The result is all over the place, swinging wildly from genre to genre, covering EDM, soul pop, Americana, and even a trap track. So it’s only fitting that Lockdown mostly follows suit, drawing from contemporary pop as well as some of Elton’s fellow elder statesmen. If you recall, Elton put out a duets album back in the 90s, which pulled from some of the era’s top talent like PM Dawn, George Michael, and RuPaul, along with fellow Boomer icons like Don Henley, Gladys Knight, and Leonard Cohen. But instead, he kept busy, collaborating with a wide range of artists, doing recording sessions mostly over Zoom (though as someone who has regularly used Zoom in the past year and a half, I have no idea how they pulled that off) for a brand-new duets album.
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And I promise I’ll cover Bob Dylan’s Rough and Rowdy Ways at some point, but today I thought I’d take a look at the newest release from one of our other previously covered artists, Elton John, and his new album The Lockdown Sessions.Ĭredit where credit is due, Elton could have spent his pandemic time lounging in one of his fabulous mansions, binging TV shows while polishing his awards or whatever it is that incredibly successful and rich cultural icons do.
We’re going to be stepping out of the Beatles solo albums for a moment, because for the first time in this blog’s history, one of our previously covered artists has released new music.