Elvis Costello goes vinyl/digital-only with April release
Elvis Costello, longtime utilizer of easily-deluxified compact discs for his expanded re-issues and re-issued expanded re-issues thereof, announced this week that his forthcoming album, Momofuku, will only play via the grooves of a vinyl platter and the miniature orchestras inside every computer. The vinyl/digital-format-only release will be available April 22 on Lost Highway, with the tried-and-true trick of including a download code with the vinyl to sway people toward having physical evidence of their love for the bespectacled icon. As for that alternating consonant-vowel title, Rolling Stone reported that it may be named after David Chang’s restaurants in New... read more
Found in: Music, NewsElvis Costello: This Year's Model (Deluxe Edition)
Elvis Costello once released an... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsElvis Costello hates Britain, loves Hillary Clinton
It was bound to happen eventually. Elvis Costello, after all, took his stage name from two American icons. He wrote a song called "Crawling to the U.S.A.," and proclaimed himself King of America over two hundred years after we cast off the yoke of monarchical rule. Mr. Costello has been making eyes at our nation for years, and we never even realized it. Earlier this week, the veteran songwriter announced his breakup with his former mistress, England. Referring to a 2005 Glastonbury Festival set that he termed "fucking dreadful," Costello told Mojo Magazine that he's done with the motherland. "I... read more
Found in: Music, NewsElvis Costello, Bob Dylan join up this fall
The road could get lonely out there for Elvis Costello, as he heads out this fall for his first solo gigs in 12 years (according to LiveDaily). So, its no wonder the famously bespectacled artist is buddying up with Steve Nieve, entire symphony orchestras and, for 13 dates, Bob Dylan. With respective retrospectives on the way, it makes sense for Dylan and Costello to enter prime touring season hand-in-hand. A deluxe edition of the latters My Aim is True premiers on Sept. 11, while Columbia Records gets ready to release Dylan, a 51-track, three-disc career-spanning compilation. September 22 - Duluth,... read more
Found in: Music, NewsNew My Aim is True features '77 concert
Bright-eyed children in footie pajamas making Christmas lists in August will have to be very, very specific when asking for Elvis Costello & The Attractions’ 30th anniversary release of My Aim is True, subtitled Deluxe Edition (available September 11 on Hip-O). The little boy or girl eagerly imagining Santa’s elves crafting the record with their very small hammers must take his or her crayon, draw a parentheses (with dad’s help!), and write “ft. legendary 1977 Nashvile Rooms concert plus soundcheck!!!” Otherwise, mom- er, I mean Saint Nick might become confused when ordering online, since Rhino released a completely different My... read more
Found in: Music, NewsElvis 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... 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
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