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The second installment of Randall Poster’s five-volume, 242-song, birdsong-inspired compilation For The Birds is upon us. Arriving a month after Vol. 1, which featured such talents as Beach House, Beck, Nick Cave, and Karen O, today’s offering includes new music from artists such as Jeff Tweedy, Elvis Costello, Dan Deacon, Eleanor Friedberger, the Flaming Lips, Olivia Chaney, Inara George, Mary Lattimore, Yo-Yo Ma, Stephen Merritt, Van Dyke Parks, Hania Rani, Shearwater, Isabella Summers, Very Nice Person, Andrew Wyatt, plus spoken-word pieces from Bob Balaban, Bobby Cannavale, Jonathan Franzen, Jeff Goldblum, Robert Pattinson (recorded in the Batsuit?), Jorie Graham, Natasha Lyonne, Matthew McConaughey, Lorrie Moore, and Alice Waters.
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Elvis Costello: says buy Louis Armstrong, not me
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Reuters - British singer-songwriter Elvis Costello has told fans not to buy a pricey limited edition box set of his music on sale next month, recommending they purchase some Louis Armstrong instead.
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Elvis Costello: Says Don’t Buy His Box Set
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On 12/6, Hip-O will release The Return Of The Spectacular Spinning Songbook, a new live box set from Elvis Costello and his backing band the Imposters. But though Costello might be proud of the final product, he’s made it pretty clear that he doesn’t want us, the public, to buy it. On Costello’s website, a [...]
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Elvis Costello: Finally Visits Sesame Street
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Elvis Costello’s first major U.S. TV appearance was on a December 1977 episode of Saturday Night Live — a gig he got because the Sex Pistols, originally booked for the show, didn’t want anything to do with New York. Costello’s single at the time was “Radio Radio,” a song that was (weird...
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Elvis Costello: Limited Edition Elvis Costello Box Set Coming
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UMe have set a December 6, 2011 release date for a new 3-disc (CD, DVD, 10" vinyl EP) live box set from Elvis Costello & the Imposters
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Elvis Costello: announces plans to bring his 'Revolver Tour' to the UK - ticket details
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Singer-songwriter also lines up limited live box set in conjunction with 13 date jaunt
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