According to the Sage Gateshead website, Robert Plant will be joined at that show by Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara. They write:

“The Sage Gateshead is pleased to welcome Robert Plant and his ‘Band of Joy’ to Hall One.

“The gig will see Plant and his band playing material from his hotly anticipated tenth solo album ‘Band Of Joy’, recorded in Tennessee and co-produced by Nashville legend Buddy Miller, Plant’s first album since 2007’s six time Grammy Award winning ‘Raising Sand’.

“Band Of Joy is Buddy Miller (guitar and vocals) Darrell Scott (vocals, mandolin, guitar, accordion, pedal, lap steel and banjo), Patty Griffin (vocals and guitar), Byron House (bass) and Marco Giovino (percussion).

“Support comes from Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara.”

The concert takes place Wednesday, October 20, 2010. Doors open at 7:30. This show is quickly selling out.

The Palladia music channel will be airing The Rockwell concert which featured Robert Plant performing with Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara. The concert took place on September 11, 2009 and benefitted the Nordoff-Robbins charity.

Air Dates:

Saturday, August 21, 2010 at 9pm ET
Sunday, August 22, 2010 at 12am ET
Sunday, August 22, 2010 at 1pm ET
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at 12pm ET
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at 7:30pm ET

Stephen Humphries, writing for PopMatters.com, recently interviewed Justin Adams, Juldeh Camara about their newest album. Adams and Camara also touch on working with Robert Plant for the Womad Abu Dhabi appearance. Humphries writes:

The latter concert was preceded by a week of rehearsals with Robert Plant, who was eager to raise a little Middle Eastern sand. “He just calls and says, ‘Do you fancy doing something?’” says Adams. “We get on well. He and I are the only two people I know obsessed by delta and Moroccan music.”

The duo’s set list was augmented by mighty rearrangements of a few Plant solo career songs, Led Zeppelin classics, and cover versions of Dylan’s “Corrina Corrina” and Leadbelly’s “In the Pines”.

“He is a griot,” Camara effuses. “He is very open, sweet. The way he acts and the way he gives hug and the respect he gives to you.”

If you’re in the UK, Bowers & Wilkins Society of Sound is giving away two pairs of tickets for the Bath International Music Festival Closing Party. Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara will be playing this event which takes place on June 6, 2009.

To win, just leave a comment on their blog about why you want the tickets. You must enter no later than May 31.

If you’re in the London (UK) area, Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara will be live at the Jazz Cafe on Wednesday, May 13, 2009. Speaker manufacturer Bowers & Wilkins is giving away 5 pairs of tickets. Just comment on their blog and tell them why you want the tickets.

David Hutcheon, writing for The Sunday Times (UK) interviews Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara about their upcoming release “Tell No Lies”. The article explores what happens when three sidemen get together in the limelight. Adams talks about first getting together with Camara to work on the soundtrack for the movie Sahara, which was recorded in a makeshift studio. “From recording with Plant to a couple of microphones and a laptop in the garage,” says the guitarist, shaking his head. “Another great backward step in my career.”

Adams also comments on Robert Plant joining them for WOMAD Abu Dhabi:

The pair have to leave: there is a show in Abu Dhabi to be prepared for. “It’s a bit odd,” says Adams. “Robert Plant is going to be our guest. Our guest. It’s crazy. This guy who has just won six Grammys and sold millions of albums, and he wants to play with us.”

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Peter Culshaw, writing for the Telegraph (UK) reviews WOMAD Abu Dhabi. He writes in part:

The biggest reaction, and the biggest audience, was for the last night, which saw Robert Plant with British guitarist Justin Adams and Gambian Juldeh Camara, who sang beautifully and played a hypnotic one-stringed fiddle in a specially commissioned show for Womad. Plant, now 62, prowled the stage like an ageing lion who is still king of the jungle, belting out bluesy, almost psychedelic versions of Led Zeppelin hits like Black Dog and Rock And Roll. Mohammed Mounir, the Egyptian pop star, whose songs can be heard in the taxis and restaurants throughout the Middle East had an even more delirious response.

According to a Real World Records tweet, Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara will appear on Radio 4’s Today show on Saturday, April 25.

You can listen to the program on the Radio 4 website.

Adams and Camara will also be appearing at WOMAD Abu Dhabi that day along with Robert Plant.

Real World Records is offering a digital deal for those who can’t wait for the May 11 release of Tell No Lies, the newest album from Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara. Just preorder the album on CD, and you’ll be able to download a digital version instantly while you wait for the CD to ship.

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Stephen Dalton, writing for The National Newspaper, catches up with Robert Plant, Justin Adams, Juldeh Camara, Martyn Barker and Billy Fuller at Real World studios where they are rehearsing for their Womad appearance. The article talks about how they are working together on their performances. Dalton ends his article with:

He may have disappointed millions of Led Zeppelin fans by turning down a comeback tour, but there is something admirable about Plant’s preference for putting passion before profit. He continues to take the road less travelled, soaking up sounds from all over the globe, treating music as a voyage of discovery and shared cultural adventure. Womad is just another step in this never-ending journey.

“This is so straightforward,” Plant says, “without any big production deals or anything like that. It’s where music came from. And as time goes on, the less the hassle and the more the adventure, the more stimulating it is for me. This is just another one of those moments along the way.”