Joe Bonamassa Announces New Album

Joe Bonamassa's new album, Dust Bowl, will be released on 21 March.

The new record is the follow up to last year's Black Rock and was recorded at Black Rock Studios in Santorini, Greece, Ben’s Studio in Nashville, TN, The Cave in Malibu, CA and The Village in Los Angeles, CA

"This is the best album we've ever done," says Joe of the album. "I'm finding more inspiration in storytelling in my 30s, in writing songs that are about something more profound than 'my baby left me.' I like albums that are made with the right intentions and sound organic and a little rough around the edges, like a great band playing live in the room, and that’s what we accomplished with Dust Bowl."

Dust Bowl features collaborations with Nashville legends Vince Gill and John Hiatt. Gill lends his guitar stylings to the John Hiatt/John Porter-penned "Tennessee Plates," on which Hiatt duets with Bonamassa. Gill also plays on "Sweet Rowena," a song he composed with frequent writing partner Pete Wasner.

Arlan Scheirbaum, Beth Hart and Blondie Chaplin play on the Michael Kamen/Tim Curry track "No Love On The Street," (the last Michael Kamen / Tim Curry track Joe covered was Sloe Gin – so no pressure there, then) and Glenn Hughes sings on the Paul Rodgers-penned "Heartbreaker."

Here’s the tracklist:

1) Slow Train
2) Dust Bowl
3) Tennessee Plates (feat John Hiatt)
4) The Meaning of The Blues
5) Black Lung Heartache
6) You Better Watch Yourself
7) The Matador Of Bayonne
8) Heartbreaker (feat Glenn Hughes)
9) No Love On The Street
10) The Whale That Swallowed Jonas
11) Sweet Rowena (feat Vince Gill)
12) Prisoner