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Well, another year has flown by and will soon be consigned to history’s waste bin. It was a year of monstrous tariffs and volatile markets, of small boats and protests outside hotels, of ongoing, heartbreaking conflicts […]

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Video: Ringo Starr “Look Up”

January 29, 2025 Andrew Frolish 1

It seems that it takes a lad from Liverpool to remind us what real country music should be like.  Ringo Starr’s new album, “Look Up”, is a triumph.  Produced and co-written by the legendary T Bone […]

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Ringo Starr “Look Up”

January 10, 2025 Martin Johnson 0

What real country music could sound like in 2025. Life is full of surprises, and while a new album from 84-year-old Ringo Starr after a three-year gap is surprising in itself, the fact that it is […]

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Ringo Starr “Thankful” – with bluegrass royalty on board

November 21, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Plucky Liverpudlian Ringo Starr is making a late-career bid to be the king of Americana with his upcoming and likely Grammy winning release ‘Look Up‘ and today’s track is the latest single from that album – […]

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Ringo Starr announces new country album with T Bone Burnett

October 21, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Ringo Starr has announced the release of a brand-new country music album, “Look Up”, produced and co-written by T Bone Burnett, on 10th January 2025. The collection features 11 original songs, recorded this year in Nashville […]

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