The Roots – The Oedipus Project

07/26/201302/02/2021

Elvis Costello and The Roots

Elvis Costello is one of the most prolific artists in music, crossing genres and exploring diverse sounds, all featuring his distinctive tenor.

I’ve had some legendary encounters with Elvis ever since his debut My Aim is True and his first tour of the US in 1977.

Multiple albums and collaborations later, he has now recorded a record with The Roots due in September.

“Walk Us Uptown” is from the forthcoming Wise Up Ghost.

[Nick Lowe, Martin Rev (Suicide), Elvis, Oedipus, Alan Vega (Suicide)]

07/21/201006/06/2011

In my first Podcast “Dear God 2.0” by Monsters of Folk was included as one of the best of 2010 thus far. (Monsters of Folk is a modern-day supergroup consisting of Jim James from My Morning Jacket, Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis of Bright Eyes and M. Ward.) The Roots, one of the great American hip hop bands (and currently the house band for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon) brilliantly use the song as a basis for their own commentary on the current crisis of contemporary life. From The Roots new album How I Got Over, “Dear God 2.0” is the Song of the Day.

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“Dear God 2.0 (featuring Monsters of Folk)” by The Roots