Album US 2006 on Verve Forecast label
Spoken Word (Interview)
Interview CD with Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint. Back insert provides the questions and the audio provides the answers. Disc comes in a jewel case with a back insert. Total duration 18:09
Elvis Costello voc, g, *1954 GB interviewee, album by | |
Allen Toussaint p, voc, 1938-2015 US interviewee, album by |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | Mr. Toussaint, in your long career as a songwriter, arranger and producer you have often worked without being in the spotlight. Does this album feel like a new chapter in your career? | Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint | 0:15 | |
2 | How do you feel about being more in the limelight during the last months? | Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint | 0:34 | |
3 | Mr. Costello, can you remember your first visit to New Orleans? | Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint | 0:17 | |
4 | A few years later, in 1983, you worked together with Allen Toussaint for the first time. How did that come to happen? | Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint | 1:11 | |
5 | It was five years later when the next collaboration took place. Please comment on that. | Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint | 0:44 | |
6 | What happened between that collaboration and the next? | Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint | 0:47 | |
7 | Mr. Costello, since Hurricane Katrina you have been involved in a lot of benefit activities for the City Of New Orleans. What do you find so fascinating about this city? | Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint | 1:01 | |
8 | Mr. Toussaint, how do you see the current situation in your hometown? | Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint | 0:51 | |
9 | Is it fair to say that this catastrophe may have created a new era for New Orleans? | Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint | 1:09 | |
10 | You mentioned that you reconnected in New York. How did that happen? | Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint | 2:12 | |
11 | Why did you decide to start the recording sessions for the album "The River In Reverse" in California? | Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint | 1:07 | |
12 | What was the status of New Orleans at that point? | Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint | 0:40 | |
13 | How would you describe your feelings going to record this album New Orleans? | Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint | 0:47 | |
14 | What was it like to be in New Orleans and why did you decide to proceed with the recording sessions at the Piety Street Studio? | Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint | 1:11 | |
15 | Did you have to make a quick decision to record in New Orleans? | Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint | 0:57 | |
16 | How was the repertoire for this album chosen? | Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint | 0:19 | |
17 | How would you describe the studio atmosphere during the recording process? | Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint | 1:30 | |
18 | How did the chemistry amongst the various musicians develop? | Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint | 1:17 | |
19 | One of the most impressive songs is "Broken Promise Land". How would you describe your approach working on that song? | Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint | 1:11 |