Vocalist Glenn Hughes (BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION, DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH) is featured in a new interview with RadioMetal.com. An excerpt is available below:

Q: For the last 20 years or so, you’ve been mostly playing either as a solo artist or as a guest on other people’s albums. Have you been missing working in a band and being on the same level as the other musicians in the band?

Hughes: "Oh God, I really missed being in a band. If you’d asked me last year: 'Are you gonna be in a band again?', I would have said 'I don’t think so.' But now that I’m back in a band again, it’s wonderful, because it’s an experience. It’s like being in a band of brothers, we’re all good friends, and I guess we’re all talented! It’s great to be working with such talented people."

Q: On the album we can hear some quite long songs and there’s a lot of jamming and soloing going on, just the kind of songs bands used to do in the '70s. Do you think that today's rock bands kind of have lost the art of jamming?

Hughes: "That’s a great question! I don’t really hear anybody doing what we’re doing. What we’re doing is kind of like LED ZEPPELIN or THE BLACK CROWES or THE ALLMAN BROTHERS: it’s something that hasn’t been done since the 70’s. When I listen to the new bands today, it’s all formulas and prop tools, it’s all pitched, it’s auto tuned and it’s not the same. These songs, Nicolas, are written very organically; there’s no double-tracking, the solos were done live on the guitar and on the keyboards. So when you hear the guitar solos you’ll notice there’s no rhythm guitar behind it, and when you hear the keyboard solos, you’ll notice there’s no keyboard behind it. This is an album that was recorded live, some of the vocals are live. What you’re hearing is exactly what went down in the studio."

Go to this location for the complete interview.

Black Country Communion was mastered by the legendary Bob Ludwig (METALLICA, QUEEN, RUSH). 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 'Sista Jane' and 'Too Late For The Sun'. Also included is a new version of 'Medusa', the rock classic Hughes originally recorded with his first band TRAPEZE.

Album tracklisting:

'Black Country'

'One Last Soul'

'The Great Divide'

'Down Again'

'Beggarman'

'Song Of Yesterday'

'No Time'

'Medusa'

'The Revolution In Me'

'Stand (At The Burning Tree)'

'Sista Jane'

'Too Late For The Sun'

Black Country Communion will guest on US nationally syndicated radio show Rockline, with host Bob Coburn on Wednesday, September 8th. The program airs at 8:30 PM (PT) / 11:30 PM (ET). Fans are encouraged to speak with the band by calling 1-800-344-ROCK (7625). For a station near you and for information regarding how to log onto the internet for the broadcast go to RocklineRadio.com.

Black Country Communion will release their debut album in the UK and the rest of Europe on Monday, September 20th via Mascot Records, followed by a North American release through J&R; Adventures on Tuesday, September 21st.