Elvis Costello's National Ransom Set For Release October 25th International & November 2nd U.S.A
Elvis Costello's National Ransom Set For Release October 25th International & November 2nd U.S.A
From Hear Music/Concord Music Group;
Produced By T Bone Burnett
All members of The Imposters and The Sugarcanes feature in a wide variety of groovy new combos with guests Vince Gill, Marc Ribot, Buddy Miller and Leon Russell
"Around the time the killing stopped on Wall St...
Win Elvis’s Guitar and help raise funds for the Picket Music Venue in Liverpool.
Ahead of his sold out performance at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on 28th June Elvis Costello has announced that he is gifting one of his Gibson acoustic guitars to the Picket music venue in Liverpool. The venue will raffle the instrument to raise funds for the work it does with young bands. The Gibson DSM guitar handmade in Canada comes complete with a hard-case and a personal note from Mr...
Elvis Costello starts his UK & European Tour.
Elvis Costello kicks off his European tour tonight at the Royal Festival Hall in London playing at Richard Thompson’s “Meltdown”. Over the month of June Elvis Costello will be playing other dates in the UK including Birmingham, Oxford, Cardiff, Liverpool, Gateshead & Glasgow. Elvis can also be seen performing at Hard Rock Calling in Hyde Park on Sunday 27th June...
Allen Toussaint Joins The Sugarcanes On The Stage...
Allen Toussaint joins The Sugarcanes on the stage at JazzFest in New Orleans
The Sugarcanes Plus At Sonoma Jazz
The Sugarcanes played a short run of theatre dates from Boston through Washington, D.C., the United Palace, New York, Richmond, Virginia, Atlanta and Jacksoville, Florida and two headlining festival appearances, concluding at MerleFest in Wilkesboro, North Carolina.
E.C. sang, "She Came In Through The Bathroom Window" during The Waybacks complete performance of "Abbey Road" in the afternoon, while Sugarcanes gave the first full band performance of "Dr Watson, I Presume", a reminiscence of the previous visit to the festival in 2007...
"True Blood Volume 2" is released on May 25th
"True Blood Volume 2"
The album contains a newly recorded Lucinda Williams song, "Kiss Like Your Kiss" which features a harmony vocal from Elvis Costello.
Speaking to minister of information, The Right Reverend Jimmy Quickly, Costello said:
"This is one of the best vocal performances of Lucinda's recording career...
Elvis Costello and Imposters Play Reno
Elvis Costello and Imposters play Reno, close with "Folsom Prison Blues" and "I Trust" by Roger McGuinn.
The Reno Gazette-Journal:
"British rocker Elvis Costello played to what was probably his biggest crowd ever in Reno on Saturday...90-minute show that had fans dancing in the aisles...Its the kind of sound that would go over well at the Nugget Rib Cook-off...
It Is After Considerable Contemplation....
It is after considerable contemplation that I have lately arrived at the decision that I must withdraw from the two performances scheduled in Israel on the 30th of June and the 1st of July.
One lives in hope that music is more than mere noise, filling up idle time, whether intending to elate or lament...
Elvis Costello among surprise guests at Bobby Charles tribute
By Keith Spera, The Times-Picayune
April 30, 2010, 9:00AM
The indefatigable Elvis Costello apparently still had energy to burn after leaving the Fair Grounds on Thursday. Five hours after wrapping up his set on the New Orleans Jazz Fest's Gentilly Stage with his band the Sugarcanes, he appeared on stage at The Parish of the House of Blues during Lil Band o' Gold's tribute to late Louisiana songwriter Bobby Charles...
John Ciambotti
John Ciambotti
There is no easy way to receive bad or shocking news but there seems to be something especially cruel and abrupt about electronic mail. It is the modern equivalent of the curt bereavement notices of the telegraphic era.
So it was that I read of the sudden passing of my friend, John Ciambotti...
UK Tour Dates
"Elvis Costello and the Sugarcanes show at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on June 28th is presently their only appearance in the U.K."
Concerts at the Birmingham Symphony Hall on June 21st, Oxford New Theatre on June 23rd and St. David's Hall, Cardiff on June 24th are all Elvis Costello solo concerts, following on from highly acclaimed such shows in Australia and Canada...
Charlie Gillett
While reading the sad news of Charlie Gillett's passing, I had a vivid memory of being in a darkened kitchen in1975 and tuning in his "Honky Tonk" radio show to hear Tommy McClain's "Sweet Dreams" or Bobby Charles' "Small Town Talk", records that I could neither obtain or afford.
Anyone in his radio audience can probably think of a song that they would not have heard without his help...
T-Bone Wolk
T-Bone Wolk:
When word arrived of the passing of T-Bone Wolk., I just happened to be in a recording studio with a number of colleagues with whom we had both worked during the mid-80s and early 90s.
After the initial shock, we spent some timesimply talking about T-Bone’s beautiful playing and even recalling various funny incidents as a way of staving off our incredulity at the announcement...
Elvis Costello shines in Neil Young Project
Elvis Costello shines in Neil Young Project
By Alexander Varty
At the Queen Elizabeth Theatre on Thursday, February 18.
Whoever coined the all-too-appropriate phrase “let the games begin” probably wasn’t thinking about the epic battle that played out between Canada and the United States at the Queen E on Thursday night, but it’s hard to imagine a more gripping contest—even on ice...
Elvis Costello Performs at Hal Wilner's Neil Young Project
Elvis Costello will be part of the amazing lineup for Hal Willner's Neil Young Project, a two-night live tribute to the Canadian rock icon at Vancouver's Queen Elizabeth Theatre. He will join Lou Reed, Ron Sexsmith, Emily Haines and James Shaw of Metric and dozens of other artists and it all goes down Thursday and Friday (February 18 and 19) as part of the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad...
Live Cinecast of
Elvis Costello will appear on A Prairie Home Companion, Thursday, February 4th, in a special, first time live Cinecast of the show from the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, MN. Thursday’s show will be beamed into hundreds of movie theaters around the the United States and Canada, and will also air in audio-only form during the A Prairie Home Companion’s regular time slot this Saturday...
Marian McPartland on Piano Jazz, Part One With Elvis Costello
January 8, 2010 - This week's installment of Piano Jazz marks a true milestone, as host Marian McPartland appears as a guest on the program with guest host Elvis Costello. In part one of this all-new interview, McPartland and Costello recount some memorable moments from the program's 30-year (and counting!) run...