin]], singer-guitarist [[Buddy Miller]], multi-instrumentalist and vocalist [[Darrell Scott]], bassist-vocalist Byron House, and drummer-percussionist-vocalist [[Marco Giovino]].

A one-off show in the United States on 12 September 2010 at the [[Bowery Ballroom]] in New York City, was followed by an eleven-date autumn 2010 tour in Europe<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.robertplant.com/tour/ |title=Robert Plant Official Website / Tour |publisher=Robertplant.com |access-date=5 September 2010}}</ref> and a North America tour in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rounder.com/artist/news/detail.aspx?nid=4485&aid=8790 |title=Rounder Records Website / Tour |publisher=rounder.com |access-date=16 November 2010 }}{{dead link|date=September 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

A new studio album called ''[[Band of Joy (album)|Band of Joy]]'' was released on 13 September 2010 on the [[Rounder Records]] label.<ref>{{cite web |title=Band Of Joy |url=https://www.amazon.com/Band-Joy-Robert-Plant/dp/B003NWS5AO |website=Amazon |access-date=17 October 2018 |date=14 September 2010}}</ref> The album was nominated for Best Americana Album in the 2011 Grammy Awards, and Plant's performance of "Silver Rider" on the album (a cover from the [[Low (band)|Low]] album ''[[The Great Destroyer]]'') was nominated for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance.

The band played their final scheduled show together at the Big Chill Festival at Eastnor Castle Deer Park in [[Herefordshire]] on 7 August 2011. The show ended with Plant bidding his bandmates "a fond farewell".<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/2011/08/08/review-robert-plants-last-concert-with-the-band-of-joy/ |title = Review – Robert Plant's last concert with the Band of Joy | newspaper = Express & Star | location = Wolverhampton, England | date = 8 August 2011 |access-date=9 August 2011}}</ref>

In September 2011, Plant played in [[Marfa, TX]] at El Cosmic Trans – Pecos Festival as part of a band called Crown Vic consisting of [[Patty Griffin]], Dony Wynn, [[David Grissom]], Glenn Fukunaga, Michael Ramos.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/robert-plant-possible-new-band/|title=Robert Plant Debuts Possible New Band|date=24 September 2011|work=[Ultimate Classic Rock]|access-date=28 January 2022}}</ref>

On 30 September 2011, Plant and Band of Joy played in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, as part of the 11th [[Hardly Strictly Bluegrass]] festival.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfexaminer.com/entertainment/events/2011/09/your-guide-hardly-strictly-bluegrass-music |title=Your guide to Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music |newspaper=The Examiner |location=San Francisco |date=30 September 2011 |access-date=1 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111210112912/http://www.sfexaminer.com/entertainment/events/2011/09/your-guide-hardly-strictly-bluegrass-music |archive-date=10 December 2011}}</ref>

Released in October 2011, Plant duetted with [[Alfie Boe]] on "[[Song to the Siren]]" for Alfie's sixth album, [[Alfie (Alfie Boe album)|Alfie]], which he also recorded himself on 2002's [[Dreamland (Robert Plant album)|''Dreamland'']].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/robert-plant-alfie-boe-song-to-the-siren-clip-debuts/|title=Robert Plant, Alfie Boe 'Song to the Siren' Clip Debuts|date=6 November 2011|work=[[Ultimate Classic Rock]]|access-date=28 January 2022}}</ref>

===Sensational Space Shifters (2012–2018)===
It was first reported that Robert Plant's new band, the Sensational Space Shifters, would be debuting at 2012's [[World of Music, Arts and Dance|WOMAD]] festival in [[Wiltshire]], England. An intimate warm up gig was then announced in Gloucester on 8 May 2012 to a crowd of 400. Although it was initially reported that there were 10 members of the band, along with Plant the band consists of former Strange Sensation members, [[Cast (band)|Cast]] guitarist [[Liam Tyson|Liam "Skin" Tyson]], [[Justin Adams]], Billy Fuller and John Baggott along with Dave Smith and [[Juldeh Camara]]. [[Patty Griffin]] was the special guest on the first few shows prior to her new album release and subsequent tour.<ref>{{cite web |author=Leonie Cooper |url=https://www.nme.com/news/robert-plant/63585 |title=Robert Plant announces one-off London show for July – ticket details |website=NME |date=2 May 2012 |access-date=2 November 2012}}</ref>

[[File:Festival des Vieilles Charrues 2018 - Robert Plant - 023.jpg|thumb|right|Plant performing live on stage at a music festival in July 2018]]

