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Although Robert Plant will always be inextricably linked with the biggest band in the history of rock music, his solo career, which now spans more than 30 years, has been immensely varied and fascinating. Plant's musical loves and influences include Rock, Blues, British Celtic Folk, West Coast Psychedelic Rock, Indian Ragas, and a deep love of North African, especially Arabic, music. Plant's empathy for all kinds of music cultures began when he was traversing the planet with Led Zeppelin. As early as 1972, Plant and Page recorded 'Friends' and 'Four Sticks' with a group of Indian musicians in Bombay. Although these recordings, made in March '72, were not officially released, they did offer a glimpse as to the direction that Plant and Page might take Zeppelin's music. One of the band's greatest musical achievements, 'Kashmir', ultimately rose out of this quest to explore other cultures. Robert Plant's fascination with both North African and Indian music cannot be overstated and he has talked at length about these influences in many interviews. In 2005, Plant told Jane Stevenson of the Toronto Sun: "When I was seventeen I met a girl who was born in India and we married and had three children. All around me at that time in England where I lived was Indian communities ... When I travelled in the early Led Zeppelin days, Jimmy and I stopped off quite a bit in Thailand and India ... and were able to just explore ... I am part now of a movement, I guess, a fusion between North Africa, West Africa, Mali, Southern Morocco, (Algeria) and western rock music." "Robert Plant's Jukebox" traces the singer's ongoing quest of discovery by selecting some of the music that has informed and inspired one of the most remarkable and multi-faceted artist of his generation.

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