Whole lotta love for a soulful adventure

HE'S best known for fronting Led Zeppelin, but there is little sign of rock'n'roll overkill here as 'Percy' Plant and his crack team of Black Country musicians sail closer to traditional folk while reinterpreting a broad range of timeless numbers.

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Ten tasteful tracks stretch from the melodic, albeit morbid ballad I Never Will Marry to an urgent cover of blues queen Memphis Minnie's Chevrolet underpinned by Tony Kelsey's guitar picking.

It's all rather beautiful.