Elton John and Brandi Carlile have teased another song from their upcoming collaborative album, Who Believes in Angels? “Swing for the Fences” is a buoyant pop-rock moment from the pair of ...

The openly gay John, 78, and Carlile, 43, can’t help but wonder how different their childhoods may have been if they had had a song and video like “Swing for the Fences” to guide them and ...

A Martínez: Brandi, the song "Swing for the Fences" — I read that you felt like that was your gem that you were going to bring to this whole thing. Brandi Carlile: It's a love letter to LGBTQ ...

John Lennon (an Elton vocal collaborator in the mid-’70s) did, and Brandi’s phrasing was, to me, really complicated. It frustrated me, and you can see it on film. We’ve got it all on film.