Eddie Murphy says he initially didn't want to appear as James Brown in a hot tub on SNL. Broadway Video/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
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Elvis Costello's latest album with The Imposters is The Boy Named If. Mark Seliger/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Elvis Costello on World Cafe
Projects released by Rauw Alejandro, Camila Cabello, and Nathy Peluso are included in NPR Music's Best Latin music of 2021. Photo Illustration by Renee Klahr/NPR; Getty Images hide caption
Spanish vocalist C. Tangana was a top pick for Alt.latino's Best Of 2021 panel. Arturo Holmes/Getty Images hide caption
From left, producer Sebastian Krys, vocalist Nina Diaz and musician Elvis Costello reimagined a 1970s classic album. Paul Moore/Courtesy of the Artist hide caption
The rapper, actor and activist Common. His latest project, A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 1, is on our shortlist of the best new albums out on Oct. 30. Durimel/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Elvis Costello On World Cafe
Watch Brandi Carlile perform at the 2019 Americana Honors & Awards ceremony. Pete Souza/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Elvis Costello On World Cafe
John Grant's comical and moving new album Love is Magic is on our list of the best releases for Oct. 12. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Look Now may lack some sentimentality, but Elvis Costello does return to familiar ground. James O'Mara/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Elvis Costello Doesn't Want Your Nostalgia, He Wants You To 'Look Now'
Elvis Costello has canceled tour dates through July 16 but still has a tour slated for November and December. Cindy Ord/Getty Images for Little Kids Rock hide caption
Elvis Costello and Paul McCartney during the 1988 recording sessions for Flowers In The Dirt. Linda McCartney/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
From left: Rebecca Lovell, Elvis Costello, Glen Hansard, Conor O'Brien and Megan Lovell at the 2016 Newport Folk Festival. Josh Wool for Newport Folk Festival hide caption
Elvis Costello, Live At Newport Folk 2016
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Elvis Costello Tells The Stories Behind The Songs
Elvis Costello: 'There Is No Absolute Right And Wrong About Music'
To create Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes, T Bone Burnett (third from left) assembled the talents of Elvis Costello, Jim James, Jay Bellerose, Rhiannon Giddens, Marcus Mumford and Taylor Goldsmith. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Of Marian McPartland, guest host Elvis Costello says that it's "an extraordinary leap of musical continuity that [she's] been able to make throughout the history of Piano Jazz." Michael Ochs Archives hide caption
Elvis Costello says that Marian McPartland captures "many of the ingenious personalities" of Piano Jazz so that "they will be forever enduring." Tim Hall/Redferns hide caption
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