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December 11, 2008

Elvis Costello Talks Music on Cable

Police, Elton, many more stop by Costello's new Sundance Channel Show
November 14, 2008

Inside the Rockers Studio: Elvis Costello's "Spectacle"

On the set of the rocker's new TV show with the Police, Jenny Lewis and more
October 30, 2008

Elvis Costello & The Attraction

After teen idol Nick Jonas told us his hero is Elvis Costello, we got the unlikely duo together for a talk about music, fame and playing nice with your brothers
January 12, 2006

Podcast: Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint

The Rolling Stone Q&A

Recordings and Reviews

Secret, Profane & Sugarcane

What is is this time? Schubert lieder? Balkan fusion? Elvis Costello's genre-hopping can be exhilarating and, often, exhausting. But here he's in one of his comfort zones, rootsy Americana, reunited with T Bone Burnett, who produced the similarly flavored 1986 ringer King of America. Recorded in...

2009 RS: 4of 5 Stars

Momofuku

2008

Mighty Like a Rose

2007

The River In Reverse

2006

Costello: My Flame Burns Blue

2006

Kojak Variety

2005

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Biography

Elvis Costello exploded on the late-1970s music scene as part of a new wave of brash singer/songwriters who reinvigorated the literate, lyrical traditions of Bob Dylan and Van Morrison with the raw energy and sass that were principal ethics of punk. Early in his career, Costello listed "revenge and guilt" as his primary motivations, but what really counted was the construction of his songs, which ...

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