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- ''' 'I play concerts in the intervals of raising children. My wife [[Diana Krall]] recently gave birth to twins. The boys are now 17 months" -  Elvis Costello, who will be the star of the final day of the Poznan International Theatre Festival, told 'Gazeta' '' '
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British musician Elvis Costello is a workhorse and one of the most restless spirits of modern rock.
His real name is Declan Patrick MacManus. Born in London in 1954. He comes from a musical family - his father has had a singing career, he also wrote the music for the movies. Elvis (the name is a result of his manager's suggestions, Costello's singer mother's maiden name) debuted in show business was his due - in 1973. Sang in one of the commercials prepared by his father. Linked up with the pub rock scene when punk rock exploded. The critics quickly recognized his musical erudition and ability to write intelligent and witty lyrics, proclaiming it one of the most interesting artists of the genre.
Though his raw music actually fit into the punk and new wave, he never identified himself with these trends. In subsequent years, also avoided the clear drawers.
His first big hit was the song "[[Alison]]" of 1977. Solo and created together with their team of [[The Attractions]] in the '80s he recorded albums of rock, soul, pop, even country music inspired.
He was known as a fierce critic of Margaret Thatcher - his most famous composition from this period are talking about the war in the Falklands' [[Shipbuilding]] ". In subsequent years, yet boldly departed from the typical rock aesthetics.
In 1993. Released the critically acclaimed album "[[The Juliet Letters | The Juliette Letters]]" recorded by Elvis together with classical musicians from the [[Brodsky Quartet]]. Costello composed the music for the ballet and opera major scenes in the United Kingdom, Denmark and Italy, also recorded with jazz guitarist [[Bill Frisell]], trumpeter [[Chet Baker]], the guitarist from the border country and rock [[T-Bone Burnett]], produced recordings [[the Pogues]], with equal freedom found his on stage during joint appearances with [[Beastie Boys]], and from the pop legend [[Burt Bacharach]].
His most famous artistic company, however, lasted many years working with [[Paul McCartney]], with whom in 1989. Wrote, hit "[[My Brave Face]]" on the disc ex - [[Beatles]] "[[Flowers In The Dirt]]" and their biggest ever hit American "[[Veronica]]". A journalist called him his time "walking encyclopedia of pop".
Something like that is - music is intertwined even with his personal life. Because the wife is after a famous jazz singer [[Diana Krall]]. I combined it with her compositional company. Their joint work are the songs from the album Krall "[[The Girl In The Other Room]]".
At the International Theatre Festival "Malta" is coming from the rock band [[The Imposters]].
Interview with
Elvis Costello
'Robert Sankowski: This summer concerts in parallel with The Imposters you perform with a symphony orchestra. And in Poznan? '
''Elvis Costello'': The stage will not be too many violins. The Imposters are pure rock 'n roll project. In this line there are musicians who have played with me still in the 80s in the group The Attractions.
''Do you also musically your concerts return to the decade?'' '
- We do not choose the songs for concerts in chronological order. We look after older things, but we play a lot of material from the new album. This rock material, and so will the concert - a bit stronger pieces, a couple of ballads ... I've played for 35 years, so there is plenty to choose from.
''Malta is not a music event, only arts festival. And you're not a typical rocker. Does such a festival suit you better?''
- Not the first time I played this new rock party. Quite often is a example. Gigs strictly jazz or folk, festivals in Vienna and Istanbul. I like the place. And the situations in which meet different genres of music.
''A rock festivals? In your plans this year - off piste with [[The Police]] - there is no rock event. Distancing themselves from modern rock?''
- In previous years I played a lot at rock festivals. But when you play for a few months before a big star - like now we are in front of The Police - will play for a different audience. Hence my performances with symphony orchestra in [[Concert 2008-06-21| Glasgow]] and [[Concert 2008-06-25 Liverpool| Liverpool]] or just in Poznan. This does not mean, however, that I do not like contemporary rock scene.
''You've recorded with such diverse artists as Bill Frisell and the Brodsky Quartet. What else can you surprise your audience with?''
- Maybe'll record an album of polkas? I bet that would be a big hit. Or no, wait, a polka contrary to appearances, is not a Polish dance. It can record the mazurka? But seriously, I never wonder about what I would do for a while. I can not even imagine. These projects, which you mentioned, were unusual and exciting artistic experience. Ever dreamed that I could collaborate with artists. Up to the moment at which arose unexpectedly get the chance. I think it's a healthy attitude to his own work. Instead of thinking about what you would like to do, just focus your energy on the use of grasp opportunities and profit from them joy.
''You'd better be careful with these declarations about mazurkas - anyone take this seriously and you'll be stuck.''
- But perhaps because this really'll record the album - news goes in the world, people will inquire in stores for Elvis Costello mazurkas on CD and then actually left me nothing but give them what they want.
''In the '80s songs of expressive socially or politically songs such as "[[Pills And Soap]]". Do you still uncertain times again provoke involved writing songs? ''
- Still the songs I write. For example. "[[The Scarlet Tide | Scarlet Tide]]" is a song about a woman who lost her husband in the war, and "[[Bedlam]]" I'm singing about how a false picture of armed conflict are open to us today the media. This is our world and it's hard not to sing about it.
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Elvis na Malcie


