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The new album is a sharp and driven return to the attacking style of earlier days
The singer-songwriter on his Hispanophone reimagining of classic 1978 album This Year’s Model and why it is no exercise in nostalgia
The singer upped the energy alongside his band the Imposters at the Hammersmith Apollo
The songs pack in a lot of lyrical action yet do not feel constricted or over-busy
‘I never had any ambition. One thing led to another’
Soul, country, folk and rock artists have covered the song
The singer and songwriter’s autobiographical show was by turns dazzling and frustrating
Written by Elvis Costello during the Falklands War, the song’s political subtext didn’t deter covers
Characteristic Bacharach-David, the song has shifting tempo and keys and lyric packed with immaculate rhymes
St Vincent, Elvis Costello, Spiro, Wozzeck and more
Toussaint conducted an entertaining tour through a remarkable half-century of songcraft
The Elizabethan composer’s world was brought movingly to life
The Kinks singer’s voice is showing its age – but the audience was more than happy to compensate
Known for their melancholy folk, the band here highlighted the tougher sound of their new album
A covers album drawing mainly on jazz and vaudeville from the 1920s and ‘30s is a trip down memory lane
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