Still Rolling: The Rolling Stones Drop Foreign Tongues — Hear “Jealous Lover” Now on Power88.FM

Sixty-four years in, and the greatest rock ‘n’ roll band in the world just handed us a brand-new record. Here’s the full story — and where to hear it first.

There are bands that have a good run. And then there are the Rolling Stones — a force of nature that’s outlasted trends, tragedies, breakups, breakdowns, and roughly a dozen “final tours.” As of today, Friday, July 10, 2026, they’ve done it again. Their new studio album Foreign Tongues is out worldwide on Polydor/Universal, and the soulful new single “Jealous Lover” is already spinning here on Power88.FM.

If you grew up on this band — and a whole lot of our listeners did — this one’s for you. Let’s get into where they came from, and what makes this new record worth turning up.

From a Soho Ad to the Marquee Club

The Stones story starts, appropriately enough, with a want ad. In the May 2, 1962 edition of Jazz News, a young blues obsessive named Brian Jones put out a call for musicians to join a new rhythm-and-blues group. Pianist Ian Stewart answered first. Before long a couple of Dartford kids named Mick Jagger and Keith Richards — who’d famously reconnected over a stack of blues records on a train platform — were in the room.

On July 12, 1962, billed as “The Rollin’ Stones,” they played their first gig at London’s Marquee Club. Nobody in that room could have guessed they were watching the opening night of a band that would still be releasing chart-topping records sixty-four years later. The lineup solidified with Jagger on vocals, Richards on guitar, Jones on slide and just about everything else, Bill Wyman on bass, and the incomparable Charlie Watts holding it all together on drums.

Jones was the early bandleader, but as Jagger and Richards blossomed into one of the most successful songwriting partnerships in music history, the center of gravity shifted. Jones left the band in June 1969 and died tragically less than a month later. Guitarist Mick Taylor stepped in, and later Ronnie Wood — who’s now been a Stone for a half-century himself — took the chair he still holds today.

The Soundtrack to Everything

You don’t need us to run the whole catalog, but consider what this band gave the world: “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” “Paint It Black,” “Gimme Shelter,” “Sympathy for the Devil,” “Brown Sugar,” “Wild Horses,” “Tumbling Dice,” “Angie,” “Start Me Up,” “Miss You.” Whole decades of radio owe them a debt. They took American blues, soul, and R&B, ran it through a distinctly British filter, and handed rock ‘n’ roll a swagger it never gave back.

That’s exactly the DNA that lives at the heart of what we play. The ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s hits that fill the Power88.FM airwaves exist in a world the Stones helped build. So when they put out something new in 2026, it isn’t a nostalgia act phoning it in — it’s the source code, still running.

The Comeback That Never Needed One: Hackney Diamonds

For nearly two decades, the Stones didn’t release an album of new original material. Plenty of touring, plenty of noise, but no new songs. Then in October 2023 came Hackney Diamonds, their first album of originals in eighteen years and their 24th studio record. It was no polite victory lap. Produced by Andrew Watt — a lifelong fan who reportedly treated the gig “like working for Batman” — the album roared to number one in some twenty countries and pulled in guest turns from Elton John, Lady Gaga, Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney, and former Stone Bill Wyman.

The world noticed. Hackney Diamonds won the Grammy for Best Rock Album at the February 2025 ceremony, proving a band in its seventh decade could still outmuscle acts a third its age. The message was clear: the Stones weren’t finished. They were just getting warmed up.

Foreign Tongues: Fast, Raw, and Fearless

Less than three years later, here’s the follow-up — and it arrives with a swagger that says the Hackney Diamonds sessions lit a fire that never went out.

Foreign Tongues is a vibrant, 14-track collection recorded in under a month at Metropolis Studios in West London. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Ronnie Wood reunited with producer Andrew Watt to capture lightning fast — and you can hear the urgency in every groove. Longtime collaborators Darryl Jones, Matt Clifford, and Steve Jordan anchor the sessions.

Twelve of the tracks are brand-new Stones originals. The band also turns in a remarkable cover of Amy Winehouse’s “You Know I’m No Good” and closes the record with a nod to their roots — Chuck Berry’s “Beautiful Delilah,” a tip of the hat to one of the artists who started it all for them.

Then there’s the moment that’ll give longtime fans chills: the high-octane “Hit Me In The Head” features Charlie Watts, captured during one of his final recording sessions before his passing in 2021. Having the beating heart of the Rolling Stones on a 2026 release is more than a technical credit — it’s a goodbye, a thank-you, and a reminder of the man who made this band swing for six decades.

The guest list is a rock-and-roll dinner party: Steve Winwood, Paul McCartney, The Cure’s Robert Smith, and Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers all turn up. The striking cover art comes from acclaimed American painter Nathaniel Mary Quinn, who called the commission “an artistic honour — a dialogue with one of the most enduring forces in cultural history.”

In Their Own Words

The band sounds genuinely lit up about this one. Here’s Mick Jagger:

“I loved doing these recording sessions in London at Metropolis. It was a very intense few weeks recording Foreign Tongues. We had 14 great tracks and we went as fast as we could. I like the room there as it’s not too big so you can feel the passion from everyone.”

Keith Richards, ever the philosopher of the riff:

“The Foreign Tongues album has a continuity from Hackney Diamonds and it was great to be working in London again, and to have that London vibe around us. It was a month of concentrated punch. To me, it’s all about the enjoyment of it. I’m blessed to be able to do this and long may it last.”

And Ronnie Wood:

“The atmosphere in the room was so creative, and the whole band was on top form throughout the whole process. Very often we nailed it on the first take. I hope everyone loves it.”

The Singles You’re Already Hearing

Three tracks have been paving the way. The upbeat, infectious “In the Stars” came first. The bluesy, raucous opener “Rough and Twisted” dropped under the cheeky alias “The Cockroaches” on limited-edition white-label vinyl — already a hot collector’s item among the faithful. And now the soulful new single “Jealous Lover” is in rotation right here on Power88.FM.

Here’s the full Foreign Tongues track listing:

1. Rough and Twisted
2. In The Stars
3. Jealous Lover
4. Mr. Charm
5. Divine Intervention
6. Ringing Hollow
7. Never Wanna Lose You
8. Hit Me In The Head
9. You Know I’m No Good
10. Some Of Us
11. Covered In You
12. Side Effects
13. Back In Your Life
14. Beautiful Delilah

Hear It First on Power88.FM

Six decades on, the Stones are still doing exactly what they set out to do in that little Soho pub — making loud, soulful, alive rock ‘n’ roll that refuses to sit down and act its age. We couldn’t be prouder to bring it to Solano County and the whole Sacramento–San Francisco corridor.

Keep it locked and you’ll hear “Jealous Lover” and the classics that made the Stones legends, all day long. Power88.FM — streaming the greatest hits of all time.

Foreign Tongues is available now everywhere you buy and stream music.