Stereogum — Everyone is going country these days. It’s a whole thing. Country music is doing better than any other genre on the American charts, and pop stars are falling all over each other to make country records. I guess you could call Ringo Starr a pop ... more info

Magnet Magazine — 50 years ago today, Ringo Starr released Goodnight Vienna. Sausage party. Read our classic Ringo interview: The post Ringo Starr Released “Goodnight Vienna” 50 Years Ago Today appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info

Magnet Magazine — 40 years ago today, Paul McCartney released Give My Regards To Broad Street. Ringo Starr! David Gilmour! John Paul Jones! Dave Edmunds! Read our review of the essential Pure McCartney, which contains 67 of Macca’s solo songs, one of which is from B... more info

Stereogum — It’s never too late to go country. Case in point: Ringo Starr is doing it at 84. The oldest living Beatle has announced his first album in six years, Look Up, produced and co-written by T Bone Burnett. The album’s impressive guest list errs mo... more info

Stereogum — Exactly 11 months ago, surviving Beatles members Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr released “Now And Then,” billed as the band’s final song. “Now And Then,” which originated as a 1979 demo by John Lennon and was fleshed out by Paul McCartne... more info

Stereogum — In 1954, a Liverpool resident named Mona Best pawned all her jewelry and bet the money on a horse named Never Say Die to win the Epsom Derby at 33-1 odds. Jockey Lester Piggott rode the horse to victory, and Best used her gambling winnings to purc... more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Ringo Starr (Beatles). Stop and smell the roses. Read Scott McCaughey (Minus 5, R.E.M., Baseball Project, Young Fresh Fellows) in MAGNET on Ringo’s birthday as well as our interview with the Starr himself: The post Happy Birthday Rin... more info

New York Post — "No, we didn’t get along," Ringo Starr said about the Beatles. more info

Stereogum — Yesterday, Ringo Starr gave an official release to his new EP, Crooked Boy, which came out as an exclusive vinyl on Record Store Day. Its four tracks were written and produced by Linda Perry and feature the Strokes guitarist Nick Valensi. more info

New York Post — The former Beatle will perform with "A Little Help From (His) Friends" at Radio City on Sept. 25. more info