Summary: <p><span>Elvis Costello’s new album, <em>Hey Clockface,</em><span><span> </span>veers through all kinds of musical territory: melancholy ballads, spoken word soundscapes, abrasive rockenroll, and songs with an old time jazz flavor. While most of the songs were written in Helsinki and Paris before the Covid-19 lockdown, Costello also collaborated from a distance with New York trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader Michael Leonhart on </span><span>some</span><span><span> </span>of the songs, as he </span><span>provided words </span><span>and vocals</span><span><span> </span>over music<span> </span></span><span>for<span> </span></span><span>Michael Leonhart's new material, like "Shut Him Down." </span>For this Soundcheck Podcast, Costello and Leonhart discuss their ongoing and wide-ranging collaboration and </span>remind us that there’s joy in the making of music - even the sad stuff.</p>