Robert Sankowski

- Gram koncerty w przerwach od wychowywania dzieci. Moja żona Diana Krall urodziła niedawno bliźnięta. Chłopcy mają teraz 17 miesięcy - mówi "Gazecie" Elvis Costello, który będzie gwiazdą finałowego dnia poznańskiego Międzynarodowego Festiwalu Teatralnego

Brytyjski muzyk Elvis Costello to tytan pracy i jeden z najbardziej niespokojnych duchów współczesnego rocka.

Naprawdę nazywa się Declan Patrick MacManus. Urodził się w Londynie w 1954 r., pochodzi z muzycznej rodziny - ojciec ma za sobą karierę wokalną, pisał też muzykę do filmów. Elvis (imię to efekt sugestii menedżera, Costello to panieńskie nazwisko matki wokalisty) zadebiutował w show-biznesie właśnie za jego sprawą - w 1973 r. zaśpiewał w jednej z przygotowywanych przez ojca reklamówek. Związał się ze sceną pubrockową, gdy eksplodował punk rock. Krytycy szybko docenili jego muzyczną erudycję i umiejętność pisania inteligentnych i dowcipnych tekstów, obwołując go jednym z ciekawszych twórców gatunku.

Choć jego surowa muzyka faktycznie pasowała do punka i nowej fali, sam nigdy nie utożsamiał się z tymi nurtami. W kolejnych latach też unikał jednoznacznych szufladek.

Jego pierwszym wielkim przebojem była piosenka "Alison" z 1977 r. Solo oraz razem z utworzonym przez siebie zespołem The Attractions w latach 80. nagrywał albumy rockowe, soulowe, popowe, nawet inspirowane muzyką country.

Dał się poznać jako zagorzały krytyk Margaret Thatcher - jego najsłynniejsza kompozycja z tego okresu to mówiące o wojnie na Falklandach "Shipbuilding". W kolejnych latach jeszcze śmielej odchodził od typowo rockowej estetyki.

W 1993 r. ukazał się znakomicie przyjęty przez krytykę album "The Juliette Letters" nagrany przez Elvisa wspólnie z klasycznymi muzykami z Brodsky Quartet. Costello komponował muzykę baletową i operową dla poważnych scen w Wielkiej Brytanii, Danii i we Włoszech, nagrywał też z jazzowym gitarzystą Billem Fisellem, trębaczem Chetem Bakerem, gitarzystą z pogranicza country i rocka T-Bone Burnettem, produkował nagrania The Pogues, z równą swobodą odnajdywał się na scenie podczas wspólnych występów z Beastie Boys, jak i z legendą muzyki pop Burtem Bacharachem.

Jego najsłynniejsza artystyczna spółka to jednak trwająca wiele lat współpraca z Paulem McCartneyem, z którym w 1989 r. napisał m.in. przebój "My Brave Face" na płytę eks-Beatlesa "Flowers In The Dirt" i swój największy jak dotąd amerykański hit "Veronica". Jakiś dziennikarz nazwał go swego czasu "chodzącą encyklopedią popu".

Coś w tym jest - muzyka splata się nawet z jego życiem osobistym. Bo żona to przecież słynna jazzowa wokalistka Diana Krall. I z nią łączy go spółka kompozytorska. Ich wspólnym dziełem są piosenki z płyty Krall "The Girl In Another Room".

Na Międzynarodowy Festiwal Teatralny "Malta" przyjeżdża z rockowym zespołem The Imposters.

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Robert Sankowski: Tego lata równolegle z koncertami The Imposters występujesz z orkiestrą symfoniczną. A w Poznaniu?

