Elvis Costello has been down this path before. New collaborators. New sounds. Old songs approached in new directions. On 'Wise Up Ghost,' an album recorded with hip-hop crew the Roots, he slips into a new groove, for him at least, that adds some fresh texture to his old style.
Hot on the heels of 'Wise Up Ghost,' his upcoming album with the Roots, Elvis Costello has announced a string of headlining solo dates -- the first he's done on the east coast in a decade.
We'll need to wait until Sept. 17 to wrap our ears around Elvis Costello's full-length collaboration with the Roots. But in the meantime, we can at least savor the set's first taste.