Ringo Starr Announces 2nd T Bone Burnett-Produced Album Featuring Billy Strings, St. Vincent & More

Ringo Starr announced a new album entitled Long Long Road recorded in collaboration with producer T Bone Burnett. The 10-song collection due on April 24 via UMe comes on the heels of 2025’s Look Up, which was also produced by Burnett.

Co-produced by Daniel Tashian and Bruce Sugar, Long Long Road features contributions from Billy Strings, Sheryl Crow, St. Vincent, Molly Tuttle and Sarah Jarosz. Starr previewed the LP by releasing its lead single, “It’s Been Too Long,” featuring vocals from Jarosz and Tuttle.

T Bone Burnett wrote or co-wrote most of the songs featured on the album, which was recorded during sessions held in Nashville and Los Angeles. The Beatles drummer and Burnett once again tapped many of the musicians who backed Starr on Look Up to serve the same role on Long Long Road. The core band consists of Paul Franklin, David Mansfield, Dennis Crouch, Daniel Tashian, Rory Hoffman, Patrick Warren and Colin Linden.

“I’m blessed to have T Bone in my life right now and working with me on these records,” Ringo explained. “After we did the last record, which I love listening to, this one just sort of happened. I like to say sometimes I make the right moves, like you can go left or right at any point, and one of the right moves was hooking up with T Bone for Look Up, and now for this one, which I’m calling Long Long Road, because I’ve been on a long long road.”

“I’ve loved Ringo’s playing and his singing for my whole life,” Burnett added. “And then one night we were at a poetry reading together and he said, why don’t you write a song for me? So I wrote him a Gene Autry type song because I always heard Ringo as a Texas artist, the way he played felt just like Texas music to me. Ringo Starr is a recording artist of the highest caliber, and I wanted to surround him with these young masters, bringing in some of this extraordinary young energy that’s happening around Nashville for both of these records.”

Stream Ringo Starr’s “It’s Been Too Long” featuring Molly Tuttle and Sarah Jarosz:

Long Long Road Tracklist

1. Returning Without Tears
2. Baby Don’t Go
3. I Don’t See Me In Your Eyes Anymore
4. It’s Been Too Long
5. Why
6. You And I (Wave Of Love)
7. My Baby Don’t Want Nothing
8. Choose Love
9. She’s Gone
10. Long Long Road