Ringo Starr - Long Long Road

Ringo Starr's Long Long Road keeps the porch light on after Look Up, a second country-hearted set made with T Bone Burnett and a warm room full of friends.

Released in 2026 as his 22nd solo studio album, it picks up where the 2025 Look Up left off. Burnett produced again, with Daniel Tashian and Bruce Sugar co-producing, and sessions in Nashville and Los Angeles brought back much of the same crew, pedal steel master Paul Franklin among them. Ringo says the title came simply from having been on a long, long road, and the songs carry that easy, grateful perspective.

"It's Been Too Long" pairs him with Molly Tuttle and Sarah Jarosz, their harmonies wrapping around his unmistakable voice. "I Don't See Me In Your Eyes Anymore," a song once recorded by Carl Perkins, closes a loop that started when Ringo sang Perkins tunes with The Beatles. "Choose Love" is pure Ringo philosophy in a song title, and the closing "Long Long Road" sums up the mood. Billy Strings, Sheryl Crow and St. Vincent all turn up along the way.

Nobody needs to be told that the drummer from Liverpool can keep time.

What this record shows is how comfortable he sounds in country's slower, kinder lane, peace and love delivered with brushes and steel guitar.