Next for Bolton is a holiday album, as well as a scripted podcast ( Michael Bolton’s Big Sexy Podcast) which reunites him with The Lonely Island’s Akiva Schaffer. Justin Jesso), finger snapping “Just the Beginning” and wistful “We Could Be Something,” the album, out today (July 14) contains some of Bolton’s most uplifting tunes with the tenor’s instantly recognizable muscular vocals juxtaposed against contemporary production. I just try to make sure that I’m not running myself down with travel because it does sneak up on you,” he says. Part of that reflection came from an old friend: During the pandemic and as he was writing for this album, he watched a documentary on Luciano Pavarotti and was transported back to when he first performed “Nessun Dorma” with the opera legend in 1995 and had embarked on a study of all the great tenors.

The good news is I’m so happy with so much of the album that when doing the promotion — which really can get very taxing — it’s great to love the body of work. It’s something that I never thought I would consider and I’m thinking if the right offer came along would I consider it?SPARK OF LIGHT is the forthcoming album of original music co-written by Michael Bolton in almost 15 years.

They worked with me: They were patient to create something that has their brand all over it but wouldn’t be insulting to my audience. SPARK OF LIGHT is the forthcoming album of original music co-written by Michael Bolton, his first in almost 15 years. Christina would come to me and say, ‘I have four or five people you could have sessions with next week.Celebrating his 50 th year of making music, Bolton found himself completely revitalized while making his first album of original material in 14 years, his first since 2009’s One World One Love. on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary charts, including “Time, Love and Tenderness,” “When I’m Back on My Feet Again” and “Said I Loved You…But I Lied,” Bolton has an enviable songwriting catalog, and though many of his contemporaries have sold their works for huge sums, Bolton has been a hold out. Bolton’s career reached a new plateau more than a decade ago, when he joined forces with comedy trio The Lonely Island for a Saturday Night Live digital short on 2011’s “Jack Sparrow.