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<center><h3> Invisible jukebox </h3></center> | <center><h3> Invisible jukebox </h3></center> | ||
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'''Every month we play a musician a series of records which they're asked to identify and comment on with no prior knowledge of what they're about to hear. | '''Every month we play a musician a series of records which they're asked to identify and comment on with no prior knowledge of what they're about to hear. | ||
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Elvis Costello was born Declan MacManus in West London in 1955. The son of a respected singer with Joe Loss’s Orchestra, he seemed to arrive fully-formed in 1977 with his epochal Nick Lowe-produced debut ''My Aim Is True''. His | Elvis Costello was born Declan MacManus in West London in 1955. The son of a respected singer with Joe Loss’s Orchestra, he seemed to arrive fully-formed in 1977 with his epochal Nick Lowe-produced debut ''My Aim Is True''. His "revenge and guilt" hit single songwriting period ended with a series of characteristically catholic records: ''Get Happy!!'' (1980), a soul/Stax/R&B tribute; ''Almost Blue'' (1981), recorded in Nashville by legendary country producer Billy Sherill; and ''Imperial Bedroom'' (1982), a pop record embellished by orchestral arrangements. Of his more recent output two CDs stand tallest: ''Spike'' (1989), a sophisticated rock album featuring contributions from Chrissie Hynde, Marc Ribot and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, among others, and last year’s contribution with The Brodsky Quartet, ''The Juliet Letters'', a song sequence for voice and string quartet. Costello has also served time as a producer (The Specials, The Pogues), composed music for film and television, and worked with George Jones, Johnny Cash, Chet Baker, and Hal Willner on the latter’s Mingus tribute ''Weird Nightmare''. This month he releases ''Brutal Youth'', an album of 15 new originals featuring, for the first time since 1986’s ''Blood & Chocolate'', his three piece 70s band The Attractions. Costello has an enthusiastic, eclectic and authoritative passion for music; the Invisible Jukebox, despite running for over two hours, only touched the surface of his knowledge. | ||
'''DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH <br> | '''DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH <br> | ||
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The string quartets were probably less liable to interference than say the symphonies because the symphonies were the big philosophical and political statements in praise of the collective farms or something, the ones that got big articles written about in ''Pravda'' the next day, with the unseen hand of Stalin condemning him. Whereas, with that piece, it’s as if it couldn’t be more capricious and more personal. | The string quartets were probably less liable to interference than say the symphonies because the symphonies were the big philosophical and political statements in praise of the collective farms or something, the ones that got big articles written about in ''Pravda'' the next day, with the unseen hand of Stalin condemning him. Whereas, with that piece, it’s as if it couldn’t be more capricious and more personal. | ||
'''The last time I read a decent interview with you, you were reading ''Testimony'', Shostakovich’s memoirs.''' | '''The last time I read a decent interview with you, you were reading ''Testimony'', Shostakovich’s memoirs.''' | ||
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{{tags}}[[Ross MacManus]] {{-}} [[Nick Lowe]] {{-}} [[My Aim Is True]] {{-}} [[Get Happy!!]] {{-}} [[Almost Blue]] {{-}} [[Billy Sherrill]] {{-}} [[Imperial Bedroom]] {{-}} [[Spike]] {{-}} [[Chrissie Hynde]] {{-}} [[Marc Ribot]] {{-}} [[The Dirty Dozen Brass Band]] {{-}} [[The Brodsky Quartet]] {{-}} [[The Juliet Letters]] {{-}} [[The Specials]] {{-}} [[The Pogues]] {{-}} [[George Jones]] {{-}} [[Johnny Cash]] {{-}} [[Chet Baker]] {{-}} [[Hal Willner]] {{-}} [[Weird Nightmare]] {{-}} [[Brutal Youth]] {{-}} [[Blood And Chocolate]] {{-}} [[The Attractions]] | {{tags}}[[Ross MacManus]] {{-}} [[Nick Lowe]] {{-}} [[My Aim Is True]] {{-}} [[Get Happy!!]] {{-}} [[Almost Blue]] {{-}} [[Billy Sherrill]] {{-}} [[Imperial Bedroom]] {{-}} [[Spike]] {{-}} [[Chrissie Hynde]] {{-}} [[Marc Ribot]] {{-}} [[The Dirty Dozen Brass Band]] {{-}} [[The Brodsky Quartet]] {{-}} [[The Juliet Letters]] {{-}} [[The Specials]] {{-}} [[The Pogues]] {{-}} [[George Jones]] {{-}} [[Johnny Cash]] {{-}} [[Chet Baker]] {{-}} [[Hal Willner]] {{-}} [[Weird Nightmare]] {{-}} [[Brutal Youth]] {{-}} [[Blood And Chocolate]] {{-}} [[The Attractions]] | ||
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