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Given their shared propensity for outward-looking creative excursions and a general excitement about the possibilities inherent in pushing the boundaries of musical genres,  the current collaboration between Greatest Living Songwriter candidate Elvis Costello and crackerjack all-star band the Roots might feel something like an inevitability. Provided enough turns around the firmament, two such massive comets cannot help but collide. Thankfully, the [...]
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Back in February, Elvis Costello travelled to Helsinki by himself. "I wanted to go somewhere nobody knew me," he said. While he was there, he took the ferry over to Suomenlinna Studio and spent three days working on new music, playing every instrument himself.
Last night, the New Orleans institution Preservation Hall held a livestream benefit show for the the Preservation Hall Foundation and the musicians of Preservation Hall. It was a mix of pre-recorded performances and new material. The big finale was a performance by Paul McCartney and Irma Thomas doing "When The Saints Go Marching In." They&#...
submitted by Nick Jun 5th 2020 05:00 am (stereogum.com)
Elvis Costello has shared a new song, "No Flag." The track was recorded at a studio on Suomenlinna Island near Helsinki in February, and Costello played all the instruments. "I wanted to go somewhere nobody knew me," Costello said in a press release. "So, this is 'The Helsinki Sound.'" "No time for this kind of…
The songwriting legend John Prine died last week. Even before Prine passed away, when the news came out that he was sick with coronavirus, Prine's peers and admirers were quick to sing his praises. Tons and tons of people -- from Roger Waters to Phoebe Bridgers to Natalie Maines -- have covered Prine's songs in…
Elvis Costello has joined the legion of musicians performing live from isolation during the coronavirus pandemic. And he's using the gig to support the fight against COVID-19 in his native UK.


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