As if Oscar-winning actor Jeff Bridges doesn’t have enough to brag about already, the singer-songwriter-musician will release his self-titled debut album August 16.

Bridges has added visits to Charlie Rose, NPR’s Morning Edition, PRI and WNYC’s Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, and NBC’s The Tonight Show With Jay Leno to his press schedule.

“What A Little Bit of Love Can Do” is the first single off the album, and is currently in rotation at AAA and Americana Radio. The video premiered on the AARP website yesterday.

Appearances on shows such as The Colbert Report and Live! With Regis & Kelly are also booked in the near future.

Photo Credit: Dustin Cohen

Bridges will play a show at the American Thunder Music Festival at the 2011 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally before heading to New York for a Q&A with his Big Lebowski co-stars at Lebowski Fest New York.

Famed producer T Bone Burnett produced the album. The two have previously collaborated on Bridges’ film Crazy Heart. His song “The Weary Kind” won the 2009 Oscar for Best Original Song.

Jeff Bridges Tour Dates:
8/11/2011 – American Thunder Music Festival – Buffalo Chip, SD
8/24/2011 – Marin Center – San Rafael, CA
8/26/2011 – The Mountain Winery – Saratoga, CA
8/28/2011 – Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery – Woodinville, WA