The 2009 T-Bone Burnett produced Secret, Profane & Sugarcane is evidence of the ongoing relevance of Costello as a top songwriter, even as he has evolved his career into full on raconteur mode – as television host, football analyst, and bon-vivant. Songs like the tough-minded “Complicated Shadows” and the yearning Gram Parson-style “Hidden Shame” are living testaments to Costello’s continued relevance as a creative force. While occasionally embarrassing digressions persist, as on the tortured oral-sex metaphors of the title track, the walkaway impression is of an ace songwriter still very much near the height of his power.