The Royal Sessions

The Royal Sessions
Studio album by
Released4 February 2014
Recorded2013, Royal Studios, Memphis
GenreBlues, soul
Length41:34
Label429 Records, Pie Records
ProducerPerry A. Margouleff [1]
Paul Rodgers chronology
Live in Glasgow
(2007)
The Royal Sessions
(2014)
Midnight Rose
(2023)

The Royal Sessions is a studio album by Paul Rodgers of Free and Bad Company fame. Released on 4 February 2014, it consists of ten covers of blues, rhythm & blues and soul songs recorded at Royal Studios in Memphis, Tennessee with local musicians and produced by Perry A. Margouleff.[2][3] Rodgers chose songs for the album that inspired him in his youth.[3][4]

Rodgers announced before the album's release that he would be donating all proceeds from it to the Stax Music Academy, an after-school music programme in Memphis, stating that he wanted to "pay the proceeds to the people who gave us this music".[5]

The album entered the Billboard Blues Albums chart at number one, and debuted on the Billboard 200 at number 81.[6][7]

  1. ^ Graff, Gary (14 January 2014). "Paul Rodgers, 'Walk on By': Exclusive Song Premiere Off 'The Royal Sessions'". Billboard.com. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  2. ^ Collette, Doug (2014) "Paul Rodgers - The Royal Sessions", Glide, 10 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014
  3. ^ a b Ragonga, Mike (2014) "Paul Rodgers' Royal EPK Premiere, A Conversation With Astro Raph, Plus Exclusives From MODOC and Christine Rosander", Huffington Post, 28 January 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014
  4. ^ Stevenson, Jane (2014) "Paul Rodgers: New album 'like coming full circle'", Toronto Sun, 29 January 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014
  5. ^ "Paul Rodgers donates album profits to charity", Daily Express, 29 January 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014
  6. ^ "Blues Albums", Billboard, w/e 1 March 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014
  7. ^ "Paul Rodgers Chart History", billboard.com. Retrieved 23 February 2014