Although 14 years have passed since their multiple Grammy winner Raising Sand, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss didn’t seem to miss a beat with the new Raise the Roof album.

Somehow Robert Plant, the former swaggering rock god, and the angelic voice of Alison Krauss work perfectly together. You can hear it on, “Go Your Way,” their voices meet somewhere in the middle. Plant and Krauss are both students of music and its history and when they sing the magic really happens.

Raise the Roof, like its predecessor was produced by T-Bone Burnett, giving it that distinct low-end sound built with drums and bass and assorted acoustic instruments. Some call it the “T-Bone sound.” The album features a fantastic group of players that Burnett often uses. Musicians like guitarist Stuart Duncan, drummer Jay Bellerose and bassist Dennis Crouch.

There are so many highlights on this one. Songs like “Trouble with My Lover,” an old Allen Toussaint number and a hit for Betty Harris. I love how it's driven by Bellerose’s drums. This one is gorgeous! Another is “Can’t Let Go,” Plant and Krauss breathe new life into this Randy Weeks song, which was covered by Lucinda Williams.

My favorite, at least for today, is “Searching For My Love.” The harmonies really shine on this one, which was a hit for Bobby Moore & the Rhythm Aces. It’s so soulful. Plant totally kills the vocal!

Raise the Roof covers the gamut of the roots music songbook, featuring Southern and New Orleans soul songs, folk blues, English and Celtic folk tunes, and some more recent Americana covers like Calexico’s “(Quattro) World Drifts In,” and a good old Merle Haggard tune. This is such an eclectic bunch of songs.

It must have been difficult to whittle down what songs to record. There isn’t a clunker on the album. I hope it doesn’t take them another 14 years to make the next one.

No sophomore slump here. Raise the Roof is a magical album! Put this one on your turntable this winter while you’re huddled around the hearth. It’ll warm your heart and soul.