Elvis Costello: Na scenie nie będzie zbyt wielu skrzypiec. The Imposters to czysto rockandrollowe przedsięwzięcie. W tym składzie są muzycy, którzy grali ze mną jeszcze w latach 80. w grupie The Attractions.

Czy także muzycznie wasze koncerty to powrót do tamtej dekady?

- Nie dobieramy piosenek na koncerty według klucza chronologicznego. Sięgniemy po starsze rzeczy, ale zagramy też sporo materiału z nowej płyty. To rockowy materiał i taki też będzie ten koncert - trochę mocniejszych kawałków, parę ballad... Gram od 35 lat, więc jest z czego wybierać.

Malta to nie jest muzyczna impreza, tylko festiwal sztuki. A ty nie jesteś typowym rockmanem. Czy taki festiwal bardziej ci odpowiada?

- Nie po raz pierwszy będę grał na takiej nierockowej imprezie. Dość często występuję np. na imprezach stricte jazzowych lub folkowych, na festiwalach w Wiedniu i Stambule. Lubię takie miejsca. I sytuacje, w których spotykają się różne gatunki muzyki.

A festiwale rockowe? W twoich tegorocznych planach - poza trasą z The Police - nie ma żadnej rockowej imprezy. Dystansujesz się od współczesnego rocka?

- W poprzednich latach grałem sporo na festiwalach rockowych. Kiedy jednak przez kilka miesięcy grasz przed jakąś wielką gwiazdą - tak jak teraz my przed The Police - wolę zagrać dla innej publiczności. Stąd właśnie moje występy z orkiestrą symfoniczną w Glasgow i Liverpoolu czy właśnie w Poznaniu. Nie oznacza to jednak, że nie podoba mi się współczesna scena rockowa.

Nagrywałeś z tak różnymi artystami jak Bill Frisell czy Brodski Quartet. Czym jeszcze możesz zaskoczyć swoją publiczność?

- Może nagram album z polkami? Idę o zakład, że to byłby wielki przebój. Albo nie, czekaj, polka wbrew pozorom nie jest polskim tańcem. To może płyta z mazurkami? Ale poważnie: nigdy nie zastanawiam się nad tym, co będę robił za chwilę. Nie potrafię sobie nawet tego wyobrazić. Te projekty, które wymieniłeś, były niezwykłymi i ekscytującymi doświadczeniami artystycznymi. Przenigdy nie marzyłem o tym, że mógłbym współpracować z takimi artystami. Aż do momentu, w którym nieoczekiwanie nadarzyła się ku temu okazja. To chyba zdrowe podejście do własnej twórczości. Zamiast myśleć o tym, co chciałoby się robić, po prostu koncentrować swoją energię na korzystaniu z nadarzających się okazji i czerpać z nich radość.

Lepiej ostrożnie z tymi deklaracjami na temat mazurków - ktoś potraktuje to poważnie i będziesz w kropce.

- Ale może właśnie dzięki temu naprawdę nagram taki album - news pójdzie w świat, ludzie zaczną dopytywać się w sklepach o płytę Elvisa Costello z mazurkami i wtedy faktycznie nie pozostanie mi nic innego, jak dać im to, czego oczekują.

W latach 80. słynąłeś z wyrazistych społecznie czy politycznie piosenek w rodzaju "Pills And Soap". Czy dziś niepewne czasy znów prowokują do pisania zaangażowanych utworów?

- Wciąż takie utwory piszę. Np. "Scarlet Tide" to utwór o kobiecie, która straciła męża na wojnie, a w "Bedlam" śpiewam o tym, jak fałszywy obraz konfliktów zbrojnych serwują nam dziś media. To jest nasz świat i trudno o tym nie śpiewać.

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Gazeta Wyborcza, June 20, 2008


Robert Sankowski previews Elvis Costello and The Imposters on June 28, 2008, Malta International Theatre Festival, Poznań, Poland.




Elvis in Malta


English via Google Translate...

- ' 'I play concerts in the intervals of raising children. My wife Diana Krall recently gave birth to twins. The boys are now 17 months" - Elvis Costello, who will be the star of the final day of the Poznan International Theatre Festival, told 'Gazeta' '


British musician Elvis Costello is a workhorse and one of the most restless spirits of modern rock.

