Starr produced 2012 with a little help from such friends as Dave Stewart, Van Dyke Parks, Charlie Haden, Benmont Tench, Don Was and Joe Walsh, as well as new recruit Kenny Wayne Shepherd. He submits his third in a series of hometown flashbacks that...

“Essentially it’s blues music, but it’s not a normal concert the way you see a blues band play because their songs are totally unique. It’s really fun to throw it all together.” More good news. The Sheiks tribute has spawned another forthcoming project.

Sounds good, right? Art inspiring art. Not so much. After completing the works and getting set up with a gallery show to display the works, den Breejen reached out to Beach Boys lyricist Van Dyke Parks, who he figured would like to know about this. ...

In this recent studio album, Starr performs drums, percussion, vocals, and keyboard. Fellow talented artists contribute to the album, including Joe Walsh (guitar), Van Dyke Parks, Don Was, and Dave Stewart. The album Ringo 2012, despite having an...

However much he wanted to take another whack at these tunes, you wish he'd have reached out for more contemporary collaborations like “Samba,” a Latin-flavored number he wrote with Van Dyke Parks that allows the world's most famous drummer to flex his...

Aphex Twin out of the returns queue for tickets because it was so mobbed, and that was wall to wall Xenakis – no frills." Brönnimann confirms that many people arrive at the avant garde of contemporary music via the wilder shores of pop. "I did a tour...