09.12.2021
FIVE ARTISTS ON WHAT IT’S LIKE TO SING ELVIS COSTELLO’S SONGS IN SPANISH
Rolling Stone: Julyssa Lopez: September 10, 2021
When Elvis Costello decided to re-record his album This Year’s Model
entirely in Spanish, he knew he wasn’t going to do it alone. He saw the
entire thing as a lively, hands-on collaboration in which he’d give
Spanish-speaking artists access to the original master recordings from
the iconic 1978 LP and let them interpret the songs exactly how they
wanted. He and the producer Sebastian Krys enlisted a varied set of
musicians from around the world and watched as each of them added their
own magic to the anticipated project, which is called Spanish Model and
is out today via UMe.
Below, several of the artists — Fito Páez, La Marisoul, Juanes, Draco
Rosa, and Francisca Valenzuela — reflect on what it was like to sing
Costello’s songs and what his music has meant to them throughout their
careers.