Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Kick Off Fall Leg Of 'Raising Sand' Tour Today Hurricane Ike Benefit Show Added In Oklahoma

New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Grammy-winning duo Robert Plant and Alison Krauss will kick off the autumn leg of their wildly successful 'Raising Sand' (Rounder Records) tour today, September 23rd, in Kansas City, MO. Joining the pair onstage will be producer T Bone Burnett, leading an all-star cast of musicians.

Due to Hurricane Ike damages to the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in Houston, the 'Raising Sand' show on September 26th has been relocated to the Zoo Amphitheater in Oklahoma City with profits going to the Gulf Coast Ike Relief Fund.

This month, Plant and Krauss took home honors for "Album of the Year" and "Duo/Group of the Year" at the Americana Music Awards. They are nominated for "Musical Event of the Year" by the Country Music Association and were nominated for the Mercury Prize's "Short List."

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss received rave reviews for 'Raising Sand' concerts this summer:

* "Their wide-ranging, two-hour concert here was nothing short of spellbinding" - Washington Post

* "They sent chills up the spine again and again, blending distinct and distinctly different voices into something that can only be called otherworldly" - Fort Worth Star-Telegram

* "The live show was endlessly dynamic" - Boston Globe

* "Not one song disappointed" - Chicago Sun-Times

* "Exquisite" - New York Daily News

* "Pure genius" -The Tennessean

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss 'Raising Sand' Fall Tour:
9/23 Kansas City, MO Starlight Theatre
9/24 St. Louis, MO Fox Theatre
9/27 Austin, TX Austin City Limits Festival
9/30 Portland, OR Theatre of the Clouds
10/1 Seattle, WA WAMU Theater at Qwest Fields Event Center
10/3 San Francisco, CA Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival
10/4 Kelseyville, CA Koncti Harbor
10/5 Saratoga, CA The Mountain Winery