Ringo Starr will launch a brand new album early subsequent yr. Look Up is a rustic report consisting of 11 unique songs, most of them cowritten by the album’s producer, T Bone Burnett.
The previous Beatle cowrote one of many new songs along with enjoying drums and singing on the venture. Alison Krauss, Billy Strings, Larkin Poe, Lucius and Molly Tuttle seem on the tracks.
“I’ve all the time cherished nation music,” Starr notes in a press launch saying the album. “And once I requested T Bone to put in writing me a music, I didn’t even assume on the time that it will be a rustic music – however in fact it was, and it was so stunning.
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“I had been making EPs on the time and so I believed we might do a rustic EP – however when he introduced me 9 songs I knew we needed to make an album. And I’m so glad we did. I wish to thank and ship peace and like to T Bone and all the good musicians who helped make this report. It was a pleasure making it and I hope it’s a pleasure to hearken to.”
You’ll be able to hearken to the primary music launched from Look Up, “Time on My Arms,” beneath. The album will probably be launched on Jan. 10.
Starr teased the venture earlier this yr when he talked about that he was engaged on the album with Burnett in an interview. In a approach, it marks a return to the style that began Starr’s solo profession in 1970, when he launched his first LP, the country-leaning Beaucoup of Blues.
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Earlier than that, a number of of the songs he sang on Beatles albums – together with “Act Naturally,” “What Goes On” and “Don’t Go Me By” – have been nation in origin.
Why Did Ringo Starr Make a Nation Album?
Starr first met Burnett within the ’70s; they not too long ago reconnected at an occasion in Los Angeles, and Starr requested Burnett to put in writing a music for a brand new EP he was recording. Burnett handed him sufficient songs for a brand new album, his first since 2019.
“I’ve cherished Ringo Starr and his enjoying and his singing and his aesthetic for so long as I can keep in mind,” Burnett says. “He modified the way in which each drummer after him performed, along with his ingenious method to the instrument. And he has all the time sung killer rockabilly, in addition to being a heartbreaking ballad singer.
“To get to make this music with him was one thing like the conclusion of a 60-year dream I’ve been dwelling. Not one of the work that I’ve achieved by a protracted life in music would have occurred if not for him and his band. Amongst different issues, this album is a approach I can say thanks for all he has given me and us.”
Starr will play two reveals at Nashville’s well-known Ryman Auditorium to advertise the album on Jan. 14 and 15. Tickets go on sale Oct. 25.
You’ll be able to see the observe itemizing for Look Up beneath.
Ringo Starr, ‘Look Up’ Monitor Itemizing
Breathless (that includes Billy Strings)
Look Up (that includes Molly Tuttle)
Time On My Arms
By no means Let Me Go (that includes Billy Strings)
I Reside For Your Love (that includes Molly Tuttle)
Come Again (that includes Lucius)
Can You Hear Me Name (that includes Molly Tuttle)
Rosetta (that includes Billy Strings and Larkin Poe)
You Need Some
String Principle (that includes Molly Tuttle)
Grateful (that includes Alison Krauss)
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