Elkie Brooks: Two Days Away
Phil Sutcliffe, Sounds, 11 June 1977
THERE'S NOT much doubt that Elkie Brooks is going to be around for ever and ever. Elkie's a singer, simply as that. But there's still an open question about when she's going to make the album to do her profound emotional qualities justice.
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