Robert Plant
Led Zeppelin vocalist
Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page and bassist-keyboardist
John Paul Jones are among the recipients of this year's Kennedy Center Honors. The British rock band will be honored alongside
blues singer-guitarist Buddy Guy, Dustin Hoffman, David Letterman and Russian-born ballerina Natalia Makarova. In addition
to his work in Led Zeppelin, Plant has enjoyed a successful solo career and returned to roots music in 2007 by teaming with
Alison Krauss for their
Raising Sand album. In 2010, he released
Band of Joy,
a project that featured several Nashville-based musicians, including
Buddy Miller and
Patty Griffin. Jones has also delved into roots music, including a
2004 tour with
Nickel Creek and former Toad the Wet Sprocket vocalist Glen Phillips.
The 35th annual Kennedy Center Honors medals will be presented on Dec. 1 in Washington, D.C. A performance at the Kennedy
Center will be taped to air Dec. 26 on CBS.
