Release date: 28-10-2010

2010 UK 12-track 2-LP vinyl set - A timeless plunge into authentic Americana, the album was recorded in Nashville and was co-produced by Plant and Nashville legend and guitarist Buddy Miller. As well as Miller, the Bandof Joy is made up of multi-instrumentalist Darrell Scott, who provides the mandolin, guitar, accordian, pedal, lap steel and banjo lines, country singer-songwriter Patty Griffin who adds the main vocal foils to Plant's lead parts, while ByronHouse plays bass and percussion comes from Marco Giovino. 'Band Of Joy' features intriguing new interpretations of songs from a wide range of sources. Opening with a throbbing rendition of Los Lobos's 'Angel Dance', the album encompasses the glittering drone-rock of Low's 'Silver Rider' and 'Monkey', the Fifties-style country-gospel harmonies which transform The Kelly Brothers' Sixties soul classic 'Falling In Love Again', the desolate banjo-driven interpretation of 'Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down', the transplanted English / Appalachian folk ballad 'Cindy, I'll Marry You Some Day', and jangling blues imagery of 'Central Two-0-Nine'. Sealed in the gatefold picture sleeve.

Tracks:
01. Angel Dance
02. House Of Cards
03. Central Two-O-Nine
04. Silver Rider
05. You Can't Buy My Love
06. Falling In Love Again
07. The Only Sound That Matters
08. Monkey
09. Cindy, I'll Marry You Someday
10. Harm's Swift Way
11. Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down
12. Even This Shall Pass Away