By now we’re all used to hearing Alison Krauss sing with Robert Plant, but you may not have heard her singing Plant before Raising Sand. In 2004, she appeared on her brother Viktor Krauss’ Far from Enough album singing “Big Log”. You’ve heard Alison mention her brother in several interviews for Raising Sand over the last year.

I’m not generally a fan of other people doing Robert’s songs unless Robert is also singing along, but I do like this version of Big Log. Alison and Viktor do a pretty close rendition of the song. Big Log is a wistful, lonesome song to begin with, but Alison’s vocals make it seem more so.

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