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== WUSB STONY BROOK PRESENTS ITS 5TH ANNUAL ELVIS COSTELLO MARATHON FEATURING A LIVE INTERVIEW WITH ALLEN TOUSSAINT Saturday, November 3rd 3 pm - 12:00 am EDT on WUSB Stony Brook, NY == On Saturday, November 3rd from 3 pm - 12 am, WUSB 90.1 FM, Stony Brook, Long Island’s leading non-commercial community radio station will present its fourth annual Elvis Costello Marathon. The marathon, with WUSB deejays John O, Mr. Edison and others spinning, will feature music from the entire 30 year career of Mr. Costello. There will be a wide variety of music featured mirroring the eclectic output of the artist from his early post-punk period and including classical, jazz, country, rock, ballads, Americana and roots music. Other highlights include: A live, in-studio interview Elvis’ most recent collaborator, producer, arranger, composer and New Orleans musical legend, Allen Toussaint. Hundreds of rare and live tracks from the WUSB vaults and the personal collections of the deejays. Requests and dedications from around the world as Elvis Costello fans from around the globe listen via the web at www.WUSB.fm Lots of great Elvis Costello premiums for those pledging during WUSB’s annual Fall Radiothon fundraiser. Pledges can be made at 800-392-WUSB or www.WUSB.fm Listen in at 90.1 FM, WUSB Stony Brook, L.I. or on our live stream at www.WUSB.fm. For more information on this event or to make requests, you can e-mail me @ johno@wusb.fm. WUSB 90.1 FM Stony Brook www.wusb.fm - johno@wusb.fm Listen online @ dialup stream: http://stream.wusb.stonybrook.edu:8080/listen.pls broadband stream: http://stream.wusb.stonybrook.edu:8090/listen.pls Benefit concerts with Clover Nov. 8 in San Francisco The band from the original recording playing the songs from "My Aim Is True" for the first time ever in public A Benefit for the Richard deLone Special Housing Fund, Thursday, November 8, 2007 , The Great American Music Hall, San Francisco. Tickets on sale Sunday, October 7 '07 ticket info Elvis covers Billy J. Kramer Elvis will reportedly contribute a version of Billy J. Kramer's 1964 hit Little Children to Covers And Collaborations - The Number Ones Album, to be released January 28, 2008 in the UK. Liverpool legends to feature on Number 1 Project The Number One Project House M.D.: Original Television Soundtrack, 2007 House soundtrack out now The House soundtrack, out now, features Costello's version of Christina Aguilera's Beautiful. Amazon link My Aim Is True - new Deluxe Edition out now Billboard has the complete tracklist for the 30th anniversary edition of My Aim Is True, released September 11 '07. According to Shorefire, "the second disc is a legendary 17-song live performance by Elvis Costello and The Attractions from The Nashville Rooms in London on August 7, 1977, just a little more than two months after their first-ever performances. The complete concert is followed by five songs from the show's soundcheck earlier that day, all available on CD for the first time. These have never been commercially available before, except for three songs issued as the B-side to the 1977 release of the Watching The Detectives single. Other than a the limited-release Live at the El Mocambo, this marks the first official release of a complete Costello concert." Billboard: Live Cuts, Demos Enrich Costello's 'My Aim Is True' Shorefire press release Elvis sings 'Fairly Right' on Mardulce[[1]] by the Bajofondo Tango Club[[2]], released Sept.25, 2007 On tour Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint have completed a 15-city European tour. A brief Il Sogno symphonic tour begins September 7 in Philadelphia. Elvis then has 22 shows opening for Bob Dylan starting September 22 in Duluth, GA. See the concert schedule page for more dates. Rabbit Ears Treasury Of World Tales Volume 5, 2007 Tom Thumb score gets CD release An audio book of Tom Thumb, with music composed by Elvis Costello and narration by John Cleese, is released on August 14th as part of the album Rabbit Ears Treasury Of World Tales Volume 5. iTunes Originals, 2007 Exclusive Session and Podcasts on iTunes From June 12 through August 21, iTunes will make available ten exclusive free podcasts to promote the release of The First Ten Years made up of interviews with Costello, including anecdotes regarding his entire career. Available on iTunes as of June 19 is an exclusive iTunes Originals session, featuring new solo performances of Little Triggers, Motel Matches, Kid About It, Love Field, Invasion Hit Parade, and The River In Reverse. Elvis Costello Podcasts & Originals press release Pre-webcast interview John Ottaviano's interview with Steve Nieve Emmylou Harris box set see also New Releases September 18 is the release date for Songbird: Rare Tracks And Forgotten Gems, a 4CD/1DVD box set from Emmylou Harris. The DVD includes a duet