The legend that is PP Arnold is set to release a new, ten-track album in the late summer of 2007, to be accompanied by a tour. PP is much loved amongst Pink Floyd fans for her stunning vocal performances, and is currently on the road with Roger Waters on his Dark Side Of The Moon tour.

The album, 'Five In The Afternoon', is an album of duets, undertaken with Dr Robert, The Blow Monkeys main man, and takes its name from the poem "Lament For Ignacio Sanchez Mejias", by Spanish poet laureate Federico Garcia Lorca.

This is the first time the two artists have worked together, although neither is new to collaboration: PP Arnold having famously appeared with Ike and Tina Turner, The Small Faces, Nick Drake, Primal Scream and the aforementioned Roger Waters to name but a few; and Robert having previously sung with Curtis Mayfield, Paul Weller, Cheb Khaled and Kym Maselle.

"I met Pat at a party up here in the mountains," says Robert. "We jammed a bit and it just clicked and I knew we had to work together. The songs came really quickly - Pat has a timeless voice. Total Soul. And I had to give her "real songs" to sing. She's 'A' list, no bullshit, and it has been a real honour to work with her."

The album has an earthy quality, and was recorded virtually live with very few overdubs. "With [musicians on the album] this good and Pat singing, it would have been a crime to do it any other way. Sometimes the feeling was so good that you forgot you were recording and just drifted away with the music."

To whet the appetite, you can hear one of the tracks from the album (Satellite) here...