BBC broadcaster Becky Want has interviewed a host of illustrious names during her career in radio and television, including her hero, Elvis Costello.

In this episode, Becky recalls her experiences of interviewing Elvis and having the opportunity to ask him about her favourite album, Painted From Memory.

She tells me about some of her favourite Costello gigs and picks six terrific EC tracks to add to my playlist.

Singer/songwriter and musician Jeff Slate joins me ahead of the release of his new album, The Last Day of Summer.

We chat about his love of Elvis Costello's music and its influence on his own songwriting. Jeff recalls the many and varied Costello gigs he's attended over the years and picks out some of his favourite EC songs.

Jeff tells me about recording Imposters and Attractions, his album of music inspired by Elvis, which also featured a couple of Costello covers.

Also an acclaimed music writer and broadcaster, Jeff looks back on his different Costello interviews and features for Rolling Stone and Esquire, among others.

Check out Jeff's new single (Broken) Without You and look out for his new album in May 2024.

My guest is writer, editor and podcaster, Courtney E Smith.

The host of Songs My Ex Ruined discusses her love of Elvis Costello’s music and selects some of her favourite EC tracks for the playlist.

Courtney recalls meeting Elvis during her time at MTV and shares

Something a bit different to kick off 2024.

This is a mini episode reflecting on how a stunning duet by Elvis Costello and Elton John introduced me to the wonderful music of David Ackles.

They performed a beautiful version of Ackles' Down River on Spectacle, backed by James Burton, Allen Toussaint, Pete Thomas and Davey Faragher.

In this episode, I look back at that performance and the career of David Ackles, who released four fine albums between 1968 and 1973.

Kenton Hall is a man of many talents: songwriter, musician,

In this episode, Kenton tells me how he discovered Costello’s music, what it means to him and how it has influenced his own songwriting.

We chat about some of his favourite Elvis records, memorable gigs and how Steve Nieve came to record a track for Kenton’s recent album Omniopath.

Make sure you check out Kenton’s brilliant audio drama,

Music writer Tim Riley is the author of acclaimed books

He’s also closely followed the career of Elvis Costello and

We discuss memorable Costello gigs, Elvis’s talent for interpretation, his collaboration with Paul McCartney and the EC song that should have appeared in the Barbie

Tim also picks out six of his favourite Costello songs for

Check out Tim’s website to find out more about his music

Writer and editor Jorge Farah describes Elvis Costello’s music as “the soundtrack to my life”.

In this episode, we discuss how he came to be a Costello fan, chat about some of his favourite records and how he came to be one of the authors of the popular Trunkworthy feature, The Elvis Costello Song of theWeek.

In addition, Jorge recommends some of his favourite artistsfrom his adopted homeland of Argentina whose music he thinks will appeal to Costello fans. You can check out the featured tracks below:

Barbi Recanati – Que No

Emily And – Flasheando Amor

Maria Pien – Una Pelicula

Mariana Michi – Admiracion

Nahuel Briones – Bases y Condiciones

A L Kennedy is an award-winning author, playwright, comic

In this episode, she tells me about her love of Costello’s music and his use of language. We also dig deep into Tramp The Dirt Down with a

You can visit A L Kennedy’s website here. Her song choices are

New York Times features editor Jim Windolf is the man behind the legendary Costello’s 500 feature for Vanity Fair.

In the landmark November 2000 essay, Elvis identified 500 albums “essential to a happy life”, from ABBA to Zamballarana.

In this episode, Jim recalls his inspiration for the feature and the process of working on it with Costello. He also reflects on interviewing Elvis and an incredible range of live gigs he’s watched over the years.

Jim also picks six of his favourite Elvis Costello songs to add to the Bedroom Alibis playlist.