'Den' to air Plant's Nashville gig

NEW YORK, April 14 (UPI) -- The music-themed TV series "Artists Den" is to feature a concert performed by Robert Plant and his Band of Joy in Nashville, its producers said.

Now in its third season, the show airs on public television. Plant and his backup musicians are to appear on the April 22 episode.

"A rare snowy day in Nashville, Tenn., set the stage for an even rarer event -- an intimate concert by rock icon Robert Plant, at the War Memorial Auditorium," a release said Thursday. "Performing with his new, Grammy-nominated group aptly titled the Band of Joy -- Plant played both Led Zeppelin classics and new songs that continue to have an impact on the music scene today."

"To work your craft, you've got to be close in with your musicians, so I enjoy intimacy now. I can't say that I'd be in a hurry to go to Madison Square Garden again," Plant said before he taped the concert.