Former Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant has multiple reasons to be impressed with fellow singer Alison Krauss, his periodic musical partner over the past 15 years.
She has a luminous voice, is a superb violinist and a skilled band leader whose national solo debut album came out when she was in 10th grade. But that's not what impresses Plant most about Krauss, who was just 19 when she won the first of her 27 Grammy Awards.
Rather, it's her ability to shine when collaborating with such diverse artists as Vince Gill, Bonnie Raitt, Phish, Andrea Bocelli, James Taylor, Michel Feinstein, Dolly Parton, Yo-Yo Ma, Tom Jones, The Chieftains, Bad Company or Def Leppard, whose new album features Krauss on two songs. That's just a fraction of the list of her past musical partners.
