Going back to their early routes, The Rolling Stones are working on material for an album inspired by the blues. Going back nearly six decades, The Rolling Stones drew early influence from blues artists, especially the likes of Muddy Waters. In fact their band name came from Muddy Waters’ 1950 song entitled ‘Rollin’ Stone’.

Keith Richards told BBC 6 Music:

“We’re actually in the studio in the moment cutting new stuff,”

Guitarist Ronnie Wood added that the band recently “cut 11 songs in two days. Just ‘bang’ – like that.”

“It was a surprise to us. We didn’t intend doing it,” he told Matt Everitt. “I wish I could play them to you now. I’m so excited about them.”

The Rolling Stones’ last studio album was back in 2005, A Bigger Bang.

Ronny Wood continued:

“They sound so authentic it’s frightening,”

“We didn’t spend any time rehearsing them or anything. We just picked a song that suited Mick’s harmonica or a guitar riff… and they worked out pretty good.

“It was like, ‘this is what the Stones do, we play blues.'”

“It’s sounding really good,” added Mick Jagger. “We did one session before Christmas. We’ll probably do more.”

Mxdwn (click the link) has followed The Rolling Stones this year from the first announcement of their potential Cuba gig, the historic moment they played to 1.2 million, to the build-up of their memorabilia exhibition, Exhibitionism at London’s Saatchi Gallery.

The Rolling Stones continue to create news and diehard fans will look forward to the release of this blues-inspired album.