Why is the best Americana release in the past 5 years by a London Punk Artist and being sold by label that is known more for its coffee then its music? Why I don't know. With his latest release, Secret, Profane and Sugarcane, out June 9, Elvis Costello proves he can conquer any type of music. Really it is not a strech for international art theif Declan MacManus, he has been toying with Americana with albums like Almost Blue, Delivery Man, and Momofuku, but this album produced by T Bone Burnett is full on Americana. This album could have been made by the Flying Burrito Brothers, or Lyle Lovette. However know one could do what he does and he makes the music his own. As Alice Hartzell once said he does an A+ job with a B- voice. It is true.
Highlights of the album are Hidden Shame, How Deep is The Red, Sulphur To Sugarcane and Complicated Shadows (a song orginally written for Johnny Cash).
Well enjoy, and sound off below if you can figure out how Elvis became the savior of Americana
Oh and if you are so inclinded I posted the full copy of Wilco (The Album). So that is that.
2 comments:
This is a fantastic album. And I thought alt-country died with YHF.
that's a misquote. Alice Hartzell said "who the hell gave that guy a microphone, his voice sounds like Gilbert Godfrey chewing on a sandpaper sandwich... terrible."
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