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Robert Plant Plows Fresh Ground with “Gospel Plough”

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Robert Plant has unveiled “Gospel Plough,” a brooding, rootsy new single with his acoustic ensemble Saving Grace. The track reframes a centuries-old spiritual as a hypnotic chant of banjo, acoustic guitar, hand percussion, and interwoven voices—an earthy counterpoint to the widescreen mystique that defined Plant’s classic-rock years. Released today via Nonesuch, it’s the second preview from Saving Grace, the group’s debut studio album.

Built around a pulsing, steel-banjo figure and airy harmonies, the song leans into space and texture rather than spectacle. Suzi Dian’s voice threads around Plant’s in close harmony, giving the performance a devotional feel that’s intimate rather than grandiose. You can even hear traces of the organic recording setup—birdsong reportedly creeps into the track’s back half—underscoring the band’s “play it where it lives” aesthetic.

The single follows Saving Grace’s reflective take on Low’s “Everybody’s Song,” and it helps sketch the album’s mission statement: a songbook of the “lost and found” that draws from blues, folk, gospel, and country without treating any of it like museum glass. The lineup—Plant, Dian, Oli Jefferson (drums), Tony Kelsey (guitars), Matt Worley (banjo/strings), and Barney Morse-Brown (cello)—has been road-testing this approach since 2019, favoring small rooms and quiet reinvention over blockbuster nostalgia.

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