Beatle’s Ringo Starr To Release New Album With “Positive Lyrics”

Ringo Starr will be releasing a new project on Jan. 10, 2025, and he’s got an all-star team of collaborators to make it the best it can possibly be. Here’s everything we know so far.

Ringo Starr Recruits Alison Krauss For New Album

The Beatles star and former drummer is well on his way to gifting fans with a new country album featuring Alison Krauss. Titled ‘Thankful,’ the album is said to be a second preview of ‘Look Up,’ a collaborative project with T Bone Burnett.

Like its “thankful” name, Starr hopes to inspire and spread positivity with the songs on the album. Apart from producing and co-writing nine of the 11 tracks on the album, the 84-year-old also sings on it alongside Burnett and Kraus.

He previewed the album with the debut track “Time On My Hands,” saying of the song, “I love this track. I wrote it with my producer and engineer, Bruce Sugar and I feel we put an LA country sound to it.”

He continued, “For the lyrics, I always like to focus on the positive, and for this song in particular, about what we can be thankful for. I hope it brings you some joy and peace and love.”

Speaking on the entire project, he 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 and 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,” he added.

Starr will further be bringing his music to Nashville when he headlines the famed Ryman Auditorium on Jan. 14 and 15, 2025. Tickets are already on sale since Oct. 25. The upcoming album includes such titles as ‘Breathless,’ ‘Come back,’ ‘Can You Hear Me Call.’

‘Thankful’ serves as the artist’s first full-length album in six years.

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