Techno-pop singer Ellie Goulding is familiar with the 19th-century fable of a depressed gentleman who is advised by his physician to see Grimaldi, Britain’s most famous clown of the era, and sighs, “But doctor, I am Grimaldi!” She can relate. “That’s such a sad story, but it’s quite interesting, because it was like that for me for a bit,” says the English vocalist, who plays the Fox Theater in Oakland on Friday. Read More