7 July 2010 0 Comments

188/365 Songs: Don’t let the sun go down on me – Elton John

188/365 Songs: Don’t let the sun go down on me – Elton John

This song first appeared on Elton John’s 1974 album Caribou, but it perhaps wasn’t until 1991 that this song really found worldwide success. Elton John had performed it as a duet with George Michael at Live Aid in 1985, but the live recording from a concert at Wembley in March 1991 became a massive hit [...]

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24 January 2010 5 Comments

365 Songs – The Dark Island

365 Songs – The Dark Island

It had to happen sooner or later… today marks the debut of my accordion on 365 Songs! I bought myself an accordion last April and have been enjoying teaching myself to play it. When I was recording some Scottish songs for this week I decided that it may be nice to do an arrangement of [...]

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