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===2010–present=== Costello released the album ''[[National Ransom]]'' in autumn of 2010.<ref>{{cite web|author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/national-ransom-mw0002020782 |title=''National Ransom'' – Elvis Costello |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |date=2 November 2010 |access-date=9 May 2014}}</ref> On 26 February 2012, Costello paid tribute to music legends [[Chuck Berry]] and [[Leonard Cohen]], who were the recipients of the first annual PEN Awards for songwriting excellence, at the [[John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum|JFK Presidential Library]], in Boston, Massachusetts.<ref name="The Boston Globe PEN awards">{{cite news |url=https://www.boston.com/Boston/names/2012/02/leonard-cohen-and-chuck-berry-celebrated-the-jfk-library/pme86jnpLDKP4XYIMJi3XN/index.html |title=Leonard Cohen and Chuck Berry celebrated at the JFK Library |last1=Shanahan |first1=Mark |last2=Goldstein |first2=Meredith |date=26 September 2010 |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |access-date=1 March 2012 |archive-date=29 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229224324/http://www.boston.com/Boston/names/2012/02/leonard-cohen-and-chuck-berry-celebrated-the-jfk-library/pme86jnpLDKP4XYIMJi3XN/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2013 Costello released ''[[Wise Up Ghost]]'', a collaboration with [[the Roots]]. On 25 October 2013, Costello was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music from the [[New England Conservatory]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Sullivan |first=James |date=26 October 2013 |title=Elvis Costello Named Honorary Doctor of Music |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/elvis-costello-named-honorary-doctor-of-music-20131026 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=4 November 2015 |archive-date=3 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151203213553/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/elvis-costello-named-honorary-doctor-of-music-20131026 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2012, he played ukulele, mandolin, guitar and added backing vocals on Diana Krall's 11th studio album, ''[[Glad Rag Doll (album)|Glad Rag Doll]]'' (as "Howard Coward").<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/glad-rag-doll-mw0002406053 |title=Glad Rag Doll – Diana Krall {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|last=Jurek|first=Thom|publisher=AllMusic|language=en-us|access-date=19 January 2020|archive-date=26 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326194147/https://www.allmusic.com/album/glad-rag-doll-mw0002406053|url-status=live}}</ref> On 10 September 2013, he played during the Apple September 2013 Event after the introduction of [[iTunes Radio]], [[iPhone]] 5C and 5S at Town Hall, at the Apple campus.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.apple.com/apple-events/september-2013/ |title=Events – Special Event September 2013 |publisher=Apple |date=10 September 2013 |access-date=21 September 2013 |archive-date=21 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921061241/http://www.apple.com/apple-events/september-2013/ |url-status=live}}</ref> On [[Gov't Mule]]'s album ''[[Shout! (Gov't Mule album)|Shout!]]'', released in September 2013, he sang on the track "Funny Little Tragedy". In March 2014, Costello recorded ''[[Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes]]'' with [[Rhiannon Giddens]], [[Taylor Goldsmith]], [[Jim James]] and [[Marcus Mumford]].<ref name="TheNewBasementTapes.com">{{cite web |url=http://thenewbasementtapes.com |title=The New Basement Tapes| access-date = 20 August 2014| archive-date = 22 August 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140822110022/http://www.thenewbasementtapes.com/}}</ref> During the 2016 Detour, he performs with [[Larkin Poe]]. On 12 October 2018, Costello released his first studio album in five years, ''[[Look Now]]'', recorded with The Imposters. The album features three songs co-written with Burt Bacharach, and one song co-written with [[Carole King]]. Costello wrote and produced a large majority of the album himself, with help from producer [[Sebastian Krys]]. On 26 January 2020, ''Look Now'' won the [[Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album]] at the [[62nd Grammy Awards]]. Costello was appointed [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the [[2019 Birthday Honours]] for services to music.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=62666 |supp=y |page=B11 |date=8 June 2019}}</ref> In 2021, Costello released ''Spanish Model'', a remix of 1978's ''This Year's Model'' with Spanish lyrics. Singers from Spanish-speaking parts of the world, with help from Spanish-speaking songwriters, translated all 16 songs of the album into Spanish, with the new vocals set to the original recording and instrumentation by the Attractions. The singers included [[Juanes]], [[Jorge Drexler]], [[Luis Fonsi]], [[Francisca Valenzuela]], [[Fuego (singer)|Fuego]], [[Draco Rosa]], and [[Fito Páez]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=16 September 2021 |title=Elvis Costello on the Endurance of 'This Year's Model,' and What's Gained in Translation With New 'Spanish Model' |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/elvis-costello-spanish-model-interview-this-years-latin-1235066119/|access-date=12 December 2021 |website=Variety |language=en-US|archive-date=12 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212200749/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/elvis-costello-spanish-model-interview-this-years-latin-1235066119/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lopez |first=Julyssa |date=16 July 2021 |title=Elvis Costello on Why He Remade 'This Year's Model' Entirely in Spanish |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-latin/elvis-costello-this-years-model-spanish-1197730/|access-date=12 December 2021 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US|archive-date=23 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123153909/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-latin/elvis-costello-this-years-model-spanish-1197730/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2021, Costello appeared at the [[Royal Variety Performance]] playing two songs with the Imposters. He was introduced by the MC [[Alan Carr]] as a man who has achieved everything except appearing at the Royal Variety Performance. Between songs Costello informed the audience that he was the second McManus to appear. His father Ross appeared in the 1960s singing "[[If I Had a Hammer]]".