AOW: Elvis Costello & Roots

This week's Album Of The Week is the new Elvis Costello collaboration with The Roots.

The interesting intersection began, when Costello made appearances on Jimmy Fallon, with The Roots as a backing band.  Check out this clip from 2009.


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New on mvyradio: Elvis Costello & The Roots

You could call it an unlikely combination, but think about it.

Elvis Costello has made records with country backing bands and R&B backing bands and string quartets and opera singers and orchestras and Burt Bacharach.

And The Roots back up musicians on all shapes, sizes and genres, in their role as the house band on Jimmy Fallon.

So maybe their union isn't unlikely.  Maybe it was inevitable.

Check out the first single, "Walk Us Uptown."

And to see what else is brand new on the station, visit the playlist page.  Look to the right for what's been added this week, and scroll to the bottom for songs in current rotation.

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Hear "Walk Us Uptown" on Youtube.

Story: Elvis Costello & The Roots

One of mvyradio's favorite songwriters works with one of the best House bands in the business?

Yes please!  September can't come soon enough.

From Elvis' website: 

Elvis Costello and The Roots have announced today that a collaborative album entitled Wise Up Ghost will be exclusively released by Blue Note Records on Monday 16th September 2013 in the UK and Tuesday September 17th 2013 in the USA.

Elvis described the record as “the shortest distance between here and there” and containing “both rhythm and what is read”. Ahmir says, “It's a moody, brooding affair, cathartic rhythms and dissonant lullabies. I went stark and dark on the music, Elvis went HAM on some ole Ezra Pound shit.”

 

Read the full press release.