Elkie Brooks live in concert.
ON TOUR

Elkie Brooks

6
critic concert reviews
folk

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

80
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Critic Consensus

Based on 6 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Elkie Brooks is rated as a remarkable live performer, with worthwhile shows overall. Elkie Brooks concert reviews describe live shows and performances as flawless and polished.

ON TOUR

Cadogen Hall, London, United Kingdom (February 8)

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Latest Release

Round Midnight (17 October 2021)

Artist Info

Genre
folk
Origin
Broughton, United Kingdom (2/25/1945)
Bio
Elkie Brooks (born Elaine Bookbinder on 25 February 1945, Broughton, Salford, England) is an English singer, formerly a vocalist with Vinegar Joe, and later a solo artist. A professional singer since she was fifteen, Brooks' debut, a cover of Etta James's "Something's Got A Hold On Me", was released on Decca in 1964.
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Critic Concert Reviews

Manchester Evening News (UK)

February 5, 2015
100
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Danielle Roper enjoys a flawless performance by Broughton-born singer Elkie Brooks at The Lowry

God Is In The TV Zine (UK)

March 28, 2019
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Salford Lowry Theatre, Manchester, UK

Record Collector Magazine (UK)

March 1, 2017
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The preceding 25-minute component saw her in good humour, not least when altering or dropping lyrics, and shifting tempos and arrangements, keeping her polished band on their toes to great effect.

Yorkshire Evening Post (UK)

October 13, 2014
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The audience of a certain age that had turned out for Brooks were a little slow to settle into the performance.

Record Collector Magazine (UK)

February 24, 2012
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A triple-whammy as Elkie Brooks returned to London’s Cadogan Hall: 52 years in show business, 35 years since the release of Pearl’s A Singer, and her birthday!

Record Collector Magazine (UK)

March 31, 2011
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Being in the business for 51 years may account for the sleek, polished performance of Elkie and her six-piece band, which included two keyboardists and saxophonist Stevie Jones. She still comes with attitude. One minute a slow ballad, reflecting her early Perry Como influence, the next touching on Joplin. Thr

Past critic reviews published in

musicOMH (UK), The Guardian (UK), The Guardian (UK), musicOMH (UK), The Skinny (UK) and more

Image Credit

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