Sting - The Bridge

17-time Grammy Award winning musician Sting has announced The Bridge, a brand-new album to be released on November 19 via A&M/Interscope/Cherrytree Records.The Bridge showcases Sting's prolific and diverse songwriting prowess, with this new set of songs representing styles and genres explored throughout his unrivalled career. The lead track "If It's Love" premiered today on BBC Radio 2 and is available now on all digital platforms. The upbeat, breezy and infectious pop tune exhibits his undeniable gift for melody. In his signature voice, and taking a different approach to a straight-forward love song, Sting likens contemplating his romantic feelings to calling the doctor about his symptoms.Written and recorded over the last year in lockdown, a coterie of trusted musicians beamed into Sting's studio remotely including Dominic Miller (guitar), Josh Freese (drums), Branford Marsalis (saxophone), Manu Katché (drums), Martin Kierszenbaum (keyboards), Fred Renaudin (synthesizer) and backing vocalists Melissa Musique, Gene Noble, Jo Lawry and Laila Biali, The Bridge's influences are vast; from grappling with the murky origins of the folk ballads in Cecil Sharp's 'Collection of English Folk Songs', to J. Robert Oppenheimer, from the Roman history of Northumbria to Saint Thomas. All songs on The Bridge are produced by Sting and Martin Kierszenbaum, except "Loving You" produced by Sting, Maya Jane Coles and Martin Kierszenbaum. The album was mixed by Robert Orton, engineered by Donal Hodgson and Tony Lake, and mastered by Gene Grimaldi at Oasis Mastering.