Elvis Costello: ‘Let’s make some music, and see if anybody likes it’ Describes his recent ‘crossover’ activity (he hates the word, BTW) and particularly his collaboration with mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter. I have to say that Costello’s recent collaborations — the Brodsky String Quartet, Burt Bacharach, and now von Otter — have taken away the Costello whose music really moved me. I searched the article in vain for an indication that he’s going to go back to doing his own thing anytime soon. New York Times