Actor Jeff Bridges is set to release his debut album this summer, it has been revealed.

Bridges has signed a recording contract with Blue Note Records and has started work on the album which will hopefully be out by the end of the summer, reports Entertainment Weekly.

The album will be produced T-Bone Burnett and will include covers of Tom Waits, Bo Ramsey and Greg Brown tracks.

Johnny Cash's daughter Rosanne Cash is also set to feature on the album.

(by Holly Frith)