with Elvis on Love Hurts, recorded last year at the Grand Ole Opry. Emmylou Harris Rarities Take Flight On Songbird Elvis Costello's List of Music You Should Hear Don't Want to Be Nice, John Cooper Clarke -- "The best thing to come out of Manchester since Freddie Garrity, though not as a good dancer. Would be the Poet Laureate of any civilised country, just for having written "Beasley Street." Basing Street," Nick Lowe -- "More tales of Notting Hill. One of Nick's finest recordings. Don’t miss his new record, At My Age. Boot-Leg, Booker T. and the M.G.s -- "Sounds as if Steve Cropper's guitar amp had caught fire or was about to blow up. I have to declare an interest here, as I put this compilation together and wrote the liner notes, but if you can find the original album, Funky Broadway: Stax Revue Live At The 5/4 Ballroom, from which this cut is taken, don't pass it up. Dexter's Rif, Dexter Gordon -- "An early gem from a man with a noble name. ...complete list at Amazon Éthiopiques - "strange and wonderful" - Elvis has written a note for a sampler album of 1970's Ethiopian Jazz. Rock And Roll Music, 2007 Hip-O reissues see also New Releases The Hip-O reissues of Elvis Costello's first eleven albums (without bonus tracks) and the new compilations The Best Of Elvis Costello The First 10 Years and Rock And Roll Music were released May 1 in the US. The 1977-1986 catalog made its iTunes debut the same day. See the Hip-O Reissues page for complete details, including news of future releases from Richard Groothuizen of the Elvis Costello Information Service. Amazon Welcome To The Voice, 2007 Welcome To The Voice see also New Releases Elvis appears on Steve Nieve's Welcome To The Voice, released in the U.S. on May 15. Sting sings the part Elvis sang in the workshop performance of it at Town Hall, New York in 2000. EC's part in the recording was done by John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants in 2000. SteveNieve.com | Amazon | Amazon.de A Tribute To Joni Mitchell, 2007 Joni Mitchell tribute see also New Releases The Joni Mitchell tribute album was released April 24. EC's track, Edith And The Kingpin, was recorded in 1997. It's from Mitchell's 1975 album The Hissing Of Summer Lawns. Other contributors include Sufjan Stevens, Björk, Cassandra Wilson, Prince, Sarah McLachlan, Annie Lennox, Emmylou Harris, k.d. lang, and James Taylor. Billboard: Bjork, Prince Lead Joni Mitchell Tribute Shorefire press release Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk Anchored In Love, 2007 June Carter Cash tribute album see also New Releases Elvis has recorded Ring Of Fire for the June Carter Cash tribute album Anchored In Love, released on June 5. The Johnny Cash hit (written by June and Merle Kilgore) previously featured in 1985-86 performances by The Coward Brothers. USA Today: John Carter Cash keeps mom June's 'Love' alive Billboard: Costello, Crow, Nelson Set For June Carter Tribute Amazon Elvis on Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz National Public Radio, April '07 "It was an unseasonably cool day at the 2006 Tanglewood Jazz Festival as McPartland was joined by the unquestionably cool vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter Elvis Costello. He sang standards he'd never performed before, and debuted new lyrics to Strayhorn's Blood Count and McPartland's "Threnody". A surprise guest appearance from Costello's most significant collaborator, Diana Krall, rounds out this amazing concert." Charlie Louvin, 2007 Elvis appears on Charlie Louvin album Elvis contributes to Charlie Louvin's self-titled album, released February 20. Elvis' track, When I Stop Dreaming, also features Mac McCaughan and Pete Cummings. Billboard: Tweedy, Costello, Jones Enliven New Louvin Album Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk EC & Rosanne Cash in NYC April 13 A one-off concert by Elvis and Rosanne Cash happened on April 13 '07 at New York City's Rubin Museum of Art. The museum's website billed it as an "all-acoustic musical talk-show, drawing on the theme of 'Magic Numbers.'" Elvis Costello and Rosanne Cash to do Rare Acoustic Concert/Collaboration Not Just The Best Of The Larry Sanders Show, 2007 EC on Larry Sanders Show DVD Elvis' second appearance on The Larry Sanders Show was included on the DVD set Not Just The Best Of The Larry Sanders Show, on it's April 17 release. The episode "Everybody Loves Larry", in which Elvis sells his car to Hank Kingsley and performs Little Atoms, originally aired November 13, 1996. TVShowsOnDVD.com: The Larry Sanders Show - Not Just The Press Release Costello/Tharp ballet to premiere in 2008 A new ballet with choreography by Twyla Tharp and a score by Elvis Costello will premiere March 28, 2008 at Miami's Carnival Center for the Performing Arts. Miami Herald: Ballet scores artistic coup Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life, 