The New York Times:

When you hear about surprise album releases these days, you probably think of Beyoncé, Frank Ocean, Kanye West.

Not Chuck Berry.

But Mr. Berry revealed a genuine surprise on Tuesday, his 90th birthday, when he announced that he would release a new record, “Chuck,” some time next year. It will be his first studio album since “Rock It” in 1979, and will come out on Dualtone Records, the label that has had one of the biggest indie hits in years with the Lumineers.

An announcement of “Chuck” had few details about the album other than that it would consist “primarily of new, original songs written, recorded and produced” by Mr. Berry, and that it was made in various studios in St. Louis, Mr. Berry’s hometown.

Berry is one of the founders of Rock and Roll with a tumultuous history and relationship with music. It will be really interesting to hear this album and what kind of music he has chosen to release as his last.