Tag: Elton John

BOOK REVIEW: Going for a song by Garth Cartwright

This book, Going For A Song by Garth Cartwright,  is a comprehensive dérive through the rapidly vanishing terrain that is the British record shop. Once a staple of communities that acted as hubs, beacons, locales and sanctuaries for keen ears,…

FESTIVAL GUIDE: Apple Music Festival 10

Name: Apple Music Festival 10 Where: Roundhouse, Camden When: 18th – 30th September Headliners: *Deep breath* Elton John, The 1975, Alicia Keys, OneRepublic, Calvin Harris, Robbie Williams, Bastille, Britney Spears, Michael Bublé and Chance The Rapper. Also Featuring: Nothing announced yet but…

LIVE: COURTS – The Finsbury, London 27.02.16

Outside The Finsbury on Saturday night, bleak winter winds ravaged the faces of smokers who’d nipped out for a nicotine fix in between pints. Inside the venue – smoke machines provided a similar visual effect – but the temperature was…

ALBUM: Elton John ’Wonderful Crazy Night’

Rating: Having straddled 6 decades (and a lot of other things) in the music business, Elton John returns to the spotlight with the release of album #30-something, Wonderful Crazy Night. A few years back I caught Elton and his Red Piano…