Heart completes recording first new album in a decade

Legendary rock band Heart has completed recording its first new studio album in a decade, with guitarist Nancy Wilson confirming the project is nearly finished and will be delivered to the label by the end of August. The album, the band's 17th, will be its first since 2016's "Beautiful Broken."

In a recent interview, Wilson described the new material as "really, really strong" and expressed confidence that it will be great. She explained that the band wrote a batch of new songs and recorded them in Nashville with the same group of musicians who accompanied them on their most recent tour. Because the players were so familiar with each other from extensive live performances, Wilson said the album was "pretty much recorded live" and that it genuinely feels like a Heart record.

While a specific release date has not been announced, Wilson said the band is delivering the finished recordings in late August. The rollout strategy is being coordinated alongside several other major projects, including planning for a world tour, developing a documentary film about the band, and moving forward with a long-in-the-works live-action biopic. The band is also working with a new management...