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Colderick |first=Stephanie |date=19 December 2021 |title=Royal Variety Performance 2021: Full line up and when you can see it |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/tv/royal-variety-performance-2021-full-22473908|access-date=17 January 2022 |website=WalesOnline |language=en|archive-date=10 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110104742/https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/tv/royal-variety-performance-2021-full-22473908|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2 November 2021 |title=Elvis Costello's Musician Father (and Doppelgänger) Performing in 1963 |url=https://www.openculture.com/2021/11/elvis-costellos-musician-father-and-doppelganger-performing-in-1963.html|url-status=live|access-date=17 January 2022 |website=Open Culture |language=en-US|archive-date=10 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110104905/https://www.openculture.com/2021/11/elvis-costellos-musician-father-and-doppelganger-performing-in-1963.html}}</ref> In January 2022, he performed on ''[[The Graham Norton Show]]''.<ref>{{Cite episode |series=The Graham Norton Show |network=BBC |date=14 January 2022 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0013d7c/the-graham-norton-show-series-29-episode-14|access-date=17 January 2022 |title=Series 29: Episode 14|archive-date=15 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115112606/https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0013d7c/the-graham-norton-show-series-29-episode-14|url-status=live}}</ref> That same month he released the LP ''[[The Boy Named If]]'', recorded with the Imposters.<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Althea |last=Legaspi |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/elvis-costello-the-imposters-the-boy-named-if-magnificent-hurt-song-1248699/ |title=Elvis Costello & the Imposters Preview 'The Boy Named If' LP With New Song |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=27 October 2021 |access-date=14 January 2022}}</ref> ''[[The Resurrection of Rust]]'' by a reformed Rusty followed later that year.<ref name="rs">{{Cite magazine |magazine=Rolling Stone |last=Greene |first=Andy |date=30 May 2022 |language=en-US |issn=0035-791X |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/elvis-costello-reunites-bandmate-rusty-the-resurrection-of-rust-1359937/ |title=Elvis Costello Reunites With Teenage Bandmate for Nostalgic LP 'Rusty: The Resurrection of Rust' |access-date=26 June 2023}}</ref> In April 2023, Costello collaborated with Slovenian band [[Joker Out]] on their single, "New Wave".<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 April 2023 |title=Joker Out releases duet with Elvis Costello after successful Eurovision tour |url=https://escbubble.com/2023/04/joker-out-releases-duet-with-elvis-costello-after-successful-eurovision-tour/ |access-date=23 May 2023 |website=ESCBubble |language=en-GB}}</ref> The compilation ''[[The Songs of Bacharach & Costello]]'' was also released at this time.<ref name="pm">{{Cite web |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/elvis-costello-burt-bacharach-the-songs-of-bacharach-and-costello-super-deluxe/ |language=en-US |date=7 March 2023 |access-date=26 June 2023 |last=Deusner |first=Stephen M. |title=Elvis Costello / Burt Bacharach: ''The Songs of Bacharach & Costello (Super Deluxe)'' Album Review }}</ref> In August 2023, he made a three-dates mini-tour together with Italian singer-songwriter [[Carmen Consoli]], a project the two had originally planned in 2012 but that at the time had been shelved due to Consoli's pregnancy.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Antonucci |first1=Gabriele |title=Elvis Costello e Carmen Consoli: quando la musica è l'arte dell'incontro |url=https://www.panorama.it/lifestyle/musica/elvis-costello-carmen-consoli-concerto-recensione |access-date=20 September 2023 |work=[[Panorama (magazine)|Panorama]] |date=29 August 2023 |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Marziano |first1=Alfredo |title=Carmen Consoli ed Elvis Costello, la sorellina giudiziosa e il fratellone scapestrato |url=https://www.rollingstone.it/musica/live/carmen-consoli-ed-elvis-costello-la-sorellina-giudiziosa-e-il-fratellone-scapestrato/780762/ |access-date=20 September 2023 |work= [[Rolling Stone Italia]] |date=1 September 2023 |language=it-IT}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Crippa |first1=Stefano |title=Carmen Consoli e Elvis Costello, la forza nella diversità |url=https://ilmanifesto.it/carmen-consoli-e-elvis-costello-la-forza-nella-diversita |access-date=20 September 2023 |work=[[Il manifesto]] |date=30 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref> In November 2024, Costello and T Bone Burnett released a scripted comedy audio series on [[Audible (service)|Audible]], directed by [[Christopher Guest]], as the Coward Brothers, characters the two created in the 1980s. The series features guest appearances by [[Harry Shearer]] as the radio host interviewing the two, along with [[Rhea Seehorn]], [[Edward Hibbert]], [[Stephen Root]] and [[Kathreen Khavari]]. An accompanying soundtrack album was released via [[New West Records]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |title=Elvis Costello and T Bone Burnett Play 'The Coward Brothers' in Christopher Guest-Directed Audible Comedy Series, Plus 20-Track Soundtrack Album (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2024/music/news/elvis-costello-t-bone-burnett-coward-brothers-audible-series-christopher-guest-comedy-soundtrack-1236170606/ |website=Variety |access-date=23 October 2024 |date=8 October 2024}}</ref>
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