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Elvis Costello and the Imposters
Edd Hurt
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The run of albums Elvis Costello made with his band The Attractions between 1978 and 1986 remains, for the most part, unassailable. The songs he recorded for his 1977 debut My Aim Is True are now classics, and his 1981 country album Almost Blue is a brave misfire. The fact that Costello — a student of The Band, Randy Newman and ’60s British Invasion songwriting — was once regarded as an insurgent figure is interesting. I can’t think of one album he’s made since 1986’s King of America that approaches the level of This Year’s Model, Trust and Imperial Bedroom, which I consider his best work in his original style. But so what? Costello is a first-rate musical mind and an all-purpose musician who has worked with greats like Burt Bacharach and Allen Toussaint, and who recently appeared on the stage of the Ryman to receive a songwriting award from the Americana Music Association. His current tour finds him playing with drummer Pete Thomas, bassist Davey Faragher and keyboardist Steve Nieve. Go see them, and muse on the relationship between making albums and writing songs. 7:30 p.m. at the Ryman, 116 Fifth Ave. N.
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Nashville Scene, October 29, 2019
Edd Hurt previews Elvis Costello with The Imposters, Monday, November 4, 2019, Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN.
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Photo credit: Ray Di Pietro
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