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Declan Patrick MacManus was born 25th August 1954, in St Mary's Hospital, Paddington in London. He is the son of trumpeter, vocalist and bandleader Ronald (“Ross”) MacManus and record store manager Lillian Costello. His family had roots in Merseyside and he moved to Birkenhead at age 16, with his mother, when his parents separated. He is better known by the name Elvis Costello - a stage name suggested by Stiff Records manager Jake Riviera - but has used many other aliases including The Imposter and Napoleon Dynamite*. |
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News in english
about Elvis Costello
(June / 2009)
Elvis Costello: 'Secret & Profane' in NYC Date: 03 Jun 2009
Spin -
Elvis Costello celebrated the release of his new album, Secret, Profane & Sugarcane , Tuesday night with a rare solo acoustic show at an Irish dive bar in lower Manhattan for a liquored-up crowd of 150 or so radio contest winners and adoring fans. The New Wave era's most talented and prolific songwriter set the tone for his 10-tune set by quoting advice his bandleader father gave him many years ...
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Elvis Costello Celebrates 'Sugarcane' With Intimate Show Date: 03 Jun 2009
Billboard -
Elvis Costello celebrated the release of his "Sacred, Profane & Sugarcane" album with an intimate solo acoustic show yesterday (June 2) in Manhattan's financial district.
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CD review: Elvis Costello, 'Sweet, Profane & Sugarcane' Date: 05 Jun 2009
Colorado Daily -
Elvis Costello's third collaboration with T-Bone Burnett splits the difference between his first two: It's better than 1989's all-over-the-place Spike, but not as good as 1986's sharply focused King of America.
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Elvis Costello CD mines Americana Date: 05 Jun 2009
The Desert Sun -
Elvis Costello's newest album, “Secret, Profane & Sugarcane,” jumps on the Americana bus, with mandolin, accordion and fiddle the instruments of choice.
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Elvis Costello speaks: country music, the recording industry and Hans Christian Andersen Date: 05 Jun 2009
The Star-Ledger -
AP/SUNDANCE CHANNELElvis Costello works with country-bluegrass musicians on his new album, "Secret, Profane and Sugarcane" NOTE: This is the complete transcript for the Elvis Costello interview used in this article. Q. I'm sure you've answered this a million times before,...
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Elvis Costello mines Americana on CD Date: 05 Jun 2009
Asbury Park Press -
Elvis Costello, "Secret, Profane & Sugarcane" (Hear Music)
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Billboard CD reviews: Elvis Costello, Chickenfoot Date: 06 Jun 2009
Yahoo.com -
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Following last year's garage-rocking "Momofuku" with another shot of back-to-basics roots music, Elvis Costello teams with producer T Bone Burnett and an ensemble of Nashville regulars for a 13-track set that sounds like it was recorded in a single all-night song-swapping session. (In fact, they spent all of three days on it.) The material features nine Costello originals, ...
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Billboard CD reviews: Elvis Costello, Chickenfoot (Reuters) (Yahoo!7 Entertainment News)
Date: 06 Jun 2009
ARTIST: ELVIS COSTELLO
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