Band of Joy Gets Americana Award

The Americana Music Awards were handed out last night at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.

Robert Plant and the Band of Joy received an award for Album of the Year for their self titled album. However Plant lost out on Artist of the Year to his own guitarist, Buddy Miller, who tok the top prize.




Miller received three awards in all, as he recieved Instrumentalist of the Year as well.

The Band of Joy also played the song Monkeyat the ceremony. Plant also reappeared onstage for the finale.

Can't Buy My Love

The more I hear the Robert Plant's Band of Joy album one song at a time, with each piece removed from the context of the rest of the album, the more I like it. Whether it's the first single, Angel Dance, The second release, Monkey, this weeks free download, Central Two-O-Nine or the new video of Can't Buy My Love, each song is stellar.



Meanwhile, Plant has added another leg of his current North American tour:

• Apriil 8 - Louisville, KY - The Palace


• April 9 Chicago, IL - The Auditorium Theatre


• April 11 Milwaukee, WI - The Riverside Ballroom


• April 12 Minneapolis, MN - The State Theatre


• April 15 Hollywood, FL - Hard Rock Live Arena


• 17 Vancouver, BC - Queen Elizabeth Theater


• April 19 Portland, OR - The Schnitzer


• April 20 Seattle, WA - The Paramount


• April 22 Berkeley, CA - The Greek


• April 23 Los Angeles, CA - The Greek


• April 25 Santa Barbara, CA - The Santa Barbara Bowl


• April 27 Denver, CO - The Fillmore