Elvis Costello is releasing a new album, Hey Clockface, at the end of October. The album was recorded in Helsinki, Paris, and New York earlier this year, and so far we've heard three songs that are on it: "No Flag," "Hetty O'Hara Confidential," and "We Are All Cowards Now." Today, Costello is sharing a new…

Right before the pandemic hit, Elvis Costello travelled to Helsinki and recorded several songs alone in the studio, playing every instrument by himself. We've already heard two songs from that solo session, "No Flag" and "Hetty O'Hara Confidential." Today, he's shared the third and final bulletin from "the Helsinki Sound," a track called "We Are...

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&#...

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…