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<center><h3> Elvis Costello finds kindred spirit in <br> bluesman Allen Toussaint </h3></center> | |||
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Elvis Costello has met his match. Although long regarded as one of the world's great songwriters, the Brit has been spending much of the past 15 years channeling his muse through partnerships. From string quartets to opera singers to jazz big bands to '60s-era soft popster Burt Bacharach, Costello has seemingly been seeking someone who will help him find fresh inspiration and has found mixed success. | Elvis Costello has met his match. Although long regarded as one of the world's great songwriters, the Brit has been spending much of the past 15 years channeling his muse through partnerships. From string quartets to opera singers to jazz big bands to '60s-era soft popster Burt Bacharach, Costello has seemingly been seeking someone who will help him find fresh inspiration and has found mixed success. | ||
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Although he emerged amid the punks of late '70s London, Costello was always more a sculptor of song whose rage gained him entrée to the club. And the U.S. government's response to New Orleans' plight seems to have sharpened the focus of that rage more than anything he's yet confronted in his work. | Although he emerged amid the punks of late '70s London, Costello was always more a sculptor of song whose rage gained him entrée to the club. And the U.S. government's response to New Orleans' plight seems to have sharpened the focus of that rage more than anything he's yet confronted in his work. | ||
It came through loud and clear Wednesday in his impassioned shouts near the end of the title track from his Toussaint collaboration, | It came through loud and clear Wednesday in his impassioned shouts near the end of the title track from his Toussaint collaboration, ''The River in Reverse'', on his piercing guitar solos on "Broken Promise Land," and through his lyrics for a slice of the returning evacuees' lives, "Ascension Day," on which Toussaint's piano played a minor-key variation on a theme by Professor Longhair. | ||
But Toussaint, a master of love songs, also has clearly touched the tender side of Costello's heart as well, as evidenced by the latter's outstanding vocal performances on such ballads as "Poisoned Rose" and "The Greatest Love." That said, the final encore will linger longest in memory, as the horns brought funky flair to "I Can't Stand Up (for Falling Down)" and "High Fidelity" and set the crowd to dancing. | But Toussaint, a master of love songs, also has clearly touched the tender side of Costello's heart as well, as evidenced by the latter's outstanding vocal performances on such ballads as "Poisoned Rose" and "The Greatest Love." That said, the final encore will linger longest in memory, as the horns brought funky flair to "I Can't Stand Up (for Falling Down)" and "High Fidelity" and set the crowd to dancing. | ||
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[[Rob Hubbard]] reviews Elvis Costello & [[The Imposters]] with [[Allen Toussaint]] and [[The Crescent City Horns]], Wednesday, [[Concert 2006-06-28 Saint Paul|June 28, 2006]], The O'Shaughnessy, Saint Paul, MN. | |||
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