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

Justin Adams recently spoke with Philippa Kennedy and her article appears in the National (UAE). Adams talks about his involvement with WOMAD and his affinity for desert music. He also talked about teaming up with Robert Plant:

The call from Robert Plant, asking Adams to work with him, came out of the blue. “I was completely star-struck at first. That was a pretty surprising phone call to get. He was looking for a guitarist and somebody recommended me. Obviously, when you are playing for Robert Plant for the first time in a rehearsal it’s a bit scary because he has been part of your life.

Both men gained musically from the relationship, Adams believes: “We turned each other on to really good music. For instance I took him to the Sahara desert to play at the Festival of the Desert and he took me to the Mississippi delta.”

Adams also hinted at a show with Robert Plant later in the year:

“This year I may be doing a concert in October with Robert Plant, but you never know till the last minute with Robert,” he says.

Writer Stephen Humphries has compiled an interesting list of his favorite albums of the decade. He lists Robert Plant’s Dreamland, Mighty Rearranger, and Raising Sand (with Alison Krauss) as ones he would rescue first in case of fire.

Also making his list are Justin Adams, Tinariwen and Goldfrapp (Charlie Jones gig post Plant).

Enjoy the list

Robin Denselow, writing for guardian.co.uk, offered an interview with Justin Adams. Adams spoke about his music and collaborations, including his work with Robert Plant. Denselow writes:

And then, of course, there’s his “very different” work with Robert Plant. Adams says he gets on well with the Zeppelin star, because he’s got over all the initial shyness one might have of working with a legend: “Plus, we’ve got passions in common – the blues, and Moroccan music and Egyptian classical music. So we have Little Richard and Bukka White, and then berber and gnawa music as reference points.” When they last performed together the line-up consisted of “two Algerian bendir players, Juldeh on his fiddle, drums, bass, me on guitar, and Robert – and we played a spooked-out version of Led Zep’s Black Dog that was almost unrecognisable. I hope we record that stuff”.

The first album from the trio Les Triaboliques, rivermudtwilight, debuts this month on World Village. The album features Justin Adams, who worked with Robert Plant, Juldeh Camara and Tinariwen; Lu Edmonds, who has worked with Billy Bragg, the Mekons and Public Image Ltd; and Ben Mandelson who has worked with Billy Bragg and various African Bands.

Adams describes the group as a “meeting of the ancient guild of post-punk, Anglo, globetrotting string players reveling in idiosyncrasy”.

Visit World Village to read more and hear some samples from the album.

See a review by Douglas Heselgrave at NoDepression.com

Mirror.co.uk is giving away a pair of tickets for the September 11, 2009 Rockwell concert. The concert will benefit the Nordoff-Robbins charity. Robert Plant is scheduled to appear, as well as Justin Adams.

To win, just comment on the website about why you should win the tickets.

Enter to Win

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.