After focusing on making EPs for the past few years, Ringo Starr has surprised everyone with the announcement of his first full-length project since 2019’s What’s My Name, and it’s none other than a country album. Named Look Up, it's not actually his first sojourn into country music; that would be the 1970s album Beaucoups Of Blues, recorded in Nashville.

Look Up is produced and co-written by T-Bone Burnett, and features a list of iconic bluegrass and Americana artists such as Billy Strings, Molly Tuttle, and Alison Krauss. The lead single “Time On My Hands” is co-written by Paul Kennerly and Daniel Tashian.

The 84-year-old Beatle talked about how the album idea came up when he met Burnett:

"I was making EPs through the pandemic, and I met you at this hotel. You came over to the house and you've got a few songs, so I said 'How many songs you got' and you go 'nine!', so I went 'We'll make a regular CD!'"

Recently, a new documentary on The Beatles' first visit to America was announced.

Look Up is due out January 10 via Roccabella/UMG. Preordere here. Full tracklist:

1. Breathless (feat. Billy Strings)
2. Look Up (feat. Molly Tuttle)
3. Time On My Hands
4. Never Let Me Go (feat. Billy Strings)
5. I Live For Your Love (feat. Molly Tuttle)
6. Come Back (feat. Lucius)
7. Can You Hear Me Call (feat. Molly Tuttle)
8. Rosetta (feat. Billy Strings & Larkin Poe)
9. You Want Some
10. String Theory (feat. Molly Tuttle & Larkin Poe)
11. Thankful (feat. Alison Krauss)