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Album Review: Elvis Costello – Secret, Profane and Sugarcane
When Elvis Costello goes country, he doesn’t half-ass it. In 1981 he risked alienating fans of his punkish New Wave sound by releasing Almost Blue, an album covering classics made famous by Hank Williams, George Jones, Gram Parsons and other legends. More recently he’s recorded a CMT Crossroads session with Lucinda Williams, championed Wanda Jackson’s [...]
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