TOPSHOT – US musician Willie Nelson performs during the Farm Aid Music Festival at the Ruoff Music Center in Noblesville, Indiana, on September 24, 2023. (Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO / AFP) (Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty Images)

At 91, Willie Nelson proves he’s still going strong as the country music veteran announced the upcoming release of his 153rd album on Thursday.

The album, entitled “Last Leaf on the Tree,” will be released on November 1st and features cover versions of songs previously recorded by rock legends, indie folk heroes and soulful jazz singers such as Keith Richards, Neil Young, Nina Simone and Beck.

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Get ready for Willie’s new studio album “Last Leaf On The Tree” which was created and produced by #MicahNelson! The album is out on November 1st, but while you wait, listen to Willie’s version of #TomWaits Song “Last Leaf” out now! Link below 🍁

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— Willie Nelson (@WillieNelson) 15 August 2024

The album also includes some original pieces by the singer and his son Micah Nelson, who has performed with his father and also serves as producer of the record.

“The result is a beautifully cohesive meditation on the themes of loss, love and world-weary hope, perfectly complemented by a sparse and eerie musical production,” said Thursday’s announcement.

The album has already spawned its first single, “Last Leaf,” on which the 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee delivers a melancholy take on Tom Waits’ 2011 ballad of the same name while playing his “trusty acoustic guitar Trigger.”

Other contributors to the album include Willie’s longtime harmonica player Mickey Raphael, seven-time Grammy winner Daniel Lanois, Senegalese percussionist Magatte Sow and former Doors drummer John Densmore.

Co-headlining the final leg of this year’s Outlaw Music Festival Tour with Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp and others, Willie Nelson & Family will conclude their tour on September 21 at the annual Farm Aid benefit concert in Saratoga Springs, NY.

“Last Leaf on the Tree” can be pre-ordered on Willie Nelson’s website, Amazon Music, or your local record store.