Beverley Knight has said she is planning to record more music after performing in her hometown theatre.
For the first time in 40 years, the artist is treading the boards in Wolverhampton this week for a production of Marie & Rosetta.
The work features music celebrating the legacy of gospel and blues singer Rosetta Tharpe in the development of rock 'n' roll.
Knight said "expect to hear some really bluesy vocals going down, some really earthy sounding stuff" in the music she would record.
It is set in 1946 in Mississippi and Beverley Knight said it was "right up my street... the gospel, of course, I was born into that whole tradition myself".
She added: "I'm so happy I'm home. I'm gonna be in my old bedroom.
"More or less it looks the same as it was. [The] bed's in the same place... [the] fitted wardrobe's in the same place."
Knight said her favourite place in the city "just to zone out and just chill out" was Bantock Park.
"I love Bantock Park. You've got the lovely cafe there and they do a really good tea and cake and... I go for lovely runs around there in the morning."