2007 EC on Billy Strayhorn soundtrack On January 23, 2007, Blue Note Records released the companion soundtrack to Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life, a 90-minute documentary film about the pioneering African-American composer, arranger and pianist. Special guest vocalist Elvis Costello performs on one of the most striking performances on the album, a haunting version of Strayhorn's final composition "Blood Count", which was written from a hospital bed shortly before he died in 1967. Here the tune is given lyrics penned by Costello and retitled My Flame Burns Blue (Blood Count) Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk The Secret Songs, full production, started March 1st 'A chamber opera by British rock legend Elvis Costello spotlighting Hans Christian Andersen's unrequited love for the Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind. Following a warm-up performance in 2005 of a song cycle from the opera, Takkelloftet presented the world premiere of Costello's first opera, The Secret Songs. March/April '07, The Royal Danish Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark. details The Bridge School Collection, Vol. 2 on iTunes Three tracks from EC's 1990-10-26 appearance at Neil Young's annual Bridge School Benefit concert are now available as iTunes downloads: Alison is performed by EC with Young on background vocals. It previously appeared on the 1997 CD The Bridge School Concerts Vol. One. The Bridge School Collection, Vol. 2 A medley combining Veronica and The Ways Of Love (a song from Young's album Freedom) is performed by EC solo. This is previously unreleased. Down By The River is performed by Neil Young and Crazy Horse with EC on background vocals. This is also previously unreleased. The tracks can be purchased individually ($0.99 each in the US) or as part of a 54-track set ($39.96) featuring other artists who have played the various Bridge School benefits. iTunes: The Bridge School Collection, Vol. 2 Twins born Statement from Diana Krall and Elvis Costello: "Diana Krall and Elvis Costello announce the Dec 6th birth of two beautiful baby boys, Dexter Henry Lorcan and Frank Harlan James, in New York City. Krall and Costello said 'we are ecstatic!'. Mother and sons are doing splendidly." People.com: Diana Krall, Elvis Costello Welcome Twins Elvis nominated for a Grammy The River In Reverse was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Pop Vocal Album category. (The competition: Christina Aguilera, James Blunt, John Mayer, and Justin Timberlake.) Additionally, Vince Mendoza was nominated in the Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) category for the title track from My Flame Burns Blue. The Grammy Awards were held February 11 in Los Angeles. 49th Annual Grammy Awards Nominee List Hot As A Pistol Keen As A Blade Costello/Toussaint DVD out now MusicTAP.net Hip-O Records released the Elvis Costello/Allen Toussaint DVD Hot As A Pistol, Keen As A Blade on December 5 '06 . This was filmed at the duo's July 3 Montreal concert. | Amazon.com Elvis performs at Toussaint show at Joe's Pub in New York Elvis attended the Allen Toussaint brunch show on November 12. Allen's show was fabulous as usual. Elvis joined Allen on stage for part of the set that included The Sharpest Thorn, Ascension Day, What Do You Want The Girl To Do?, The Greatest Love and a rousing rendition of Yes We Can Can. After the show Elvis indicated that the setlist for the forthcoming Montreal DVD was limited to due "technical issues" with some of the songs. He talked about High Fidelity in particular. Elvis Costello Marathon on WUSB Stony Brook WUSB held a nine-hour Costello marathon on November 10, featuring rarities and live cuts from Elvis' 31-year career. A live interview was also featured. The show will also be archived at www.wusb.fm for a year. E-mail johno@wusb.fm for more details. In New York, listen to WUSB at 90.1 FM. Weeds Soundtrack, 2006 Elvis sings Weeds theme The theme song for Showtime's Weeds, Malvina Reynolds' Little Boxes, was once covered by Pete Seeger, but received a series of different interpretations in its new season. Elvis sang it on the season premiere (Aug. 14 '06). USA Today Hear it on Stereogum (world-wide), Showtimes website (USA only). Elvis, Allen, Americana Awards, Nashville, Sept. 22 On Sept. 22, The Americana Music Association[[3]] presented Lifetime Achievement Awards to singer/songwriter Rodney Crowell, musician Kenny Vaughan, New Orleans' musician/producer Allen Toussaint, Sugar Hill Records founder Barry Poss, and singer/songwriter Alejandro Escovedo. Elvis Costello, Vince Gill, Marty Stuart and Ronee Blakley (from the movie "Nashville") appeared at the Ryman Auditorium [[4]]event, hosted by Jim Lauderdale. [[5]] Elvis on Katrina Benefit DVD On August 22, 2006, Rhino Entertainment released a double disc DVD of the landmark