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Elvis Costello's newest album, ''Secret, Profane & Sugarcane'', jumps on the Americana bus, with mandolin, accordion and fiddle the instruments of choice. | Elvis Costello's newest album, ''Secret, Profane & Sugarcane'', jumps on the Americana bus, with mandolin, accordion and fiddle the instruments of choice. | ||
Recorded in Nashville in three days and produced by T Bone Burnett, who helmed Costello's country-tinged album ''King of America'' in 1986, and also 1989's ''Spike'', ''Secret'' ambles and warbles with rootsy aplomb. | Recorded in Nashville in three days and produced by T{{nb}}Bone Burnett, who helmed Costello's country-tinged album ''King of America'' in 1986, and also 1989's ''Spike'', ''Secret'' ambles and warbles with rootsy aplomb. | ||
It's a 180-degree turn from last year's ''Momofuku'', Costello's rock-based outing with band the Imposters. | It's a 180-degree turn from last year's ''Momofuku'', Costello's rock-based outing with band the Imposters. | ||
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Though steeped in Americana twang, four songs on the album were originally commissioned in 2005 by the Royal Danish Opera for a piece about author Hans Christian Andersen. The tunes focus on Andersen's love for Swedish songbird Jenny Lind, and "She Was No Good" recalls Lind's tour across the U.S. in 1850, organized by P.T. Barnum. | Though steeped in Americana twang, four songs on the album were originally commissioned in 2005 by the Royal Danish Opera for a piece about author Hans Christian Andersen. The tunes focus on Andersen's love for Swedish songbird Jenny Lind, and "She Was No Good" recalls Lind's tour across the U.S. in 1850, organized by P.T. Barnum. | ||
It's a dense, detailed tune | It's a dense, detailed tune — full of references to daggers drawn and pistols pulled, with bursts of howling — and shows just how talented a storyteller Costello continues to be, regardless of genre. | ||
Check this track out: "The Crooked Line," co-written by Burnett, is pure sweet country, a lovely old-time melding of Costello's soaring voice and harmony by the sublime Emmylou Harris. | Check this track out: "The Crooked Line," co-written by Burnett, is pure sweet country, a lovely old-time melding of Costello's soaring voice and harmony by the sublime Emmylou Harris. | ||
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[[Solvej Schou]] reviews ''[[Secret, Profane & Sugarcane]]''. | [[Solvej Schou]] reviews ''[[Secret, Profane & Sugarcane]]''. | ||
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