D espite his auspicious beginnings as a punk-adjacent firebrand, Elvis Costello has, for the past few decades, eschewed rock music in favor of piano jazz, Tin Pan Alley balladry, and various other adult-pop idioms. Even the singer-songwriter’s studio work with the Imposters—essentially the Attractions but with Cracker’s Davey Faragher slotted in for the estranged Bruce Thomas—rarely …
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