NEW YORK (Billboard) - Singer-songwriter Randy Newman is set to release his first album of new material in nine years, "Harps and Angels."
"A Few Words in Defense of My Country," a single released exclusively to iTunes in 2007, will be included in the track list of the set, which arrives August 5 via Nonesuch.
Newman's 2003 hits collection, "The Randy Newman Songbook: Vol. 1," was his last release and first for Nonesuch. His last original set, "Bad Love," was released in 1999. His highest Billboard 200 charting album was 1978's "Little Criminals," which peaked at No. 9.
Newman, 64, has a handful of performances planned for the month of May, plus a concert with the Los Angeles Philharmonic during the Fourth of July weekend at the Hollywood Bowl.
He's slated for a show at this year's New Orleans Jazz Fest on May 1 and another symphony-backed show in Denver on May 23. He will perform solo May 4 in St. Louis and May 5 and 6 in Iowa City, Iowa.
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