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Robert Plant has been around the world a few times in recent years, either off on his own adventures or touring with other artists.

But, as the veteran singer-songwriter-rock-god explained during a conference-call interview with Canadian media this week, when he decided to make some new music, he went back home to England and rounded up some of his favourite musicians.

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No, not Jimmy Page or John Paul Jones, his old mates in Led Zeppelin, but some of the same guys he worked with on his last original album, 2005’s Mighty Rearranger. The result of their latest creative reunion is a new band name – the Sensational Space Shifters – and a superb new Plant album, entitled lullaby and … The Ceaseless Roar, due for release on Sept. 9.

To hear the new album Saturday Aug. 30 starting at 9 a.m. and click on the link provided by Warner Music.

Here’s a preview:

After Plant’s 2007 Grammy-winning collaboration with Allison Krauss and his 2010 Band of Joy album, it’s the first time in almost a decade the rock legend has written some new songs. With co-writing help from the Space Shifters, they’ve conjured up a hypnotic mélange of worldly styles. Textured and trippy, Plant’s still-incredible voice soars atop a soundscape that recalls the best of Zep-distilled delta-blues updated with a loop through the Middle East and North Africa.