The Grammy-winning percussionist shares what it was like to play alongside Ringo after years of loving The Beatles

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June 18, 2026 1:50PM (EDT)

Sheila E. (Dereck Green/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Grammy Award-winning “Queen of Percussion” Sheila E. joined host Kenneth Womack to talk about her “glamorous life” and career and much more on the Season 8 finale of “Everything Fab Four,” a podcast co-produced by me and Womack (a music scholar who also writes about pop music for Salon) and distributed by Salon.