Earth, Wind & Fire Announce New ‘Now, Then & Forever’ Album

The legendary Earth, Wind & Fire R&B group is known for making some of the best soul music around, and they’re not done doing so yet. The group has decided to release a new album called Now, Then & Forever that’s due Sept. 10th of this year. Earth, Wind & Fire were originally going to release the album around the 2012 presidential election, but the band  wasn’t satisfied with the songs they had made so far.

“We have a lot more bells and whistles in place now and the record is better,” singer Philip Bailey said in a recent interview. Now, Then & Forever will be the band’s first studio album in eight years, and was produced with the help of co-founding member Larry Dunn and others.

“I said, `Let’s go back to the drawing board,'” Bailey said. “It’s a great representation of who Earth, Wind and Fire is now, but not departing from the classic sound.”

“It doesn’t sound like we’re trying to be anyone other than Earth, Wind and Fire,” added bassist Verdine White.

I.M.