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Robert Plant<\/a> and his band Saving Grace made an appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert<\/em> to play Led Zeppelin<\/a>\u2019s 1969 song \u201cRamble On.\u201d The former Led Zeppelin singer also led a roots version of \u201cHigher Rock\u201d from his 2025 album Saving Grace<\/em><\/a>, and sat down for a pre-show interview with Colbert about traditional folk music and sea shanties. Watch a replay of each moment below.<\/p>\n In the interview, which took place before the Colbert<\/em> episode aired, the two figures talked about traditional folk music, Plant\u2019s dislike of sea shanties, and the differences between English and American music. \u201cWhat I like about the American thing is it\u2019s a lot more bloodthirsty and there\u2019s a lot more treachery. It\u2019s broken hearts, love doesn\u2019t work quite so well,\u201d said Plant. \u201cIt\u2019s quite remarkable, the difference in the nationalities that make up the United States, the change in attitude in different places, which manifests itself in local music.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s fitting that Plant picked \u201cRamble On\u201d for last night\u2019s performance, out of all of Led Zeppelin\u2019s songs; the track features lyrics inspired by The Lord of the Rings<\/em>, and Colbert is a massive J.R.R. Tolkien fan, even being tapped<\/a> to helm a new movie. Last year, Plant stopped by the show to chat with Colbert<\/a> about their mutual love of all things Tolkien.<\/p>\n Plant started playing with Saving Grace in 2019 after playing a handful of shows in small English theaters. Their first proper album together, Saving Grace<\/em>, was recorded primarily in a field, and they toured the record in the United States last fall. Plant also gave a recent performance at the music festival Big Ears<\/a> in March. In 2021, he linked up with Alison Krauss to record the collaborative full-length Raise the Roof<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n Revisit Pitchfork\u2019s interview Robert Plant and Alison Krauss on the Music That Means the Most to Them<\/a> and read about Led Zeppelin\u2019s first<\/a> and second<\/a> albums in The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s<\/a>.<\/p>\n