Between 1977 and 1986, Costello put out 11 albums. He worked with well-known producers like T Bone Burnett, Geoff Emerick, and Billy Sherrill. Most notably he worked with Nick Lowe on his first five ...

Elvis Costello's 1986 album "King of America," one of my favorite records ever, has been re-released in a six-CD boxed set version. "King of America and Other Realms,"offers a comprehensive look not ...

Elvis Costello first worked with producer/musician T-Bone Burnett on his 1986 album King of America and went on to produce 1989’s Spike. In between those two albums, they released a collaborative ...

Elvis Costello had screwed up. It was 1984 when he headed out on a short solo tour after finishing his album “Goodbye Cruel World.” Performing alone, Costello realized where he had erred as he played ...

On the just-released King of America & Other Realms, Elvis Costello takes a novel approach to the task of reissuing a classic album. That makes sense because the album itself was a departure for Elvis ...

In his autobiography, Elvis Costello wrote that the popular idea of him early on as an angry man was just a trick of physiology. He wrote: “It seems that the space between my two front teeth, which ...

Few artists have logged the kind of first decade Elvis Costello did at the start of his career — 11 studio albums between 1977-86, most greeted with near universal acclaim for their stylistic ...

Being an Elvis Costello fan has been like being a Bob Dylan fan, or a Neil Young fan. There is too much to keep up with. Too many alternate takes. Too many collaborations. Too many lyrics. Too many ...

Portland Opera Resident Artists (left to right) Erin Roth Thomas, Claire Forstman, Matthew Maisano, Ginaia Black and Nathaniel Catasca take the stage for The Juliet Letters. (Courtesy of Portland ...

Elvis Costello first worked with producer/musician T-Bone Burnett on his 1986 album King of America and went on to produce 1989’s Spike. In between those two albums, they released a collaborative ...