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Robert Plant Brings Saving Grace to NPR Tiny Desk With Five-Song Set

The intimate set showcases a lockdown-forged collaboration that recasts folk and rock standards in acoustic, pastoral textures.

Overview

  • Plant and Saving Grace performed a newly released Tiny Desk set featuring five songs recorded live at NPR’s office.
  • The setlist included Gospel Plough, Higher Rock, Everybody’s Song, It’s a Beautiful Day Today, and a fresh arrangement of Gallows Pole.
  • Four of the selections appear on Saving Grace, the self-titled album released in September on Nonesuch Records.
  • The lineup featured Plant with Suzi Dian, Matt Worley, Tony Kelsey, Barney Morse-Brown, and Oli Jefferson on vocals and acoustic instrumentation.
  • The band is closing its U.S. run with a Nov. 23 show in Valley Center, California, before U.K. dates through Dec. 23, and Plant has suggested more recorded material exists.