Ringo Starr Gets a Little Help From His Friends

Ringo Starr Gets a Little Help From His Friends on New Album, ‘Look Up’: ‘It’s Far Out’
Molly Tuttle, Billy Strings and Alison Krauss are among the guests on Starr's T Bone Burnett-produced country set.
Beatles legend Ringo Starr explains why he only did two takes for each song on new album
The legendary drummer has teamed up with country producer and songwriter T Bone Burnett for first LP in six years - and he is even heading to Nashville next week.
Ringo Starr’s Look Up is a sunny, nostalgic album from the least creative Beatle
Occasionally knock out an album using a relatively limited vocabulary and 3.5 of the best chords on god’s green earth? You and Ringo Starr both. That’s what’s abundantly clear from his 20th – yes, 20th – solo album,
Ringo Starr on a new album at 84 and his love of country and broccoli
Lean, athletic, a full head of black hair and beard and the obligatory sunglasses. Ringo Start exudes a classic, timeless coolness like few others do. You just can't believe that the ex-Beatles drummer is 84 years old.
Watch Ringo Starr’s New Video for “Look Up,” the Uplifting Title Track of the Beatles Drummer’s Just-Released Country Album
Watch Ringo Starr’s new video for “Look Up,” the uplifting title track of the Beatles drummer’s just-released country album.
Ringo Starr Goes Country, and 13 More New Songs
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Ringo Starr Exudes Cowboy Cool on ‘Look Up’
When the Beatles fell apart in 1970, Ringo took refuge in his boyhood country dreams, for the underrated solo album Beaucoups of Blues. He flew out to Nashville to bang out a three-day quickie with pedal-steel master Pete Drake and a crew of Music Row session cats.
Ringo Starr 'always wanted' one thing even though everything 'worked out' for The Beatles
Ringo Starr has revealed one thing he "always wanted" even though everything "worked out" for The Beatles. The Fab Four's drummer, whose real name is Sir Richard Starkey, grew up in Dingle and replaced Pete Best in the band back in 1962.
Ringo Starr sets sail for unchartered waters on languid country album Look Up
Ringo Starr seems to have been slowing down for decades. Yet, when he does push the boat out, he invariably sets sail for unchartered waters. Look Up finds him produced by hipster T.Bone Burnett, who wrote or co-wrote nine of these 11 songs.
Ringo Starr Wants To Know Where Hank Williams III Is
"I liked the records he made. It has an edge," Starr says of the reclusive grandson of Hank Williams, who mixes country with heavy metal
Ringo Starr Makes a Vulnerable Confession About His Vocal Talents
Starr announced last year that Look Up would encompass a full embrace of the country music genre. The decision wasn’t ...
Ringo Starr on holidaying in Ireland: ‘We hopped over on a plane, rented a car and found a little guesthouse for two nights’
The Beatles drummer on his former band and his new country album, Look Up, which features a line-up of Nashville stars ...
Ringo Starr is 'settled' in Los Angeles
Sir Ringo Starr feels "settled" in Los Angeles. The former Beatles drummer and his former Bond girl wife Barbara Bach, 78, ...
Ringo Starr’s "Look Up" is a triumphant return to form with a twist of twang
Produced by T. Bone Burnett, the album showcases Ringo's finest work in decades, supported by a stellar lineup ...