His real name is Declan Patrick MacManus. Born in London in 1954. He comes from a musical family - his father has had a singing career, he also wrote the music for the movies. Elvis (the name is a result of his manager's suggestions, Costello's singer mother's maiden name) debuted in show business was his due - in 1973. Sang in one of the commercials prepared by his father. Linked up with the pub rock scene when punk rock exploded. The critics quickly recognized his musical erudition and ability to write intelligent and witty lyrics, proclaiming it one of the most interesting artists of the genre.

Though his raw music actually fit into the punk and new wave, he never identified himself with these trends. In subsequent years, also avoided the clear drawers.

His first big hit was the song "Alison" of 1977. Solo and created together with their team of The Attractions in the '80s he recorded albums of rock, soul, pop, even country music inspired.

He was known as a fierce critic of Margaret Thatcher - his most famous composition from this period are talking about the war in the Falklands' Shipbuilding ". In subsequent years, yet boldly departed from the typical rock aesthetics.

In 1993. Released the critically acclaimed album " The Juliette Letters" recorded by Elvis together with classical musicians from the Brodsky Quartet. Costello composed the music for the ballet and opera major scenes in the United Kingdom, Denmark and Italy, also recorded with jazz guitarist Bill Frisell, trumpeter Chet Baker, the guitarist from the border country and rock T-Bone Burnett, produced recordings the Pogues, with equal freedom found his on stage during joint appearances with Beastie Boys, and from the pop legend Burt Bacharach.

His most famous artistic company, however, lasted many years working with Paul McCartney, with whom in 1989. Wrote, hit "My Brave Face" on the disc ex - Beatles "Flowers In The Dirt" and their biggest ever hit American "Veronica". A journalist called him his time "walking encyclopedia of pop".

Something like that is - music is intertwined even with his personal life. Because the wife is after a famous jazz singer Diana Krall. I combined it with her compositional company. Their joint work are the songs from the album Krall "The Girl In The Other Room".

At the International Theatre Festival "Malta" is coming from the rock band The Imposters.

Interview with Elvis Costello

'Robert Sankowski: This summer concerts in parallel with The Imposters you perform with a symphony orchestra. And in Poznan? '

Elvis Costello: The stage will not be too many violins. The Imposters are pure rock 'n roll project. In this line there are musicians who have played with me still in the 80s in the group The Attractions.

Do you also musically your concerts return to the decade? '

- We do not choose the songs for concerts in chronological order. We look after older things, but we play a lot of material from the new album. This rock material, and so will the concert - a bit stronger pieces, a couple of ballads ... I've played for 35 years, so there is plenty to choose from.

Malta is not a music event, only arts festival. And you're not a typical rocker. Does such a festival suit you better?

- Not the first time I played this new rock party. Quite often is a example. Gigs strictly jazz or folk, festivals in Vienna and Istanbul. I like the place. And the situations in which meet different genres of music.

A rock festivals? In your plans this year - off piste with The Police - there is no rock event. Distancing themselves from modern rock?

- In previous years I played a lot at rock festivals. But when you play for a few months before a big star - like now we are in front of The Police - will play for a different audience. Hence my performances with symphony orchestra in Glasgow and Liverpool or just in Poznan. This does not mean, however, that I do not like contemporary rock scene.

You've recorded with such diverse artists as Bill Frisell and the Brodsky Quartet. What else can you surprise your audience with?

- Maybe'll record an album of polkas? I bet that would be a big hit. Or no, wait, a polka contrary to appearances, is not a Polish dance. It can record the mazurka? But seriously, I never wonder about what I would do for a while. I can not even imagine. These projects, which you mentioned, were unusual and exciting artistic experience. Ever dreamed that I could collaborate with artists. Up to the moment at which arose unexpectedly get the chance. I think it's a healthy attitude to his own work. Instead of thinking about what you would like to do, just focus your energy on the use of grasp opportunities and profit from them joy.

You'd better be careful with these declarations about mazurkas - anyone take this seriously and you'll be stuck.

- But perhaps because this really'll record the album - news goes in the world, people will inquire in stores for Elvis Costello mazurkas on CD and then actually left me nothing but give them what they want.

In the '80s songs of expressive socially or politically songs such as "Pills And Soap". Do you still uncertain times again provoke involved writing songs?

- Still the songs I write. For example. " Scarlet Tide" is a song about a woman who lost her husband in the war, and "Bedlam" I'm singing about how a false picture of armed conflict are open to us today the media. This is our world and it's hard not to sing about it.

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