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News: Pure Noise Records & Pabst Blue Ribbon present ”Dead Formats Volume 2

Pure Noise Records and Pabst Blue Ribbon have teamed up again to present ‘Dead Formats Volume 2’, a 15-track compilation featuring the Pure Noise Records roster sharing their takes on classic songs from Elton…

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The band Yard Act onstage at The Caves, Edinburgh

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Live Review

LIVE REVIEW: Yard Act – The Caves, Edinburgh 28.07.2022

You just knew Yard Act would do the right thing. This gig was originally booked for 2 March but had to be rearranged due to illness. In the intervening months…

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Not Forgotten: Elton John – Elton John

Elton John’s eponymous second effort is pretty much where things started taking off for him. Originally intended as effectively a shop window to display the diverse writing talents of the Elton…

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Not Forgotten: Elton John – Caribou

Bless him, for all his tantrums (and tiara’s), Elton John has enjoyed a career reassessment over the last two decades to the point where he’s now arguably as popular as…

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Track / Video

Track: Low Cut Connie – Beverley and album and tour news

I confess I am new to Low Cut Connie but their new single, ‘Beverly’ is fantastic. It’s a slice Americana with a rolling, rumbling piano and an Elton John quality…

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A beginners’ guide to Elton John

The 50 year career trajectory of Elton John has remained fascinating if not consistent. Rising to prominence during the singer-songwriter boom of the early 70s, he and songwriting partner Bernie…

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Not Forgotten: Elton John – 17.11.70

After years, if not decades, of wandering about the cultural wilderness, it has reached the point where even the most indifferent music fan has to admit that between 1970 and…

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Classic Album: Elton John – Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy

Managing to traverse the chasm between critics favourite and global commercial acceptance at the same time as David Bowie, the former Reg Dwight seemingly had the best of both worlds…

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Feature: double albums that are actually worth the time.

For some artists the single disc statement is not enough. It should be though, as the multiple disc release is a difficult beast to master and many of the most…

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Classic Album: Elton John – Don’t Shoot Me, I’m Only The Piano Player

By the time of Don’t Shoot Me, I’m Only The Piano Player, Elton John was one of the biggest musical stars on the planet, his writing partnership with Bernie Taupin…

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