For his twenty fifth album, Elvis Costello has recruited ex-collaborators The Imposters and Burt Bacharach, he has added Carole King for the female touch. Sounds like the return of Ocean 11!

Elvis Costello's 'Look Now' is his twenty fifth album recorded with The Imposters, co-produced with Sebastian Krys, featuring songs by Carole King and Burt Bacharach and released on October 12, 2018 by Concord Records

Elvis Costello

Consequence of Sound



...Costello’s first record of new music in five years is an intricately detailed and meticulously crafted affair

Metro



....on I Let The Sun Go Down, a stately, bittersweet meditation on Brexit disguised as a stately, processional patriotic anthem GQ

The songs here are dense but ornate, complex but forthright, and every one of the 12 songs has a melody that...

Elvis Costello & the Imposters - Look Now

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"The Girl in the Other Room" by Diana Krall is her seventh (and the

The tracklisting of the new Joe Bonamassa (King Bee?) reads like a christic journey from shakedown and wounds to reconstruction and redemption. Heavy stuff and riffs!

Joe Bonamassa's 'Redemption' is his thirteenth solo studio album produced by Kevin Shirley and released on September 21, 2018 by J&R Adventures

Joe Bonamassa

Blues Rock Review



Bonamassa throws in a flashy solo, but his playing, as well as his vocals, have a lot of soul. He’s not phoning in this performance.

Louder



Want it or not, a breakup album is his next rite of passage to join the greats

Joe Bonamassa - Redemption

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"Seesaw" by Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa is their second album (containing 11 cover versions of Beth's favorite songs), released on May 20, 2013. >>

Released on August 26, 2003, "Blues Deluxe" is the third studio album by Joe Bonamassa. >>

Recorded on December 21, 2001 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, "A New Day Yesterday

That’s so sweet of confirmed artist Diana Krall to help a young and upcoming crooner named Tony Bennett.

"Love Is Here to Stay" by Tony Bennett and Diana Krall is a collaboration album of Gershwin songs recorded with the Bill Charlap Trio and released on September 14, 2018 by Verve.

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Time



...just nabbed a Guinness World Records title this week for “longest time between the release of an original recording and a re-recording of the same single by the same artist.”

Variety



...Krall and Bennett evidently figured that it might not make sense to pair up for songs about being alone. The Times

Tony Bennett’s admirers are by now resigned to him making duet albums, even if he works best solo

Tony Bennett & Diana Krall - Love Is Here To Stay

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Released in 2005,

This week In Soul Artists 18/52

Roberta Flack, Bill Withers, Joan Armatrading, The Isley Brothers, Ray Charles, Ben E. King, The Neville Brothers, Patti Labelle, Dionne Warwick, Destiny's Child, Childish Gambino, Snoop Dogg

Happy Birthday Willie Nelson. ‘Simple Nelson’

This day (April 29, 1933), in Abbott, Texas, U.S., is born Willie Hugh Nelson a.k.a Willie Nelson, American singer, songwriter and activist

Tracklist :

1 . Hello Walls

2 . Mr. Record Man (1969)

3 . Bloody Mary Morning (Austin City Limits, 1974)

4 . If You’ve Got The Money Honey (1977)

5 . Live Medley (w/ Bee Gees, Glen Campbell, 1979)

6 . Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain (Midnight Special 1980)

7 . Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Austin City Limits, 1981)

8 . You Were Always On My Mind (1982)

9 . Stardust (HBO Special, 1983)

10 . On the Road Again (Farm Aid, 1985)

11 . Whiskey River (Farm Aid, 1986)

12 . Island In The Sea (1987)

13 . I Never Cared For You (1988)

14 . There You Are

15 . City of New Orleans (w/ The Highwaymen)

16 . Graceland (w/ Paul Simon, Farm Aid, 1992)

17 . Hard Times (w/ Bob

Happy Birthday Iggy Pop. ‘Most For Life’

This day (April 21, 1947), in Muskegon, Michigan, U.S.A., is born James Newell Osterberg, Jr. better known as Iggy Pop, American singer-songwriter, front man for The Stooges

Tracklist :

1 . 1970 (w/ The Stooges, Goose Lake 1970)

2 . Sixteen

3 . I’m Bored (OGWT, 1976)

4 . Funtime (w/ David Bowie, 1977)

5 . Lust For Life + Pumpin For Jill (Cabaret Tour, 1981)

6 . Eat Or Be Eaten (1982)

7 . Wild One (1986)

8 . Shades (Finland, 1987)

9 . Cold Metal (Letterman, 1988)

10 . I Wanna Be Your Dog (UK TV Show Wired, 1988)

11 . Home (Farm Aid, 1990)

12 . Candy (w/ Kate Pierson, Arsenio, 1991)

13 . Black Sunshine (w/ White Zombie)

14 . Louie louie (1993

15 . Beside You (1994)

16 . To Belong (1996)

17 . Lust for life

18 . Rebel Rebel (w/ Lenny Kravitz, 1998)

19 . Nazi Girlfriend

20 . Espaсol (in Moscow,

This month In Blues Legends 03/12

Skip James, Chuck Berry, T Bone Walker, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Willie Dixon, Memphis Slim, Helen Humes, B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Pinetop Perkins , Otis Taylor, Ben Harper, Charlie Musselwhite, Gary Moore, Eric Clapton, Doyle Bramhall Ii, Jeff Healey, Ana Popovic, Robert Cray