- The Union, with master producer T Bone Burnett behind the board, finds both artists tapping a vein that many would have considered dried up years ago.
- Decca publish ‘The Union,’ a collaboration album by Elton John and Leon Russell (2010).
- The impetus for the collaboration between Elton John and Leon Russell on The Union comes from a pure artistic place, one devoid of commercial considerations...
- The Union is a unique collaboration of two of the most talented artists in the music business. Combining forces and fusing diverse talents, John and Russell...
- The Union is a collaboration studio album by singer-songwriters Elton John and Leon Russell, released on 19 October 2010 in the US and on 25 October in the...
- Surely, it’s a revival for Leon Russell, who has spent decades in the wilderness, but it’s not a stretch to say The Union revitalizes Elton John just as much as it...
- Elton and Russell, having come together for The Union, have made an album that delivers as a confident enmeshing of their talents Read Review. 6.0 17937.
- To this end he has reunited with forgotten musical legend Leon Russell – whom he toured America with back in the hazy early 70s – under the guidance of producer...
- ...voices of Elton and Leon that playfully recall not only John’s 1970 Tumbleweed Connection classic but Russell’s soul/country/rock with Joe Cocker in 1969.
- Perhaps the most disturbing thing about The Union, the much-anticipated collaboration from two of rock music’s most enduring pianists, is that it’s nice.