On 13 July 2012, the band released a download live album called ''[[Sensational Space Shifters (Live in London July '12)]]''. This album featured a mix of Strange Sensation and Led Zeppelin reinterpretations as well as covers and a spot by Patty Griffin.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Matthew Wilkening |title=Robert Plant Releases New Live Album Featuring Sensational Space Shifters Band |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/robert-plant-2012-live-album/ |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |access-date=16 October 2017 |date=30 July 2012}}</ref><ref name="itunes.apple.com Sensational Space Shifters Live in London July 12">{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/sensational-space-shifters-live-in-london-july-12/545027287 |title=Sensational Space Shifters (Live In London July '12) |date= 13 July 2012 |website=[[iTunes]] |access-date= 16 October 2017}}</ref> In addition to WOMAD and the Gloucester show, the Sensational Space Shifters were scheduled for the free [[Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival]]'s 25th anniversary in [[Clarksdale, Mississippi]] on 10–12 August 2012.<ref>{{cite web |author=Shauna Wright |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/robert-new-band-womad/ |title=Robert Plant to Play With New Band at WOMAD Festival |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |date=23 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Brian Guardner |url=http://www.briangardiner.ca/rambleon/?p=1737/ |title=Robert Plant to Unveil the Sensational Space Shifters |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801030125/http://www.briangardiner.ca/rambleon/?p=1737%2F |archive-date=1 August 2013 |work=Ramble on Radio |date=16 April 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Ken Kelley |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/robert-plant-to-debut-new-band-at-intimate-show/ |title=Robert Plant to Debut New Band at Intimate Show |work=Ultimate Classic Rock |date=18 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tightbutloose.co.uk/tblweb09/?p=13120 |title=TBL News Round Up: Robert Plant for Sunflower Festival/ JPJ at Abbey Road Sound and Vision Cancer Research UK Event/ Bombay '72/ You Tube Clips |website=Tight But Loose |date=14 March 2012 |access-date=16 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029113615/http://www.tightbutloose.co.uk/tblweb09/?p=13120 |archive-date=29 October 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Nigel Tassell |url=http://womad.org/performances/3840/ |title=Robert Plant's latest open-eared musical excursion |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223212628/http://womad.org/performances/3840/ |archive-date=23 December 2014 |website=World of Music, Arts and Dance |date=March 2011 }}</ref>

Released in 2014, ''[[Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar]]'' is Plant's tenth solo album and the first studio recording with his band the Sensational Space Shifters.<ref>{{cite web|date=23 June 2014|title=Robert Plant announces new album and UK tour|url=https://www.nme.com/news/robert-plant/78080|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625050926/https://www.nme.com/news/robert-plant/78080|archive-date=25 June 2014|access-date=30 November 2021|website=NME}}</ref> 
On 28 June 2014, Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters played at the [[Glastonbury Extravaganza]]. The band featured West African musician [[Juldeh Camara]], guitarists [[Skin Tyson]] and [[Justin Adams]], drummer Dave Smith, [[Massive Attack]] keyboardist John Baggott, and bassist Billy Fuller.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.efestivals.co.uk/news/14/140109c.shtml#61r2PVW6clClchK1.99|title=Sensational Space Shifters ft Robert Plant for Glastonbury Extravaganza – eFestivals.co.uk|access-date=12 September 2014}}</ref> On 7 August 2014, Plant announced an [[Robert Plant concert tours#2014|autumn 2014 7-date North American tour]] from 25 September (in Port Chester, NY) to 7 October 2014 (in Los Angeles, CA).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/robert-plant-2014-tour/ |title= Robert Plant Announces 2014 North American Tour (by Dave Lifton) |date= 7 August 2014<!--, 12:56 PM--> |website=[[Ultimate Classic Rock]] |access-date=21 August 2014}}</ref>

To celebrate [[Record Store Day]] 2015 (Saturday 18 April), Plant released a special 10-inch live EP titled ''More Roar'', which was limited to 10,000 copies.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.led-zeppelin.org/current-news/1705-robert-plant-to-release-more-roar-live-ep-for-record-store-day |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402144615/http://www.led-zeppelin.org/current-news/1705-robert-plant-to-release-more-roar-live-ep-for-record-store-day |url-status=usurped |archive-date=2 April 2015 |title=Robert Plant To Release 'More Roar' Live EP For 'Record Store Day' |date= 22 March 2015|website=Led-zeppelin.org |access-date= 28 March 2015}}</ref> During a concert at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City on 19 September 2015, Plant hinted at plans for a new album with the Sensational Space Shifters, stating, "We'll go make another record and then we'll come see you guys even more."<ref>Isenhart, Olivia. [http://pancakesandwhiskey.com/2015/09/19/robert-plant-stuns-hammerstein-ballroom-with-zeppelin-classics/ "Robert Plant Stuns Hammerstein Ballroom with Zeppelin Classics"], ''Pancakes and Whiskey'', New York City, 20 September 2015. Retrieved on 20 September 2015.</ref>

