Jun 1, 2009 | Express
No Fairy Tale: Elvis Costello, 'Secret, Profane & Sugarcane'
I HOPE ELVIS COSTELLO is keeping himself entertained. He apparently long ago grew weary of the smart, sharp pop-rock which initially made his reputation, and has since been experimenting with any number of genres and collaborators.
Savor Elvis Costello's sophisticated bluegrass
The album: Secret, Profane & Sugarcane The spin: Working again with producer T-Bone Burnett and a team of top bluegrass musicians, Costello has crafted a low-key acoustic disc that should be country, but isna TMt classifiable at all.
The word has spread like grief fire through Austin that Stephen Bruton, a triple threat as guitarist, producer and songwriter, lost his battle with cancer.
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