The first thing to understand about Wise Up Ghost is that it isn’t a vanity project. Yes, the new LP, released yesterday on Blue Note, is a full-length collaboration between Elvis Costello and the Roots. And yes, full-length collaborations between well-known artists sometimes end up as mere historical curiosities (Jay-Z and R. Kelly&am...

Elvis Costello and the Roots first worked together on the Late Night With Jimmy Fallon stage, and now they’ve teamed up to make the surprisingly seamless collaborative album Wise Up Ghost, on which Costello’s burr meshes with the Roots’ hard-swinging old-school funk in a not-remotely-forced sort of way. Last night, ...

Last night Elvis Costello and the Roots celebrated the release of their robust collaborative LP Wise Up Ghost with a one-off, sold out concert at Brooklyn Bowl in Williamsburg. Along with funky cuts from the new album and slightly revamped takes on classic Costello (“Watching the Detectives,” “Shabby Doll,&#8221...

Yoko Ono drops her latest album, "Take Me to the Land of Hell," this week, while Elvis Costello teams up with The Roots on "Wise Up Ghost."

Kanye made a surprise appearance on last night’s Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. In town after New York Fashion Week, where he hung out with Terry Richardson at Alexander Wang, the rapper stopped by 6B to perform Yeezus‘ second single “Bound 2″ live for the first time with Charlie Wilson and the Roots. Watch...