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Elvis Costello is a writer and part-time musician who made a number of records in the 20th Century, some of which are still remembered today.
He was born in London and raised there and in Liverpool.
Costello is the composer or lyricist of over six hundred published titles, including fifteen songs co-written with Paul McCartney and renowned collaborations with Allen Toussaint, the Brodsky Quartet and T Bone Burnett.
Costello's songwriting alliance with Burt Bacharach, began in 1995 with the song, "God Give Me Strength", which led to the 1998 album, "Painted From Memory", before their work was collected in 2023, on the four-album set, "The Songs Of Bacharach & Costello".
Elvis Costello songs have been recorded by Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Chet Baker, Dusty Springfield, Solomon Burke, George Jones, Linda Ronstadt and Bjork, while among the artists with whom he has written songs are Loretta Lynn, Carole King, Rosanne Cash and Kris Kristofferson and his wife, Diana Krall.
Working purely as a lyricist, Costello has provided words for the music of Billy Strayhorn, Oscar Peterson and for twelve Charles Mingus compositions and as a composer, set twelve unpublished lyrics by Bob Dylan.
2024 will see the opening of "A Face In The Crowd", Sarah Ruhl's stage adaptation of the Budd Schulberg story for which Elvis Costello composed the songs.
"A Face In The Crowd" will open at the Young Vic in London on INSERT DATE, directed by Kwame Kwei-Armah and produced by Adam Kenwright.
Elvis Costello is the author of "Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink", a more than six-hundred page memoir which has been translated into six languages. He has received a range of awards over his 45 year old career of which the induction into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame is probably the most significant.
Although he holds two honorary doctorates in music - one from the University of Liverpool and another from the New England Conservatory- Elvis Costello is known for playing the guitar with almost no regard for common sense.
Costello currently performs with The Imposters; his long time companions, drummer, Pete Thomas and pianist, Steve Nieve, bassist of twenty-three years standing, Davey Faragher and their special guest, Texas guitarist, Charlie Sexton.
Liked the renos on Massey Hall but was disappointed with the sound mix. Maybe it was where we were sitting in the corner? But Elvis was terrific as always and the opening set by Nick Lowe was a real bonus!
Massey Hall August 8th 2022. I celebrated my 48th birthday by taking my Mom to see this Rock n Roll icon. I was so thoroughly disappointed that we walked out early. The sound-was appallingly horrible, the band-lacklustre. Elvis’ performance was beyond shocking. Watching the Detectives was the only recognizable song before we left and it sounded like a shitty cover band. I have never been so disappointed at a live show!! The audience needed a defibrillator to get some life in them-including me…And I LOVE LIVE MUSIC-I guess we need dud shows in life to really appreciate the great ones. Interestingly enough, my brother told me that he saw him years ago and was equally unimpressed. Birthday Blues in Toronto! Boo Elvis:(
First, i wasn't seated where i thought i was the opening of the show was lackluster, zero action from the crowd, saved most popular songs till to late in show the sound, at least in my seat, was terrible backup singers non-existent oh ya no video screen, couldn't see any action
A very solid performance from Mr. Costello. Great to hear so much early stuff. Loved the single-album theme - setlist was great. The man still has incredible energy. Didn't love every new arrangement but I understand that he wanted to mix things up a bit. Still an A+ show.
Elvis focused on the Imperial Bedroom album rather than a good overview of his very varied work. The album recievived a good reinterpretion but it did not fully capture the audiences enthusiasm. The show only clicked in the last 20 minutes when the band ripped through some high energy hits and real brought the crowd to its feet. Sadly this could have easily been done much earlier in the show with more varied tunes than them some what similar music of a single album.
Wonderful as always !! Great to see him do his thing
Elvis was very personable speaking a lot with us fans. He seemed to be really enjoying himself I guess that's why he played for 2 hour and 20 minutes.
