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But don’t expect any Zeppelin tunes. Plant is touring with bluegrass singer Alison Krauss, as the duo promote their Raising Sand CD.

In a post on nola.com, Times-Picayune music writer Keith Spera writes,

“Robert Plant’s fondness for New Orleans music dates to his youth in England. In Led Zeppelin’s heyday, Plant and his bandmates hosted parties in New Orleans with such local favorites as Professor Longhair, Earl King and Snooks Eaglin. In April 2007, Plant spent a week in south Louisiana to record songs for the Tipitina’s Foundation benefit CD “Goin’ Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino.”

Plant specifically instructed his booking agent, Davis said, to include Jazzfest in his and bluegrass star Alison Krauss’ spring tour in support of their joint “Raising Sand” CD. The disc includes a cover of “Fortune Teller,” written by Allen Toussaint under his pen name of Naomi Neville.”

You can read the whole story here, and get the complete Jazzfest lineup here.

Also, there’s been no updates from Led Zeppelin about playing any future shows. The band is slated to have a meeting this month to discuss the future - whatever that means.