Tom Cridland is an Anglo-Portuguese entrepreneur, podcaster and musician. He works with his wife, Deborah, whom he married in Ravello, Italy on the 14th October, 2023.
Tom has interviewed Annie Lennox, Smokey Robinson, David Crosby, Earth, Wind & Fire, David Guetta, Dionne Warwick, Seth Rogen, Christina Hendricks, and many more guests and friends on his Greatest Music of All Time Podcast and YouTube channel.
Tom has given talks at the likes of UCLA, University of Texas at Austin, Palm Beach Atlantic University, University of Bristol, University of St Andrews, California State University Long Beach, University of Tulsa, Southampton University, Imperial College London, MODA, Pure London and Fortune Brainstorm.
Tom began his career as a fashion designer. It took off when he started collaborating with Nigel Olsson, legendary drummer and backing vocalist for Elton John since 1969. Nigel wore a purple suit made by Tom for the historic, recording breaking "farewell" performance with Elton at Glastonbury. Tom Cridland Clothing has been covered by GQ, Financial Times, The Times, The Telegraph, BBC and CBS. He went on to found an agency that delivers media and communications consultancy services to a global roster including Rubik's, Castore and Henry Poole & Co.
Tom is a singer, songwriter, piano player and record producer. He produced and co-wrote The Stylistics album, "Falling In Love with My Girl", featuring Shania Twain, the Elton John Band including Nigel Olsson and Davey Johnstone, Bill Champlin, Jay Graydon, Justin Hawkins, Tower of Power, The Real Thing, Steve Lukather, Ronnie Wood and many more legendary musical collaborators. This includes the single with Shania Twain, "Yes, I Will", which Tom co-wrote with Shania and Nathan East.
Prior to this Tom produced sessions at studios such as Sunset Sound, Abbey Road, Metropolis and The Village. His music can be heard on the albums "The Life and Times of The Tomicks" and "One Single A Week", which feature songs recorded with Davey Johnstone, Earl Slick and Kenji Suzuki of Simply Red.
Tom started playing and singing in his late twenties to recover from alcoholism. He learnt the piano during the Covid-19 lockdowns as a way of staying sober, inspired by Elton John, and has also toured all over the world with his "Tom's Elton Tribute" show.
Tom has played hundreds of concerts at iconic venues including the Performing Arts Center San Luis Obispo, Adelphi Theatre, Tivoli, Casino Estoril, Emerson Colonial Theatre, Scottsdale Performing Arts Center, Sunrise Theatre and Carnegie Hall.
Tom grew up (Beatles obsessed) in London and Lisbon with his father, Jonathan, his mother, Manuela, and his brother, James.
