EP features four new tracks
Ringo Starr has announced EP3, featuring four new tracks, will be released on CD and 10-inch vinyl on September 16th via UMe. The new songs were all recorded at Starr’s Roccabella West studio and feature longtime collaborators Steve Lukather, Linda Perry, Dave Koz, José Antonio Rodriguez, and Bruce Sugar. Starr’s instantly recognizable vocals, feel-good lyrics, easy-breezy melodies, and frequent and new collaborators created songs that span the spectrum of pop, country, reggae and rock and roll. EP3 will be available as a limited edition translucent royal blue cassette on November 18th.
“I am in my studio writing and recording every chance I get. It’s what I have always done and will continue to do, and releasing EPs more frequently allows me to continue to be creative and give each song a little more love,” Starr shares.
The upbeat rocker “World Go Round,“ written by Toto’s Steve Lukather and Joseph Williams, continues to spread Starr’s positive message of hope and togetherness. The track features Starr on vocals, drums, and percussion, Lukather on guitar, Williams on keyboards, with background vocals provided by Willams, Billy Valentine, Zelma Davis and Maiya Sykes.
Written by Linda Perry, “Everyone and Everything“ captures the classic Ringo Starr sound and features Starr on vocals, drums and percussion along with Perry on guitar and percussion. Billy Mohler lays down bass and guitar, Damon Fox provides melotron, piano and wurly, with all background vocals by Perry, Billy Valentine, Zelma Davis and Maiya Sykes.
Featuring an infectious dance groove, “Let’s Be Friends“ was written by Starr’s longtime engineer Bruce Sugar along with Sam Hollander, with Starr handling vocal and drum duties, Nathan East on bass, Lukather playing guitar, Sugar on keyboards, percussion and horn arrangement, handclaps and percussion by Sam Hollander, and Billy Valentine, Zelma Davis and Maiya Sykes on background vocals.
Written by Starr and Sugar, the soothing, rhythmic sound of “Free Your Soul” transports the listener to an island beach on a clear warm night under a full moon. With Starr on vocals, drums and handclaps, the song also features Dave Koz on tenor sax and José Antonio Rodriguez on nylon guitar, Nathan East on bass, Sugar on keyboards, percussion and horn arrangement, and Billy Valentine, Zelma Davis and Maiya Sykes providing backing vocals.
CD | 10-inch vinyl
- World Go Round
- Everyone and Everything
- Let’s Be Friends
- Free Your Soul (feat. Dave Koz and José Antonio Rodriguez)
