Billie Joe Armstrong & Norah Jones släpper albumet Foreverly den 25 november

Billie Joe Armstrong, mest känd som frontmannen i bandet Green Day tillkännagav nyligen att han tillsammans med Norah Jones kommer släppa ett album inspirerat av The Everly Brother’s klassiska album Songs Our Daddys Taught Us. Foreverly spelades in under 9 dagars tid och innehåller 12 oförglömliga låtar som har omtolkats från The Everly Brothers album från 1958. Få en försmak från albumet redan nu i låten Long Time Gone genom att klicka HÄR.

“I’ve been a big fan of The Everly Brothers since I was a little boy,” konstaterar Armstrong. “A couple of years ago, I discovered Songs Our Daddy Taught Us for the first time, and I fell in love with it. I was playing it every day and thought it would be a cool idea to re-do the record, but with a female singer. I thought of Norah because she can sing anything, from rock to jazz to blues, and I knew her harmonies would be amazing. I thought the songs would take on a different meaning working with her, and she has a really good ear for arrangements. I was mainly intrigued by these old traditionals, country songs, and hymns. When we were done with the album, Norah looked at me and said, ‘I bet you didn’t think you were going to make a country record, huh?’”

Billie Joe reste till New York tillsammans med sin ljudtekniker Chris Dugan för att spela in med Jones på The Magic Shop på Manhattan med två av Jones favoritmusiker, basisten Tim Luntzel och trummisen Dan Rieser . Med Armstrong och Jones på gitarr och piano, Charlie Burnham på fiol och Johnny Lam på pedal steel guitar var konstellationen komplett. “It was super fun and experimental,” berättar Norah Jones. "I loved that the original was completely stripped down and a little more obscure. There was a lot of room to interpret the songs in our own way.”

Tracklisten för Foreverly är som följer:

• Roving Gambler
• Long Time Gone
• Lightning Express
• That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine
• Down In The Willow Garden
• Who’s Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet
• Oh So Many Years
• Barbara Allen
• Rockin’ Alone (In An Old Rockin’ Chair
• I’m Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail
• Kentucky
• Put My Little Shoes Away