Keith Richards hints at new Rolling Stones recordings

Keith Richards is back in the spotlight with a new solo album and documentary feature, but soon the rest of the Rolling Stones might be joining him in the studio.

Richards announced that he and the rest of the Stones -- Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood -- recently met up in London and made, as he put it, “definite plans to record.”

Richards was speaking as part of the iHeartRadio ICONS series with interviewer Jim Kerr on Tuesday night.

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A potential new Stones album would be the group’s first LP since 2005’s “A Bigger Bang.” But the band has been far from idle. They’ve toured stadiums extensively in recent years, and played several small shows around L.A., including stops at the Echoplex and Fonda Theatre. At the latter, they revisited their 1971 classic LP “Sticky Fingers.”

Richards has been particularly busy this year, collaborating on a documentary feature “Keith Richards: Under the Influence” scheduled for a Sept. 18 release on Netflix. This year he also released a solo album “Crosseyed Heart,” his third solo outing in a five-decade career.

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The Times’ Randy Lewis described Richards’ new album in an early interview with the guitarist: “As always, Richards’ ragged voice is an instrument that’s more serviceable than distinguished.... Yet Richards gets emotions across in the album’s 15 songs, and that’s always been what rock ‘n’ roll is about.”

In the interview, Richards said that the band will likely get into the studio after a South American tour early next year. He didn’t offer other details, but judging by their recent shows the band still has plenty of life left in it.

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