Elvis Costello News

Tickets are on sale now for The Muse Sessions, the premiere of a unique concert series about inspiration and the creative process, and the role of the muse in some of the world's most beloved works of art.  The Muse Sessions will be presented at Birdland Jazz Club (315 West 44th Street between 8th and 9th Avenue)

The first-ever blues album from Gov’t Mule, Heavy Load Blues, has officially debuted at #1 on the Billboard Blues Albums chart, marking the renowned quartet’s third album in their storied career to enter the Billboard charts at the top spot. Listen to the new album now!

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the ever-popular concert series, Fireside Sessions with Nancy Atlas, is returning to Bay Street Theater in January, with four live concerts at the theater starting Friday, January 14, at 8 p.m.

With 11 Grammy Awards, three American Music Awards, two Academy Of County Awards, an Emmy and an ALMA Award, few artists will ever come close to the iconic status that singer-songwriter Linda Ronstadt has earned.

On November 27, 2021 the New England Music Hall of Fame www.nemhof.com will be hosting the event “The United Gathering”.

In this era of reality TV and lightning fast virality, it's extraordinary when an artist can achieve fame for more than 5 minutes. Cue: The Black Sorrows. Nearly 40 years after their hometown debut, the legendary Australian roots rock band has amped up their enviable catalogue with another in a long line of chart-busting albums and blistering new singles - Saint Georges Road and 'Revolutionary Blues' are available now.

Orange Country indie-pop rock band Greer will release their brand new Happy People EP November 5. The collection’s melodies bear the mark of influences like Elvis Costello and Big Star. Today, the band shares “Way Out,” an introspective song with a skyscraping chorus about making decisions for yourself despite the expectations that are put on you.

The Chicago Theatre will celebrate its 100th anniversary on October 26, 2021. In honor of this milestone anniversary, Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot issued a proclamation recognizing tomorrow as Chicago Theatre Day.

J.L. “Lynn” Singleton, President and CEO of the Providence Performing Arts Center, has announced that single tickets for the balance of shows in the 2021/2022 Broadway season will go on sale on Wednesday, October 27 at 10A.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater are open this November with a full slate of nightly performances!  At Birdland Jazz Club, catch Bill Charlap Duets with Houston Person, Jon Faddis, Chris Potter and Ron Carter, Peter Cincotti, Jihye Lee Big Band, The Hot Sardines, and more.

Concerts at The Colonial Theatre include: Lez Zeppelin (10/8), Reelin' in the Years: Celebrating the Music of Steely Dan (10/22), The Linda Ronstadt Experience with American Idol Star Tristan McIntosh (11/6) and Rev Tor 25th Anniversary Jam (11/20).

Sage Gateshead has announced four new Artists In Residence; Martha Hill, Beccy Owen, Hannabiell Sanders and Sågaboi who started their residencies this September will work on ambitious projects that will culminate in new recordings and productions in 2022.

Vapor Vespers, the edge- and button-pushing transcontinental collaboration between acclaimed NYC & Hudson Valley-based multi-instrumentalist Sal Cataldi (aka Spaghetti Eastern Music) and Alaskan playwright, actor and slam poet Mark Muro, will be staging their first-ever ever public performances in New York City and Kingston, NY in October.

Following the success of the 2020 Emmy nominated TV special, “A Tribute to Linda Ronstadt at The Soraya,” Aida Cuevas and La Marisoul team up once again for another night celebrating the iconic musical legend -- this time joined by esteemed jazz vocalist Luciana Souza. 

Peter Benjamin Foley died at home on August 27, 2021, after surviving ocular (uveal) melanoma, a rare cancer, for more than 10 years. He was 54.

The “silly, sassy, sexy” (Stephen Mosher, BroadwayWorld) husband-and-wife piano/vocal duo Michael Garin and Mardie Millit return to the West Bank Café this weekend for their post-Labor Day September shows, September 12 and 19 from 8:00-10:00 p.m., bringing their signature cocktail of musical virtuosity and goofy charm to Theatre Row. 

Twenty artists have been confirmed to perform on Wales Millennium Centre's incredible Donald Gordon Theatre stage in what will be a more intimate edition of the festival this year  - from established international acts to emerging artists spanning multiple genres and styles.

Erin McKeown will return to touring following the release of her eleventh album, Kiss Off Kiss due September 24 via TVP Records, and will be in New York at City Winery on Oct 13.

Co-written with Grammy award-winning writer Lori McKenna, 'On/Off Heart' is the latest track off of McKeown's upcoming album. 'Kiss Off Kiss' is described as both a breakup album and an affirmation of independence inspired by the sounds of Elvis Costello, Blondie, Jonathan Richmond, and Lou Reed. 

Cinematic and stylistically expansive, Poetica is a creatively ambitious musical spoken word project distilling a poetic spirit through text, voice and music in the spirit of Leonard Cohen, Patti Smith and Laurie Anderson.