Rick Emerson of Portland, Oregon's 101 KUFO radio station recently conducted an interview with former SOUNDGARDEN/AUDIOSLAVE singer Chris Cornell. Watch the chat in two parts below. Also available is footage of Cornell performing his song "Long Gone" on last Friday night's (May 8) edition of CBS-TV's "Late Show with David Letterman".

Cornell recently spoke with MusicRadar.com about his newly released song, "I Promise It's Not Goodbye" which he co-wrote with a fan from Texas named Rory de la Rosa. De la Rosa lost his six-year-old daughter Ainslee to cancer last year, only to learn a short time later that he was afflicted with the same disease. De la Rosa reached out to Cornell to tell him how much his music meant to him and his daughter, prompting the singer to begin communicating with him.

Cornell explained, "I was made aware of his story and that he wanted to talk to me because my music had been important to him and his family through what I think of as an unimaginably hard time." When de la Rosa sent Cornell a poem he had written, Cornell used it as the basis for "I Promise It's Not Goodbye". Cornell said, "It was a pleasure to put it to music and an honor that he ask if I would ever consider it. It was with his permission that I posted it for people to listen to."

The track, which does not appear on Cornell's current album "Scream", can be downloaded at his official web site. Although you can download the song for free, Cornell requests that fans make a donation in memory of de la Rosa's daughter and to help with the financial burden of his own medical costs.

Cornell also told MusicRadar.com that he has not ruled out a reunion with his former band SOUNDGARDEN, saying, "There was never any bad blood between us. I've always remained on great terms with everyone in the band . . . I'm never going to count anything out."