Reuters — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Paying tribute to his piano-playing idol Leon Russell, Elton John opened the Tribeca Film Festival on Wednesday with a free outdoor performance and film premiere about the making of his album, "The Union."
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L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Cameron Crowe documentary "The Union," about Elton John and Leon Russell's album collaboration, premieres April 20 at Tribeca Film Festival. more info
Topix — 'The Union' chronicles Elton John and Leon Russell recording an album together. The Tribeca Film Festival returns tonight for its 10th year, and organizers, including Robert De Niro, are marking the occasion with appropriate pomp. more info
Guardian Music — Films about Ozzy Osbourne, musicals star Carol Channing and Elton John to feature, with the last performing a one-off concertMusic will be at the heart of the 2011 Tribeca film festival – the 10th edition of the annual event co-founded by Robert De... more info
Guardian Music — Oscar-winning actor to record solo LP with T-Bone Burnett and Roseanne Cash. And Elton John may be involved too ...He won an Oscar for playing a country singer in Crazy Heart, but now Jeff Bridges is slinging on his guitar in real life, releasing a d... more info
Topix — Elton John and keyboardist Leon Russell work on a duets album together on 'The Union.' Not every film festival comes with its own soundtrack. more info
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L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Newly inducted Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Leon Russell added another highlight to his latter-day career renaissance on Wednesday with his first performance at New York's Madison Square Garden since 1971, when he led the band at George... more info
ContactMusic — Elton John scored Leon Russell's first post-Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction appearance on Wednesday night (16Mar11) when the old-timer joined the Rocket Man onstage in New York. Just two nights after inducting his pal into the Hall of Fame, Elt... more info
Mercury News, California — The rock hall's latest class brought together Neil Diamond, Alice Cooper, Northern Californian Tom Waits, Darlene Love, Dr. John and Leon Russell at New York's Waldorf Astoria, and after all the speeches were done the musicians kept playing until the... more info