On 25 April 2015, Plant headlined a special event, "Lead Belly at 125" – a tribute to American Folk Legend [[Lead Belly]] at [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts|Kennedy Centre]] in conjunction with the [[Grammy Museum]] and performed with [[Alison Krauss]], [[Viktor Krauss]], [[Buddy Miller]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://grammymuseum.org/event/lead-belly-at-125-a-tribute-to-an-american-songster/|title=LEAD BELLY AT 125: A TRIBUTE TO AN AMERICAN SONGSTER|date=25 April 2015|work=[[Grammy Museum]]|access-date=28 January 2022}}</ref>

Plant covered [[Elbow (band)|Elbow]]'s track, "Blanket of Night", featured on the [[British Red Cross]]' compilation LP "The Long Road", released on 4 March 2016. The LP aimed to raise awareness of the "struggles faced by refugees and asylum seekers at a time of increased global conflict and migration". ''"We have a worldwide international catastrophe,"'' says Plant. ''"Talking about it is one thing, doing something about it is another. The position we are in, it's paramount we all do our best one way or another to help."''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.music-news.com/news/UK/94097/Robert-Plant-Tinariwen-record-exclusive-tracks-for-British-Red-Cross|title=Robert Plant, Tinariwen record exclusive tracks for British Red Cross|date=9 December 2015|work=[Music-News]|access-date=28 January 2022}}</ref> Plant later confirmed that in October he would join artists including [[Emmylou Harris]], [[Steve Earle]], [[Patty Griffin]], for select dates{{efn|Eight dates on 11,12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19 & 21 October 2016 respectively in [[St. Louis, MO]], [[Milwaukee, WI]], Chicago, Toronto, ON, [[Boston]], New York City, [[Philadelphia]], and Washington, D.C.<ref name="robertplant.com Robert Plant Lampedusa Concert for Refugees tour">{{cite web |url=http://www.robertplant.com/#news |title=Lampedusa Concert for Refugees |date= 19 September 2016 |website=robertplant.com |access-date= 11 November 2016}}</ref>}} on the [[Lampedusa]] Concerts for Refugees tour. The tour across 11 North American cities was a series of acoustic concerts intended to raise awareness of the worldwide refugee crisis and funds to support educational programs for refugees.

Plant's eleventh solo album, ''[[Carry Fire]],'' was released on 13 October 2017 and was the second studio album to be supported by his band the Sensational Space Shifters.<ref name="ultimateclassicrock.com Robert Plant new album Carry Fire">{{cite web |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/robert-plant-carry-fire-album/ |title=Robert Plant Announces New 'Carry Fire' LP, Debuts 'The May Queen' Single |date= 18 August 2017 |website=ultimateclassicrock.com |access-date= 21 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="billboard.com Robert Plant Carry Fire">{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7933994/robert-plant-carry-fire-album-may-queen-single |title=Robert Plant Releasing 'Carry Fire' Album in October, Listen to 'The May Queen' Now |date= 18 August 2017 |website=billboard.com |access-date= 21 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="facebook Robert Plant new album Carry Fire">{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/robertplant/videos/1630515230316314/ |title='Carry Fire', the new album from Robert Plant, will be released on 13th October. |date= 18 August 2017 |website=Facebook |access-date= 20 August 2017}}</ref> In 2018, Plant received the AMA Lifetime Achievement Award at the [[Americana Music Honors & Awards|UK Americana Honors & Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.entertainment-focus.com/music-section/music-news/robert-plant-to-receive-lifetime-achievement-award-at-uk-americana-awards-2018/|title=Robert Plant to receive Lifetime Achievement Award at UK Americana Awards 2018 – Entertainment Focus|website=Entertainment-focus.com|date=8 November 2017 |access-date=15 November 2017}}</ref> Plant headlined the Sunday night of [[Iceland]]'s Secret Solstice Festival in [[Reykjavík]] on 23 June 2019.<ref name="icelandreview.com Robert Plant Secret Solstice Festival">{{cite web |url=https://www.icelandreview.com/news/robert-plant-at-secret-solstice |title= Robert Plant to Play Secret Solstice (by Gréta Sigríður Einarsdóttir) |date= 31 January 2019 |website=www.icelandreview.com |access-date= 31 January 2019}}</ref><ref name="secretsolstice.is Robert Plant Secret Solstice Festival">{{cite web |url=https://secretsolstice.is/robert-plant-uk/ |title=Robert Plant and the Sensational Shapeshifters [UK] |date= January 2019 |website=secretsolstice.is |access-date= 31 January 2019}}</ref>