Katrina benefit concert, FROM THE BIG APPLE TO THE BIG EASY: The Concert For New Orleans, which was held on September 20th, 2005 at Madison Square Garden to support the long-term relief and rebuilding efforts following Hurricane Katrina. Tracks include - On Your Way Down / Yes We Can Can - Elvis Costello The Monkey - Dave Bartholomew & Elvis Costello Business Wire The Harry Smith Project CD/DVD set coming in October Billboard reports that Elvis contributes the songs The Butcher's Boy and Ommie Wise Part 2 (What Lewis Did Last...) to The Harry Smith Project: Anthology Of American Folk Music Revisited, a two-CD/two-DVD set released October 24 '06 from Shout! Factory. Elvis' performances are drawn from concerts held 2001-04-25 and 2001-04-26 in Los Angeles. Top Acts Salute Harry Smith On Four-Disc Set The River In Reverse The River In Reverse New album released June 6 on Verve Forecast. It includes six new songs co-written by Costello and Toussaint, as well as fresh versions of several vintage Toussaint songs. Tracklisting: 01. On Your Way Down (Toussaint), 02. Nearer To You (Toussaint), 03. Tears, Tears And More Tears (Toussaint), 04. The Sharpest Thorn (Costello, Toussaint), 05. Who's Gonna Help Brother Get Further? (Toussaint), 06. The River In Reverse (Costello), 07. Freedom For The Stallion (Toussaint), 08. Broken Promise Land (Costello, Toussaint), 09. Ascension Day (Bird, Costello, ­Toussaint), 10. International Echo (Costello, ­Toussaint), 11. All These Things (Toussaint), 12. Wonder Woman (Toussaint), 13. Six-Fingered Man (Costello, Toussaint), 14. The Greatest Love (Toussaint) - on Japanese release only, 15. Where Is The Love (Costello, Toussaint) - iTunes release Collaboration with Tony Bennett Duets: An American Classic In tribute to Tony Bennett's 80th birthday (August 3, 2006), SONYBMG released a duets CD in honor of this milestone, in stores on September 26th '06. An impressive roster of vocalists joined Tony in the recording studio earlier that year to record duet versions of the songs most associated with Bennett's repertoire. Among the list of guest duet artists are: Barbra Streisand, Bono, Elton John, John Legend, the Dixie Chicks, James Taylor, k.d. lang, Juanes, Elvis Costello, Tim McGraw and Sting. Each artist performed live with Tony in studios in New York, Los Angeles and London and for many of these artists this "face to face" approach was a departure from their standard method of studio recording. Phil Ramone, who worked with Tony on his Playin' With My Friends and Bennett on Holiday CDs, is the producer for this project as well. Tony Bennett's Guide To Intimacy (Time , July '06) | Time.com

Random Quote: "I recorded some new melodies for some of my older songs, and for a gag I recorded them on just a cassette player. And I didn't have a microphone so I plugged in headphones into the tape recorder, because you switch them backwards, they work as a microphone. I didn't want to be like a Luddite, so I put them on a CDR, and I put 10 of the CDRs in 10 copies of the best of record that we released in April, and hid 'em in the shops in America, just to see whether anybody bought records anymore. And as nobody's found 'em yet and it's now September, I guess nobody buys records anymore. But somewhere somebody's gonna get a little surprise one of these days . . . They're gonna be in Wal-Mart or somewhere, and they're gonna buy one of these records and they're gonna discover a little free gift from me. . . . There's not enough fun with the business of music. It's all very serious. The record thing for as long as it's gonna last, it needs a little mischief put back into it." - Elvis, Sept. 7, in The Tennessean. Random Picture: (What's So Funny 'Bruce) Pete, Steve and Elvis? EC's Lexus ad EC Home Page converting to Wiki To become a member, register here... If this is your first time here, check out these pages: What Is a Wiki? Mission Statement File Naming - How to name files, images, etc. for a consistent approach How To Edit - Editing tips and tricks. Basic Wiki Formatting - How to add bold, italics, headers, and other formats to a page. Sandbox - Try these out in the sandbox, where you can really throw your toys around. Or practice in your own "My Talk" page, just click the "my talk" link at the top of the page. Style Guide - Far from complete, but this will be a guide to maintaining a consistent style. Page Templates - Before adding a new page, look here for pre-defined templates. Needed Pages - Pages that have links within the site, but have not been created yet. If you have info on any of these topics, please feel free to add that page. Useful Pages Recent Changes What's New Contact Webmaster Send items to webmaster if you want to include them in the wiki, but can't figure out how to do it. Include any source or credit details.

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