Done since June dates with the 'Canes , talking about reactions to the live performances of 'Secret...' songs etc.
http://beck.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/106 ... interview/
August 5th, 2009 07:43pm
Audio: Elvis Costello interview
by Beck
It’s no secret Elvis Costello has a crush on the Deep South and its homegrown twang.
On the surface it might seem odd for a bloke who was raised in London with Irish heritage running through his veins and now lives in Vancouver with wife Diana Krall and kids.
But don’t forget: The wayward son of a dance-band singer briefly fronted a country-rock band called Flip City way back in the early ‘70s before releasing his debut “My Aim Is True” in 1977.
In 1981, his George Jones fixation “Almost Blue” came with a disclaimer: “Warning! This album contains country and western music and may offend narrow-minded listeners.”
More recently, his “River of Reversal” collaboration with Allen Toussaint was one of the first recordings made in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
In a half-hour interview last week, Costello talked about how the pickin’ and grinnin’ on his new album “Secret, Profane and Sugarcane” – his first acoustic album with a band since “King of America” in 1986 – isn’t really country or bluegrass.
Before the story runs in the Press Democrat (and well before he unplugs with The Sugarcanes – Jerry Douglas, Jim Lauderdale, Stuart Duncan, Mike Compton, Dennis Crouch and Jeff Taylor – at the Wells Fargo Center Aug. 21), here are a few audio excerpts:
On the new song “Red Cotton” and slavery….
http://www.imeem.com/people/o9Sx1rS/mus ... cottonmp3/
On bluegrass, the evolution of songs and Hans Christian Andersen….
http://www.imeem.com/people/o9Sx1rS/mus ... gsongsmp3/
On Johnny Cash….
http://www.imeem.com/people/o9Sx1rS/mus ... nycashmp3/
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/