Symphonicities finds Sting performing his most celebrated songs re-imagined for symphonic arrangement, including fan favourites from The Police songbook such as "Roxanne" and "Next To You", as well as songs from Sting's enduring solo careersuch as "'Englishman in New York", "I Burn for You", "Why Should I Cry for You" and "She's Too Good For Me". Produced by Rob Mathes and Sting, and mixed by Elliot Scheiner (Steely Dan, Fleetwood Mac) and Claudius Mittendorfer (Interpol, Franz Ferdinand), it also includes the digital-only single, "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic".

Band of Joy" is a timeless plunge into authentic Americana, the album was co-produced by Plant and Nashville legend and guitarist Buddy Miller. “Buddy's integral to this album, you can hear his taste all over the instrumentation,” enthuses Plant. “Buddy's zone is beautiful, with a lot of reflections going back into mid-Fifties rockabilly, the singing fishermen and all the great country stuff, along with the soul and R&B from Memphis.”.
As well as Miller, the Band of Joy is made up of multi-instrumentalist Darrell Scott, who provides the mandolin, guitar, accordian, pedal, lap steel and banjo lines, country singer-songwriter Patty Griffin who adds the main vocal foils to Plant's lead parts, while Byron House plays bass and percussion comes from Marco Giovino.
"Band Of Joy” features intriguing new interpretations of songs from a wide range of sources. Opening with a throbbing rendition of Los Lobos's 'Angel Dance', the album encompasses the glittering drone-rock of Low's 'Silver Rider' and 'Monkey', the Fifties-style country-gospel harmonies which transform The Kelly Brothers' Sixties soul classic 'Falling In Love Again', the desolate banjo-driven interpretation of 'Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down', the transplanted English/Appalachian folk ballad 'Cindy, I'll Marry You Some Day', and jangling blues imagery of 'Central Two-0-Nine'.

The vinyl format of the album has been delayed. We're now expecting it on 25th October.

Hold onto your hats, it's the rock album of the year!!!

Black Country Communion the new band featuring Joe Bonamassa, Jason Bonham (Led Zeppelin, Foreigner), Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Trapeze) and Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater, Billy Idol, Alice Cooper) have confirmed the release date and track listing for their highly anticipated debut album “Black Country”.

All songs are sung by Glenn Hughes, with the exception of Song Of Yesterday and The Revolution In Me which are both sung by Joe Bonamassa. Hughes and Bonamassa share lead vocals on the songs Sista Jane and Too Late For The Sun. Also included on the album is a new version of Medusa, the classic rock song that Hughes originally recorded with his first band Trapeze.