About

Born in London and raised there and in Liverpool, D.P. MacManus later came to be known as “Elvis Costello”, a writer and part-time musician who made a number of records in the 20th Century, some of which are still remembered today. He has been performing in public for over fifty years.

Starting out in 1977 with his band The Attractions, he has played for the last 23 years with The Imposters. Costello has shared many stages with pianist Steve Nieve and appeared with the Mingus Big Band, the Metropole Orkest, The Jazz Passengers and on one occasion in 1983, for a television appearance with the Count Basie Orchestra with Tony Bennett. He has performed as a solo artist since 1969.

Elvis Costello is the composer and lyricist of over six hundred published titles, including fifteen songs co-written with Paul McCartney and renowned collaborations with Allen Toussaint, the Brodsky Quartet, T Bone Burnett and his wife, Diana Krall.

Costello has composed songs for Roy Orbison, Georgie Fame, Chet Baker, Dusty Springfield, Solomon Burke and Johnny Cash and has written songs with Carole King, Loretta Lynn, Bill Frisell, Rosanne Cash and Kris Kristofferson.

He has written many songs for motion pictures including, “The Scarlet Tide”, his Academy Award nominated collaboration with T Bone Burnett for “Cold Mountain”. His songs and performances have been heard in the movies of the Coen Brothers, Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg and Robert Altman.