04.11.2016
ELVIS COSTELLO ROCKED THE UNPLUGGED ‘STORYTELLER’ FORMAT WITH PASSION AND HUMOR IN MESA DETOUR.
azcentral: Ed Masley: April 9th 2016: Photo By Danny Miller
But for the most part, Detour, as the show was billed, featured Costello alone on assorted guitars and piano singing songs and telling stories that were frequently hilarious but also deeply moving on occasion.
It’s a format that works for a number of reasons. One, he’s clearly got the voice to fill a room (or reach inside your chest and tear your heart out when required). Two, his catalog is rich with songs that lend themselves to that “unplugged” approach, aside from which the man has always had a knack for recasting familiar songs in unexpected lights.