New Music Monday – What Do You Think Of These New Tracks?

Elton John and Brandi Carlile are teaming up for a new album “Who Believes In Angels?” expected to be released April 4th.

The first single to be released – the title track “Who Believes In Angels?”

They set out to create a genuinely collaborative studio album between Elton and Brandi. The album would mix Elton-led songs and Brandi-led songs, with long term collaborator Bernie Taupin and Brandi both contributing lyrics, and producer and co-writer Andrew Watt acting as the producer, mediator and creative conduit.

“They went into Los Angeles’ Sunset Sound Studios in October 2023 with a completely blank slate, they pushed each other out of their comfort zones to write and record an album completely from scratch in just 20 days.”

Backed by world renowned musicians including Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pino Palladino (Nine Inch Nails, Gary Numan and David Gilmour) and Josh Klinghoffer (Pearl Jam, Beck).

Cameron Whitcomb is from Nanaimo, BC.  He left home at 17 and got a job working on a pipeline, later spending his downtime singing karaoke and posting covers on Reddit.   When an American Idol exectutive noticed his talent, he got a spot on the show’s 20th season and came out as a top 20 finalist.  From there he threw himself into learning how to write songs. He’s been named to both Spotify and Amazon Music’s 2025 Artists To Watch lists as well as Shazam’s Fast Forward 2025.

He’s about to kick off his biggest headline tour to date. The Hundred Mile High Tour gets underway March 13 at Charlotte, NC.

He’s being called “One of the most captivating new songwriters of his generation… Cameron turns the most candid details of his real-life experience into songs with a strangely exhilarating power.”

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This post was written by Carrie Buchanan