Modern blues icon Joe Bonamassa has released his highly anticipated new album ‘Royal Tea’ from his sessions at Abbey Road Studios, out today. The bluesman’s collaborators on 'Royal Tea' included former Whitesnake guitarist Bernie Marsden, ex-Cream lyricist Pete Brown and celebrated pianist Jools Holland. Longtime Bonamassa collaborator Kevin Shirley is also once again on production duties, alongside engineering from Abbey Road's Christopher Parker and assistance from Marta Di Nozzi.

Abbey Road Studios is thrilled to announce a partnership with Spitfire Audio, which begins with Abbey Road One: Orchestral Foundations. Together, Abbey Road Studios and Spitfire Audio share a vision of creating a beautiful, vast and varied series of sampled instruments. Our goal is to inspire music makers all over the world with the unique sound of Abbey Road.

This October, in honour of Black History Month, we’ve launched our latest playlist celebrating the work of just some of the standout Black artists, producers and composers who have graced Abbey Road Studios’ over the last 90 years. From Paul Robeson, one of the first artists black or white to record at Abbey Road, to our Chief Creative Advisor and global artist ambassador, Nile Rodgers.