
Courtney Love is working on a new record with a host of hand-picked collaborators, and has been singing the praises of both old friends and emerging talents on the current music scene.
Hole's former leader teased the new album in a recent interview with The Standard, revealing that guest artists set to appear include former R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe, godfather to Love and Kurt Cobain's daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, her former Hole bandmate Melissa Auf der Maur, and Echo & The Bunnymen guitarist Will Sargent, who's apparently "elevating songs beyond description": "He's a genius!" Love enthuses.