September 19, 1996

Singer/songwriter Elvis Costello on Working with Burt Bacharach

Costello cowrote with Bacharach the song "God Give Me Strength" for Allison Ander's newest movie, Grace of My Heart. Costello spoke with Terry Gross earlier this year. (Originally aired 6/4/96)

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Elvis Costello

Host

Terry Gross

Other segments from the episode on September 19, 1996

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, September 19, 1996: Interview with David Denby; Interview with Allison Anders; Interview with Elvis Costello.

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September 19, 1996

21:45

Journalist David Denby in Defense of the Western Canon

New York magazine film critic David Denby is interviewed by Fresh Air's Book Critic Maureen Corrigan about his new book "Great Books: My Adventures with Homer, Rousseau, Woolf, and Other Indestructible Writers of the Western World." It comes from Denby's recent return to Columbia University to take two western civilization classes. He wanted to explore the current debate in literature of whether these classic books should be required reading in today's multi-cultural society.

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David Denby

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September 19, 1996

17:22

Director Allison Anders Recreates a Bygone Era of Popular Music

Anders talks about her new film, "Grace of My Heart," based on the lives of songwriters who worked out of the Brill Building in New York. Her other movies include: "Four Rooms," "Mi Vida Loca," and "Gas Food Lodging."

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Allison Anders

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Musicians Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello join us to talk about their new collaborative album, "Painted From Memory." (Mercury) The two have been working together for nearly two years, beginning with the Grammy-nominated single "God Give Me Strength" (from the film "Grace of my Heart"), included on this album. Singer-songwriter Elvis Costello has recorded over 17 albums in his 25 year career. Composer Burt Bachrach is said to have revolutionized the sound of the sixties, with dozens of top ten hits, several Grammys and Academy Awards.

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June 4, 1996

35:44

Elvis Costello Brings His Guitar to the Fresh Air Studio.

Singer/songwriter Elvis Costello. Previously with the band The Attractions, he later went solo. Since then he has performed and recorded with The Brodsky Quartet and jazz guitarist Bill Frisell. He's written about 300 songs. His new release is "All This Useless Beauty" (Warner Bros) which he recorded with The Attractions.

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Elvis Costello

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January 27, 1994

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