Elvis Costello

Add Date: May 26

Artist: Elvis Costello

Album: Secret, Profane & Sugarcane

Label: Hear Music

Genre: Folk, bluegrass

Comments: That's right: Secret, Profane & Sugarcane is a bluegrass album from Elvis Costello, on the Starbucks imprint Hear Music. But for those who've been following his recent career--which has included a stint on Universal's alt-country branch Lost Highway--that should hardly come as a surprise. Nor should the fact that this style of music really works for Costello. The backing musicians, many of whom will tour with him this summer as The Sugarcanes, are among the best in bluegrass and country. Among the songs are two co-written with T Bone Burnett and one with Loretta Lynn, as well as a pair that Costello had originally penned for Johnny Cash. Very high-quality stuff.