Ringo Starr announces a new country album called 'Look Up'
It's due for release in early 2025
Legendary Beatles drummer Ringo Starr has announced he will be releasing a country music album, due for release in early 2025. The new album will feature 11 songs, nine of which have been written or co-written by American record producer and guitarist T Bone Burnett.
Ringo started to tease fans earlier this week, suggesting some news would be announced on Friday 18th October, and now the full tracklist has been announced.
The album is the result of a chance meeting between Ringo and T Bone after they were at an event in Los Angeles back in 2022, after having originally met back in the 1970s.
Speaking about his new album, Ringo said: "I’ve always loved country music. And when I asked T Bone to write me a song, I didn’t even think at the time that it would be a country song – but of course it was, and it was so beautiful.
"I had been making EPs at the time and so I thought we would do a country EP - but when he brought me nine songs I knew we had to make an album! And I am so glad we did. I want to thank, and send Peace & Love, to T Bone and all the great musicians who helped make this record. It was a joy making it and I hope it is a joy to listen to."
The first track from the album 'Time On My Hands' as now been released, and was written by Paul Kennerly, Daniel Tashian and T Bone Burnett.
T Bone Burnett added: "I have loved Ringo Starr and his playing and his singing and his aesthetic for as long as I can (or care to) remember. He changed the way every drummer after him played, with his inventive approach to the instrument. And, he has always sung killer rockabilly, as well as being a heartbreaking ballad singer.
"To get to make this music with him was something like the realisation of a 60-year dream I’ve been living. None of the work that I have done through a long life in music would have happened if not for him and his band. Among other things, this album is a way I can say thank you for all he has given me and us."
What is Ringo Starr's new album called?
Ringo's new album is called 'Look Up'. This album will be the first new album from Ringo in six years, and the first country album for more than 50.
When is it out?
It will be released on 10th January 2025.
What songs are on the tracklist?
- 'Breathless' featuring Billy Strings
- 'Look Up' featuring Molly Tuttle
- 'Time On My Hands'
- 'Never Let Me Go' featuring Billy Strings
- 'I Live For Your Love' featuring Molly Tuttle
- 'Come Back' featuring Lucius
- 'Can You Hear Me Call' featuring Molly Tuttle
- 'Rosetta' featuring Billy Strings and Larkin Poe
- 'You Want Some'
- 'String Theory' featuring Molly Tuttle
- 'Thankful' featuring Alison Krauss
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