One of our most highly anticipated album releases of the year is a collaboration of two of our favorites, Elvis Costello and The Roots, on their collective new album entitled Wise Up Ghost (to be released on September 17th).  The first sampling has now been released in the form of a lyric video for the astonishingly great album-opener Walk Us Uptown.  It’s not surprising that we love everything about the song, which takes both artists back to their roots, if you will.  There’s a dash of funk-soul-brother, a dash of Brit-ska organ and some scratch reggae-guitar from Questlove and The Roots.  And there are Costello’s angrily political and well-penned lyrics sung with his trademark sneer that cauterized his early albums.  Cross-fires and cross-currents-ies.  Indeed.  If the song below is any indication, Wise Up Ghost will be one of the Best Albums of 2013.  In other Roots news, the band is scheduled to work next with the Reverend Al Green on his next album.  Can we hear an “Amen”?!