Elvis Costello Fan Forum

AMERICANA SIN LÁGRIMAS PART SEVEN 1933 - Birkenhead. My grandfather, Pat McManus came home from sea after being away for much of his son Ronald’s first five years of childhood. My first clear memory of my own father was of him in the hallway of our basement flat in West Kensington, clutching a homec...

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AMERICANA SIN LÁGRIMAS PART SIX 1992 - Dublin to Nashville. “Interview” magazine asked me to have a conversation with George Jones. The transatlantic dialogue ahead of George’s scheduled “hair appointment” ranged from telling me about his own brand of pet food to discussing the origins of his unique...

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/elvis-costello-trust/ 40 Years Ago: Elvis Costello Gives Listeners His ‘Trust’ Elvis Costello’s discography is heavy with acknowledged classics (This Year’s Model, Get Happy!! and Imperial Bedroom among them) along with the occasional acknowledged dud (Goodbye Cruel W...

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/billy-joel-sting-elvis-costello-save-birdland-1118190/ Elvis Costello, Billy Joel, Sting Boost Campaign to Save NYC Jazz Institution Birdland Costello will partake in a virtual concert also featuring Wynton Marsalis, Whoopi Goldberg and Bill Clinton Elvi...

AMERICANA SIN LÁGRIMAS PART FIVE 1984 - “Goodbye Cruel World”. I’d taken to the road with just an acoustic guitar and to locate songs of which I’d lost possession in the studio. “Home Truth” was one in point. Its first verse concluded. “You still close your eyes when I kiss you And I close them too ...

https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/stars-unite-for-a-concert-to-save-the-nyc-jazz-club-birdland-011521 Stars unite for a concert to save the NYC jazz club Birdland A star-studded fund-raiser is underway to help save the storied midtown jazz venue. It is hard to imagine New York City without jazz, ...

https://www.elviscostello.com/#!/news/299561 ISABELLE ADJANI AND ELVIS COSTELLO RELEASE REVOLUTION #49 (PARLÉ), SECOND FRANCOPHONE SONG FROM ‘HEY CLOCKFACE’ Today sees the release of Revolution #49 (Parlé), a brand new French-language version of the Elvis Costello song from his album 'Hey Clockface,...

AMERICANA SIN LÁGRIMAS PART FOUR 1979 - North Hollywood. Just over a month after the release of “Armed Forces” and despite having three records out, I somehow qualified for nomination as “Best New Artist” at the Grammy Awards, along with Toto, The Cars and the eventual winners - “Boogie Oogie Oogie”...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z39rU8VDipM by Isabelle Adjani - available at midnight.

https://www.google.be/amp/s/www.udiscovermusic.com/news/gregory-porter-season-two-the-hang/amp/ Gregory Porter Goes Deep In Season Two Of Podcast, ‘The Hang’ The Grammy-winning artist’s guests include Disclosure, Jessie Ware, and David Byrne. Grammy Award-winning jazz artist Gregory Porter is sittin...

AMERICANA SIN LÁGRIMAS PART THREE Liverpool 1970. In the 1960s, the dial and the needle had been tuned to The Beatles, Georgie Fame, The Small Faces and the Four Tops. Country music was “Distant Drums”, sentimental songs and novelty tunes; Ringo acting naturally. Then Byrds and the Burritos opened t...

AMERICANA SIN LÁGRIMES PART TWO January 1981, Columbia Studios, Nashville, TN. Three unbroken years of U.K. hit parade success and U.S. mayhem and disgrace behind us, I didn’t trust my own heart or judgment more than anyone knew my mind. There had to be some more songs worth singing but none of them...

https://www.ents24.com/latest/elvis-costello-and-the-imposters-announced-a-new-live-stream-event-in-january/2745446/34006 Elvis Costello & The Imposters just announced a new show at Online / Streaming Events on Tuesday 26th January 2021. They are joined on the road by American Aquarium, Emily Ba...

https://www.elviscostello.com/#!/americana-sin-lagrimes AMERICANA SIN LAGRIMES - PART ONE Liverpool, 1972. The tide is out. Not much Merseybeat that I could hear. “Famepushers” finest at The Cavern. Met Nick Lowe in The Grapes on Mathew Street. Donny, Little Jimmy and David, T Rex, The Sweet, Slade ...

https://twitter.com/elviscostello https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eq9me4EXAAInH5m?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_banners/20117923/1609866011/1500x500 ——————————— https://twitter.com/ElvisCostello/status/1346501718259818497 There are a lot of strange mysteries in the musical quil...

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Second version (spoken word): https://youtu.be/a-7LwEO0XBw

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Elvis revealed that Irana George (daughter of Lowell George and one half of The Bird and the Bee) wrote to him and as a result he cut Long Distance Love from Little Feat.

https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/elvis-costello-farewell-ok-2020/ Hear Elvis Costello’s New Year-End Single ‘Farewell, OK 2020’ Costello closes out the year by bidding, ‘Farwell, OK/You’ll be on your way.’ Elvis Costello is closing out 2020 with a new song bidding farewell to a tumultuous year. T...

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/elvis-costello-new-song-farewell-ok-2020-1108989/ Elvis Costello Bids Goodbye to a Bad Year With New Song ‘Farewell, OK 2020’ Irish rocker closes out pandemic year with surprise kiss-off Elvis Costello sends one final kiss-off to this pandemic year with ...

Elvis called in and played This Year’s Girl/Out Of Time, Farewell OK and a Tom Waits cover.
He said that there would be a new release in two weeks (a song in French).
And the first single from Spanish Model will be This Year’s Girl - also coming soon.