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| Poster for the "Look Now and Then" tour, Elvis Costello and the Imposters, 2018. |
Last month I saw Elvis Costello and the Imposters live at
Northrop Auditorium on the “Look Now and Then” tour. It was an excellent show,
as Costello roared through 30 songs during two and a half hours. The songs
covered Costello’s entire career, ranging from “Alison” to several songs from Look Now, his new album that came out in
October 2018. Costello has forged a career as one of the great songwriters of
the rock era. He’s also mystified critics, and occasionally the public, with
his stylistic leaps as he’s made albums of country covers, and collaborated
with everyone from Paul McCartney, Allen Toussaint, Burt Bacharach, and Anne
Sofie von Otter.
Costello is a passionate live performer, and he remains in
excellent voice. Costello’s guitar playing in concert is always a treat, and he
took several lengthy solos. The Imposters are a pretty fantastic band, as they
are made up of keyboardist Steve Nieve and drummer Pete Thomas, both of whom
were in Costello’s backing band the Attractions, and Davey Faragher on bass.
The Imposters were also joined by Kitten Kuroi and Briana Lee on backing
vocals.
The setlist was full of deep cuts from Costello’s albums,
but familiar favorites like “Every Day I Write the Book,” “Veronica,” and “Pump
it Up” were scattered throughout as well. All in all, it was a memorable
evening spent in the company of one of the greatest songwriters of our time.
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