Elvis Costello

Setting Times stories to music: Elvis Costello, Nina Simone and more

2013-03-23 10:01:00

I’m trying to decide what I liked more in the last week: the wonderful stories that populated Column One, or the songs that I listened to while reading them. OK, it’s the stories. (Even if Thursday’s Column One on Perez Hilton sent...

Film composer Gustavo Santaolalla revels in his rockero role

2013-03-16 10:00:00

When his band mates reach for a way of describing Gustavo Santaolalla, the Oscar-winning musician and producer, they frequently compare him to rock 'n' roll legends: "the Argentine Bob Dylan," the "South American Brian Wilson," and so on. But if they...

Ollin links arms with Pogues in act of St. Patrick's Day solidarity

2013-03-16 07:00:00

It's a Catholic thing. It's an immigrant-underdog thing. It's an acoustic-punk thing. There are many reasons why, for the last 10 or 11 years — the precise number is lost in the fog of memory — the L.A. Chicano band Ollin has celebrated St....

Elvis Costello to appear on La Santa Cecilia album

2013-03-12 08:00:00

La Santa Cecilia, the alt-Latino L.A. band led by frontwoman chanteuse La Marisoul, will have at least one high-profile collaborator on its upcoming major-label debut album, "Treinta Dias" (Thirty Days). Elvis Costello will appear on a duet, "Losing...

Notes on a few amaro tastings

2013-02-23 00:00:00

As I tasted an array of styles of amari at Sotto and Mozza, I became fascinated. I can see right now, I'm going to have to clear a cupboard for my growing collection. At Sotto, I was intrigued by Amaro Montenegro made in Bologna since the 1860s. It's...

They conduct classical, but they love pop and rock too

2013-01-05 05:00:00

Ever wonder what longhairs listen to when they let their hair down? Once upon a time, when conductors were regarded as remote intellectual titans, no one would have thought to ask. Marin Alsop, music director of the Baltimore Symphony, once described...

Shakespeare and the Alabama Shakes: Grammy glory for the Bard?

2013-02-08 07:17:00

“What’s in a name,” quoth the Bard of Avon in “Romeo and Juliet.” In the offices of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, one of the deep South’s flagship theater companies, marketing director Meg Lewis has been trying to...

Lollapalooza's expansion to Israel is on hold

2013-01-21 15:24:00

Lollapalooza, the former touring festival that re-established itself as a destination event after landing in Chicago in 2005, has been aggressive in recent years in expanding its brand internationally. Lollapalooza has already ventured into South...

Review: Graham Parker & the Rumour return to form at the Roxy

2012-12-12 14:38:00

One of Graham Parker’s great choruses is his simplest. The British singer and songwriter delivered it near the end of a reunion set at the Roxy on Tuesday night with his razor-sharp band the Rumour. “Passion is no ordinary word,” sang...

Stephen Colbert and Dolly Parton sing 'Love is Like a Butterfly'

2012-11-28 10:51:00

Regular viewers of “The Colbert Report” know that when musical guests drop by the show, Stephen Colbert isn’t content to sit there asking question: He likes to sing along. In recent months Colbert has performed alongside Bonnie Raitt,...

Big Daddy on Kickstarter for retro Broadway-Hollywood comeback

2012-10-04 14:24:00

One of the great left-field surprises of the 1980s pop music scene came with the arrival of Big Daddy, a whimsical band that reimagined hits of the day as they might have sounded had they been recorded in the 1950s. The conceit was that the group’s...

Hot Property: Reese Witherspoon lists Ojai ranch for sale

2012-09-23 00:00:00

Reese Witherspoon is banking on her own brand. The Oscar-winning actress listed her Libbey Ranch in Ojai for sale this week at $10 million and lent her name to the marketing materials. Designed by architect Wallace Neff, Witherspoon's ranch was...

La Santa Cecilia, posing in downtown L.A., will be joined by Elvis Costello on their new album.

2013-03-11 18:00:00

Elvis Costello, musician

2013-03-10 00:00:00

Connecticut's biggest festival, Gathering of the Vibes, returns to Seaside Park in Bridgeport in July. The 2013 lineup has yet to be announced. Past events have included acts such as Primus, Jane's Addiction and Elvis Costello so you can get an idea for what to expect once the names are unveiled.

2013-03-07 11:53:53