Ringo Starr, 84, told Fox News Digital during a press conference that the inspiration behind his country album was producer and guitarist T Bone Burnett.
Look Up is his first for six years and his first to reflect his long-held love of country since way back in 1970, when he cut Beaucoups Of Blues in Nashville. In a new interview with the Sunday Times,
Sir Ringo Starr and T Bone Burnett's new album 'Look Up' happened because the two musicians met up unexpectedly at the launch party for Olivia Harrison's book 'Came the Lightening - Twenty Poems for George' - which she released to mark the 20th anniversary of her husband George Harrison's death - back in November 2022.
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Ringo Starr discussed his “emotional” connection to country music, revealed some favorite country artists at a Nashville press event to promote his new album, 'Look Up,' and his shows at the Ryman.
Produced by T Bone Burnett, Look Up features 11 songs with Ringo playing drums and singing on all of them. On some of the songs, he’s joined by other artists like Molly Tuttle, Billy Strings, Alison Krauss, Larkin Poe, and Lucius.
When Ringo Starr announced his new T Bone Burnett-assisted country album Look Up, he also revealed plans for an all-starr concert at Nashville’s famed Ryman Auditorium tonight and tomorrow. Today, he has revealed the guests for that shindig and announced it will be a benefit for wildfire recovery in Los Angeles,
Ringo & Friends at the Ryman' will feature Jack White and Sheryl Crow and will celebrate the singer's legacy through the lens of country music. It will tape in Nashville this week.
Paul McCartney has showered accolades on his former Beatles bandmate Ringo Starr. Ringo, whose real name is Richard Starkey, took over as the group's drummer in 1962, coming in for Pete Best. In an interview with MOJO magazine,
Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr has long threaded country music into his work, both as part of the Fab Four, and his decades of solo work. During his tenure with the Beatles, Starr sang lead on the Fab Four's cover of the Buck Owens classic "Act Naturally.
On "Look Up," his first full album in nearly six years, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Ringo Starr has taken a country turn -- which he did with the band by singing Buck Owens' "Act Naturally" on on his own with his second solo album,
Country, rock hall of famers, modern stars joined icon Ringo Starr at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium to celebrate the release of his album 'Look Up.'