John Blease joined the Sensational Space Shifters in June 2018 and replaced Dave Smith on drums.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://johnblease.com/2018/05/30/robert-plant/|title=Robert Plant|work=[John Blease official website]|date=30 May 2018 |access-date=7 February 2022}}</ref>

===Saving Grace (2019–present)===
On 7 March 2019, Plant performed at the Third Annual [[Love Rocks NYC|LOVE ROCKS NYC]], a benefit concert for God's Love We Deliver at the [[Beacon Theatre (New York City)|Beacon Theatre]] in NYC, hosted by [[Bill Murray]], [[Martin Short]] and [[Chevy Chase]] amongst others, featuring an all-star line up including [[Sheryl Crow]], [[Buddy Guy]], [[Hozier]], [[Billy F Gibbons]], [[Jimmie Vaughan]]. The concert was presented by [[John Varvatos]] and Greg Williamson.<ref>{{cite web |date=14 January 2019 |title=Robert Plant, Sheryl Crow, Hozier, Buddy Guy to Headline Third Annual 'Love Rocks NYC' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/robert-plant-sheryl-crow-hozier-buddy-guy-headline-third-annual-love-rocks-nyc-778494/ |access-date=28 January 2022 |work=[Rolling Stone]}}</ref>
[[File:Robert_Plant_2021.jpg|thumb|Plant giving an interview to [[AXS TV]] in 2021<ref>{{Citation |title=Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin Interview with Dan Rather | date=20 August 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ78z40HEh0 |access-date=16 April 2023 |language=en}}</ref>]]
Released via Plant's own Es Paranza label, a remastered version (with updated artwork) of ''[[Fate of Nations]]'' as part of 2019 [[Record Store Day]] with proceeds going to [[Greenpeace]].<ref>{{cite web |date=4 April 2019 |title=RP is releasing 'Fate Of Nations' as part of @RSDUK |url=https://twitter.com/robertplant/status/1113828120426106882 |access-date=28 January 2022 |work=[Robert Plant Official Twitter]}}</ref>

In 2019, Plant formed a low-key acoustic band called Saving Grace and performed support slots in February 2019 for [[Fairport Convention]] and [[Seth Lakeman]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Munro|first=Scott|date=13 February 2019 |url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/robert-plants-new-band-saving-grace-line-up-live-shows|title=Robert Plant's new band Saving Grace line up live shows|website=Classic Rock Magazine|access-date=19 April 2019}}</ref> In March 2020, Saving Grace announced a US tour scheduled for May 2020 that was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/03/03/led-zeppelin-legend-robert-plant-band-saving-grace-plans-tour/4939421002/|title=Led Zeppelin legend Robert Plant hitting the road with new band Saving Grace|last=Dinges|first=Gary|website=USA TODAY|access-date=3 March 2020}}</ref>

On 19 July 2021, Plant appeared onstage for his first post-pandemic show in [[Worthing, West Sussex|Worthing]], England,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stayhappening.com/e/saving-grace-feat-robert-plant-andamp-suzi-dian-•-190721-•-the-pavilion-theatre-worthing-west-sussex-E2ISTOW2IVB|title=SAVING GRACE feat. ROBERT PLANT & SUZI DIAN • 19.07.21 • The Pavilion Theatre, Worthing, West Sussex, Worthing Theatres and Museum, 19 July 2021 |website=stayhappening.com}}</ref> performing with his band Saving Grace for the first time since 2019. He went on to tour the UK with Saving Grace for their rescheduled shows.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last1=Shaffer|first1=Claire |date=20 July 2021|title=Robert Plant Performs First Post-Pandemic Concert With Saving Grace|magazine=Rolling Stone|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/robert-plant-first-post-pandemic-concert-saving-grace-1199499/}}</ref>