Guitar virtuoso Robben Ford’s forthcoming new album Into The Sun shines a bright light on his artful, contemporary songwriting and the stunning playing that’s made him a favorite foil of Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, George Harrison and other legends.

All of the music and most of the lyrics from Into The Sun came directly from Ford, but he also collaborated with ZZ Ward on Breath Of Me and enlisted the enigmatic Kyle Swan, whose own recordings liberally mix images and styles to build articulate modernist-pop tone poems. That quality reverberates in the four songs Ford co-wrote with Swan, married to the guitar giant’s own deep commitment to narrative. “Working with Kyle was part of my desire to toss up everything and see what might happen, to get a fresh perspective,” says Ford.

Listen to the track Breath Of Me here:

Robben Fords Into The Sun is out 2015-04-27 via Mascot Label Group/Provogue Records/Warner Music Finland.