ROBERT PLANT interview

Robert Plant interview about music, inspiration, rhythms, north Africa, Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin...

Robert Plant came to Tunisia in March 2006 and made a concert with his band The Mighty Sensation in the roman theater of Cartago for the Festival Méditerranéen de la Guitare.

Questions : 

• Why Robert Plant wanted to come sing in Tunisia after previous concerts in Egypt and Morocco?
• Using North African rhythms in your music is it trying to find a new way for expression?
• The contribution of Justin Adams in the mix between Rock and North African rhythms?
• Playing in Cartago theater but also in Timbuktu... Do you like to play in unusual places?
• Do you feel like Robert Smith says : too old to be alternative and too alternative to be old?
• How do you choose your guitar players like Justin Adams after having played with Jimmy Page ?
• How Robert Plant see the actual metal scene?