Everynight Charley’s Manhattan Beat Everynight Charley Crespo August 21, 2019 Concerts, Reviews Elvis Costello & the Imposters/Forest Hills Stadium/July 24, 2019 Born in London, Declan MacManus was the son of a jazz trumpeter who sang with the Joe Loss Orchestra and who later performed as a solo c...
Rant ‘N’ Roll: Ironoclasts On Parade Mike Greenblatt August 26, 2015 Columns HOLMDEL, NJ—Elvis Costello and Donald Fagen of Steely Dan are two of pop music’s most severe iconoclasts. They’re right up there with Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen. That’s why it was a rare thrill to see them...
Everynight Charley’s Manhattan Beat: June 24 – June 27 Everynight Charley Crespo July 16, 2014 Columns Fleshgod Apocalypse/Gramercy Theatre/June 24, 2014 Fleshgod Apocalypse is a technical death metal band formed in 2007 and residing in Rome, Italy. Opening for SepticFlesh on the Conquerors Of The World F...
Rant ‘N’ Roll: Elvis Costello Doesn’t Need A Band Mike Greenblatt December 11, 2013 Columns Sauntering out onto the stage of the State Theatre in Easton, Pennsylvania, Elvis Costello was impressed. “This place is beautiful,” he gushed. “When was it built?” “1873,” someone shouted out and they were...
Rant ‘N’ Roll: Elvis On TV, Otherwise, Alo & Appello Mike Greenblatt May 23, 2012 Columns Elvis Costello & The Imposters premiered recently in a special high-definition pay-per-view concert performance of “The Spectacular Spinning Songbook.” The one-hour extravaganza—which will be broadcast on...
Elvis Costello: National Ransom Mike Greenblatt November 24, 2010 Albums 2 Elvis Costello spits out the lyrics of the opening title track like the punk he started out as in 1977. It’s a hard-charging number and his anger is back in the forefront. “Around the time the killing stopp...
