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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the music of Billy Strayhorn, Oscar Peterson and for twelve Charles Mingus compositions and as a composer, set twelve unpublished lyrics by Bob Dylan.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.
While both Blondie & Elvis Costello gave excellent performances, audio mixing ruined the show. This was particularly an issue with Elvis’ portion of the show. In fact, the sound quality was so bad a number of people were observed leaving the show early. We won’t be back.
The sound during Blondie’s part of the concert was great. The sound during Elvis’s part of the concert was poor. The band overpowered his vocals and the overall sound was distorted. Also-the videos on the screen behind Elvis and his band were distracting.
Blondie was great. The Elvis Costello set was too loud, so the sound from the instruments and vocals was fuzzy and distorted. So you couldn't understand the lyrics and everything sounded out of tune. I see a lot of concerts and live music, so I know when sound is crisp and right on, and when it's way off. This was unnecessarily loud and distorted. That arena is a good place to see a show, not too large, well designed, and you can see from everywhere. But they really need to work on the sound. There's no excuse for poor sound in this day and age, with current technology.
Blondie started off slow but voice improved All in all I enjoyed Blondie Elvis was a constant discordant cacophony of noise
Blondie was very good, the energy very positive, and the band was superb. We left after about 6 songs from Elvin, the volume was much too loud, and from where we were sitting, the sound was distorted, and at time painful to the ears. This was very disappointing, as we are big fans of theirs, and we were really looking forward to this show
Great night out! Havent been to a show in a long time.
All I can say is disappointing! Having never seen Blondie, I was excited to hear and see Deborah Harry and her band. The first two songs were a muddle of sound, which was corrected early on. Harry herself was quite stellar, especially for a 74-year-old! I can say that I enjoyed Blondie and it was about what I expected. Elvis Costello came on and the sound was atrocious! We sat in section 23 (not far from the mixing board). I don't know what the sound guy was thinking (or hearing), but the vocals were distorted, the bass was overpowering, leaving little to be enjoyed! I, along with many in my row couldn't make out the vocals. A great disappointment with hundreds of people getting up and leaving. We gave up after the 5th song, as did many others, as there were droves of people leaving as we were walking out. And... I will not put the blame on Elvis and his band as I saw them not 4 years ago at the Oakdale in Wallingford, and they were great, the sound was great and the audience stayed till the end and left happy.
Blonde and Elvis were excellent. The acoustics in venue need improvement. Had to move our seats from 118 to 115 because the sound was muffled in our original seats. Would have asked for money back if we could not have moved!
Whoever was at the soundboard needs to be fired. Tolerable for Blondie but when EC hit the stage vocals were almost indecipherable and the band was indistinguishable. Left after 30 minutes of EC’s set. A huge disappointment as I had never seen him before and had anticipated this concert for months.
I was really impressed with how well they handled the crowd Mohican sun. Not a bad seat in the house. Blondie did some old favorites and the band was very tight . The sound was excellent for Blondie but disappointingly bad for Elvis. It was just like a wall of noise. You could not make out his words and it seems like his monitor was not working because he was out of sync with the band frequently. I could hear enough to know he was doing some old favorites but really Could not make out much. It was especially annoying having just followed Blondie where the sound was perfect.
This show was painful to listen to. Sound quality was so loud and over- modulated that you couldn’t understand a word that either Blondie or Elvis Costello was singing. A complete disappointment
Awesome show. Wish it never ended. Hope they come back soon so we can see them again!!
loved the set list although I thought the sound was off on this particular night. Great venue, staff is always polite and friendly, concessions moved quickly.
bethel woods is by far the bast venue for music enjoyment, the facility is second to none, the show was very good , we will be back ..... many times
I loved his voice and enjoyed his stories. It was a really nice surprise, as I had never seen him before.
Due to weather (or threat of) each shorten their sets and there was no reason to (ie curfew).
Great show!! I wish Blondie would have played longer.
Unexpected effort by Blondie! At 74 yrs old, I didn't expect her to still have a creamy voice, but there it was! She didn't have the stamina to blast it out and just didn't sing the lyric to her last song, but her band was spot on and strong and great to watch and listen. The show was worth the price of admission just to see Elvis and the crew do "Watching the Detectives" and the jam was terrific. Costellos performance was phenomenal. If you're on the fence about going, I strongly recommend, if they're all sober and feeling good, you will not regret it.
You obviously can't do anything about the weather. I could suggest that when storms are forecast, some type of tent or shelter be made available. It was nice that we were directed into the pavillion until the storm blew over - certainly better than being sent back to the car, but there has to be better/more comfortable options.
Probably the worst performance ever. Did not enjoy either performance. Blondie seemed to have forgotten the words to her songs.
