"Little Maggie," the album keystone, flips an Appalachian folk song (and bluegrass standard) with African space-funk grooves and hoedown-worthy griot ritti fiddle from Gambian bandmate Juldeh Camara. Heavier tracks are less convincing. "Embrace Another Fall," the sort of hybrid Peter Gabriel mastered, veers between boutique-hotel-lobby mixtape fodder and half-baked "Kashmir" gestures. "Pocketful of Golden" is a Houses of the Holy-style Celtic folk rocker that could use some Jimmy Page Les Paul shredding. Plant's Americana detour has made him a better, more nuanced singer. Here, coming home to something like progressive rock, it's hard not to think of his other band. Keep hope alive.
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Robert Plant's Lullaby...
"Little Maggie," the album keystone, flips an Appalachian folk song (and bluegrass standard) with African space-funk grooves and hoedown-worthy griot ritti fiddle from Gambian bandmate Juldeh Camara. Heavier tracks are less convincing. "Embrace Another Fall," the sort of hybrid Peter Gabriel mastered, veers between boutique-hotel-lobby mixtape fodder and half-baked "Kashmir" gestures. "Pocketful of Golden" is a Houses of the Holy-style Celtic folk rocker that could use some Jimmy Page Les Paul shredding. Plant's Americana detour has made him a better, more nuanced singer. Here, coming home to something like progressive rock, it's hard not to think of his other band. Keep hope alive.
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