His 12th solo album, not counting his collaborations with Krauss, is named after his latest band, Saving Grace; the West Midlands, England-based Plant has performed with the local quintet since shortly before the pandemic hit. With its Americana mix of folk and blues, Saving Grace recalls Band of Joy's similar blend featuring Plant's partner at the time, singer Patty Griffin, and Nashville-based guitarist Buddy Miller. But Saving Grace — singer Suzi Dian, drummer Oli Jefferson, guitarist Tony Kelsey, banjo and string player Matt Worley, and cellist Barney Morse-Brown — brings a more European aesthetic to their take on American roots. And like its predecessors, the album proves the 77-year-old Plant to be one of the few artists of his vintage who refuses to rest on his laurels. Saving Grace, the album and the band, are about tradition and pulling it forward — from Plant's harmonica that roars through 2000s singer-songwriter Martha Scanlan's "Higher Rock" to his democratic sharing of lead vocal duties on a few songs.