Elvis Costello: “This is my face – there's nothing I can do about it!”

About this episode

Elvis Costello discusses his music career, Irish heritage, and collaborations in an interview with Brendan O'Connor.

It’s fifty years since Declan Patrick MacManus burst on to the music scene as Elvis Costello. Ahead of a visit to Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens for a concert on July 5th, with The Imposters and Charlie Sexton, Elvis speaks to Brendan about his Irish heritage, songwriting with Paul McCartney, and producing Shane McGowan.

People in this episode

Host: Brendan O'Connor

Guest: Elvis Costello

Topics covered

• music
• songwriting
• Irish heritage
• concert
• interview

Keywords

• Elvis Costello
• Brendan O'Connor
• Irish heritage
• songwriting
• Paul McCartney
• Shane McGowan
• concert

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Imposters

Places: Dublin, Iveagh Gardens

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