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\n\tBillboard<\/em> cover star Keith Richards talks Foreign Tongues<\/em>, the Rolling Stones\u2019 latest wave of creativity, the making of the band\u2019s new music, and how the group has kept evolving after more than six decades. Richards reflects on the energy behind the new album, working with producer Andrew Watt, writing with Mick Jagger from different corners of the world, and the collaborative process that brings a Stones song to life. He also opens up about recording with this version of the band, honoring Charlie Watts\u2019 legacy, Steve Jordan\u2019s role in carrying the rhythm forward, and why capturing this era of the Rolling Stones on record mattered so much. Richards discusses what makes a producer invaluable, what it\u2019s like working with longtime peers like Paul McCartney, and how songs develop from small ideas into finished tracks. He also teases the possibility of future touring or a residency, Richards\u2019 perspective on the Stones\u2019 enduring momentum, and why the creative process still fascinates him.<\/p>\n \n\tKeith Richards:<\/p>\n \n\tNo, I don\u2019t have a phone.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tJoe Lynch:<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tOh really. Not even a phone.<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tToy Town eludes me.<\/p>\n \n\tIf Jane wants to get in touch with me\u2026\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tIt doesn\u2019t happen.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tA Bigger Bang<\/em> came out in 2005. Then 11 years later came the covers album, then seven years until Hackney Diamonds<\/em>, and now there have been two Stones albums in three years. What\u2019s fueling this burst of productivity?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tThe thing is, even though a lot of stuff didn\u2019t come out, we still recorded a lot during those years. It was just that we didn\u2019t feel we had an album. Sometimes you cut a lot of tracks and they\u2019re very good, but you don\u2019t feel they really coalesce together. There was also a lot of reissuing going on, and with this band the history is kind of strange. It comes in waves, and I just take it as it comes.<\/p>\n \n\tSo for Foreign Tongues<\/em>, how do you decide when it\u2019s ready?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tIn a way, it\u2019s a collective feeling. The fact that we were working with Andrew Watt matters because Foreign Tongues<\/em> feels like a continuation of \u2018Hackney Diamonds\u2019. We still had a lot left over, and more than the songs themselves, it was the energy and the feel of it. We all felt we should pick up on that rather than just do album, tour, album, tour. So in a way, we went into a recording mode.<\/p>\n \n\tHow much of the material was left over from Hackney?<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tKeep watching for more!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.billboard.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Billboard cover star Keith Richards talks Foreign Tongues, the Rolling Stones\u2019 latest wave of creativity, the making of the band\u2019s new music, and how the group has kept evolving after more than six decades. 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