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Elvis Costello Enters Digital Age
Even at the ripe age of 52, Declan Patrick MacManus (a.k.a. Elvis Costello) is a very busy man. May 1 will see the release of a career-spanning retrospective as well as the digital premiere of his first 11 albums. These early recordings will be on sale exclusively via iTunes for 30 days before being made available to other online music vendors. The two-disc Best of Elvis Costello compilation will occupy two discs, one titled The First Ten Years and the other Rock and Roll Music. Both 22-song collections were compiled by Costello himself and signal the start of his work... read more
Found in: Music, NewsElvis Costello and Roseanne Cash To Share Stage
On April 13, country royalty and British pub rock will collide in the unlikeliest of places, the Western world’s premier museum of Himalayan art. For one night and one night only, Roseanne Cash and Elvis Costello will join forces for an unamplified acoustic performance at New York City’s Rubin Museum of Art. The two will play songs from their own storied careers as well as selections from others that have inspired them. Tickets cost $65 and go on sale February 27 at 11 a.m. through the museum’s box office. Call (212) 620-5000 ext. 344 to get yours. Related Links: The... read more
Found in: Music, NewsElvis Costello Joins Rosanne Cash For Late Show
Elvis Costello and Rosanne Cash will band together this Friday, Nov. 10, to perform the folk ballad "Butcher Boy" on The Late Show with David Letterman alongside such notable bluegrass musicians as guitarist John Leventhal, fiddler Larry Campbell, bassist Todd Phillips and mandolin player Mike Compton. Costello initially performed "The Butcher's Boy" on the album The Harry Smith Project (Anthology of American Folk Music Revisited), a tribute to the Anthology of American Folk Music which Smith first edited and released in 1953.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsMerlefest Announces 2007 Lineup
Merlefest, the annual bluegrass/Americana music festival honoring finger-picking prodigy Eddie Merle Watson, has announced a 2007 lineup including Elvis Costello, Donna The Buffalo, The Duhks, Bela Fleck and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band among many others. In addition, Merle’s father and acclaimed folk/country musician Doc Watson will play with his grandson Richard. The event, which is now in its 20th year, will take place at Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, NC on April 26-29, 2007. Named the best finger-picking guitarist in folk, blues or country music in 1985 by Frets magazine, Merle Watson is remembered for his monumental talent and... read more
Found in: Music, NewsElvis Costello jams with Death Cab, Fiona Apple and more
At a concert for the VH1 Classics show Decades Rock Live in Atlantic City this past Friday, May 19, Elvis Costello and his band, The Imposters, were joined onstage by Death Cab for Cutie, Fiona Apple, and Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong. Death Cab joined Costello for "Accidents Will Happen" and "Kinder Murder." Apple lent her talents to "Shabby Doll" and "I Want You." And Armstrong energized "Radio Radio" and played an unscripted, unrehearsed acoustic version of "Allison." Costello also offered renditions of some of his guests' songs—an acoustic duet of "I Will Follow You Into the Darkness" with Death... read more
Found in: Music, NewsElvis Costello Everywhere In 2006
When Elvis sightings skyrocket in 2006, Mr. Costello’s prolific recording and touring schedule will be to blame. Costello will be releasing not one, but two new albums this year. The first, set to hit the streets Feb. 28, is concert album My Flame Burns Blue. This Deutsche Grammophon release will include a bonus 45-minute suite from Costello’s first orchestral work. The second album, The River in Reverse, is a Verve Forecast collaboration with Allen Toussaint, fruit of the first major sessions to take place in hurricane-ravaged New Orleans. Look for Elvis at a gas station near you as his national... read more
Found in: Music, NewsThe Life and Music of Elvis Costello
Enigmatic rocker no less an enigma after surface-occupied biographical treatment read more
Found in: Books, ReviewsElvis Costello - King of America (Reissue)
Costello’s excursion through Americana gets the royal treatment... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsElvis Costello & The Imposters
Costello strolled in with a straw cowboy hat and smart dark suit and launched into an urgent rendition of the first song from his first album... read more
Found in: Concerts, ReviewsElvis Costello to play three dates with Los Lobos’ David Hidalgo
Elvis Costello & The Imposters will take time out from the Monkey Speaks His Mind tour to play three dates billed as "Elvis Costello and the Pick-Ups," featuring Pete Thomas, Dave Faragher and special guest Los Lobos’ Dave Hidalgo. Hildalgo first collaborated with Costello, as a harmony vocalist, on the 1986 album, King of America. On April 26, Rhino Records will release a two-CD version of the album, containing many unreleased outtakes and alternate versions plus excerpts from a live performance. Tour Dates: 4/24 - Annapolis,Md. - Rams Head Live4/26 - Norfolk, Va. - The Norva4/27 - Athens, Ga. -... read more
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