Song of the Day #1,897: ‘The Ghost of Tom Joad/Do Re Mi’ – Elvis Costello and Mumford & Sons

elvis_costello_mumfordI’ve written a couple of times this week about how the internet has changed the way we experience music — big newsflash there, I know.

Today’s clip is another wonderful example.

As a promotion for Bono’s ONE campaign, Elvis Costello teamed up with Mumford & Sons to perform a mash-up of Bruce Springsteen and Woody Guthrie. This may well have happened in a pre-YouTube era, but would I have seen it?

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