Alejandro Escovedo Grinds Axes at ACL

Austin escapee kicks out the jams in his fifth taping for PBS

"...the final taping of Austin City Limits’ 42nd season, Alejandro Escovedo once again commanded a three-axe assault, the volume..."

Dec. 1, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Alejandro Escovedo – Not Slowing Down

Third annual Moody show on Saturday whips up a hurricane

"...Ten days into 2015, Alejandro Escovedo takes the ACL Live at the Moody Theater..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Alejandro Escovedo on a Wire

Leonard Cohen’s Austin equivalent fetes the master poet

"...does’t exactly constitute good timing, but in inimitable fashion, Alejandro Escovedo proved warm and gracious – gentlemanly. Now an..."

Jan. 8, 2016 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Alejandro Escovedo Hosts Matt McCormack Benefit

‘I looked at the windows to see water coming through them’

"...On Thursday at Strange Brew, Alejandro Escovedo hosts a benefit for his daughter ShaShai and..."

Feb. 5, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Alejandro Escovedo: R-O-C-K with the U.S.A.

Iconic rocker’s love affair with the Austin, part two

"...It’s obvious Alejandro Escovedo took his time picking the acts both highlighted..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Alejandro Escovedo, Vagabond & Wandering Spirit

Iconic rocker’s love affair with the USA, part one

"...at the Moody Theater, Austin rock & roll icon Alejandro Escovedo presents the United Sounds of Austin, a star-studded..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Alejandro Escovedo’s Hurricane Honeymoon

Rocker’s Category 4 account: “I thought, We might not make this"

"...Alejandro Escovedo married Nancy Rankin in a private ceremony in..."

Sept. 23, 2014 Music Post by Tim Stegall

The Ballad of Alejandro Escovedo

Austin icon pulls off a marathon performance at the Moody

"...sharing management with Bruce Springsteen has rubbed off on Alejandro Escovedo. The poetic, corazón-on-his-suit-sleeve Austin rocker staged a four-hour..."

Jan. 14, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Alejandro Escovedo Album Review

La Cruzada (Yep Roc)

"...The Crossing bridges back to the immigrant soul of Alejandro Escovedo's 2002 audio play By the Hand of the..."

Nov. 19, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Alejandro Escovedo’s United Sounds of Austin

January 11, 2014. 41 photos.

"...U.S.A. producer and emcee Alejandro Escovdeo...."

Jan. 13, 2014 Photo Gallery

Alejandro Escovedo Record Review

Burn Something Beautiful (Fantasy)

"...a lone fiddle or cello to a 15-piece orchestra, Alejandro Escovedo always based his music on the sound of..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Margaret Moser Tribute: Alejandro Escovedo

“Her love for the Velvet Underground and John Cale was the same as I had”

June 30, 2017 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Alejandro, Blaze & Townes Shake the Continental Club

Escovedo sets up Blaze duo Ben Dickey and Charlie Sexton

"...been quite a while since I played here,” offered Alejandro Escovedo on Saturday, the second installment of his two-night,..."

July 2, 2018 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Bowie, Escovedo, and the Brooklyn Boy

Bowie/Bolan/Lynott producer Tony Visconti strings up a Real Animal

"...puff of "Ashes to Ashes" on "Golden Bear" from Alejandro Escovedo's new Visconti-rocked Real Animal, it's no coincidence...."

June 20, 2008 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Graham, Escovedo Updates

"...Don't bother setting your Tivo. Alejandro Escovedo has canceled his appearance tonight on The Late..."

Aug. 7, 2008 Music Post by Austin Powell

Fantastic Journey

Alejandro Escovedo comes full circle

"...For the last 16 years, Alejandro Escovedo has been one of America's two or three..."

June 20, 2008 Music Feature by Dave Marsh

Paradise

Ten years after Gravity, Alejandro Escovedo finds his "Paradise."

"...Waterloo Records is longer than any three warm-up bands. Alejandro Escovedo, meanwhile, planted on the walkway out front of..."

June 28, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

By the Hand of the Father

Previewing Alejandro Escovedo's new autobiographical play, By the Hand of the Father.

"...Plaza de la Raza east of downtown Los Angeles, Alejandro Escovedo ventured into the world of theatre for the..."

June 16, 2000 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Rhapsody

Alejandro Escovedo pays tribute to 'Por Vida'

"...of Por Vida: A Tribute to the Songs of Alejandro Escovedo ("Phases and Stages," July 23, 2004) isn't ultimately..."

Oct. 1, 2004 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Alejandro Escovedo

Alejandro Escovedo

"...Alejandro EscovedoBig Station (Fantasy)..."

June 22, 2012 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Jeremy Nail Survives Cancer, Scales Mountain

Austin Music Awards performer previews May LP live

"...Jeremy Nail continues prepping his Alejandro Escovedo-produced My Mountain. After surviving cancer, Nail says, “What..."

Feb. 23, 2016 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Fusebox, Alejandro Escovedo, alexalone, and the Ballinger brothers lead our recommendations

"...lineup at fuseboxfestival.com.  – Genevieve Wood Three Nights of Alejandro Escovedo..."

April 14, 2023 Music Column by Genevieve Wood

Why I Left Austin

Alejandro Escovedo's first-person account of leaving Austin last year after 35 years

"...had a lot to do with us leaving (see "Alejandro Escovedo's Hurricane Honeymoon," Sept. 23, 2014). [inset-1-right]..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

David Pulkingham’s Little Pearl

CD release happens Saturday at Strange Brew, 7pm

"...touring and playing guitar for musicians ranging from locals (Alejandro Escovedo and Patty Griffin) to ex-Austinites (Robert Plant). In..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Nothing But the Truth

Alejandro Escovedo remembers his friend and collaborator Stephen Bruton.

"...a Dream” ached the same as having to call Alejandro Escovedo last Sunday for comment on his friend’s “crossing..."

May 15, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains

Filmmaker Jonathan Demme accompanies Jimmy Carter during the former president's controversial book tour for Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, and in the process offers a re-evalution of this world leader.

"...(including Gillian Welch, Brother Ali, and original music by Alejandro Escovedo). Perhaps Man From Plains’ most lasting impression: The..."

March 14, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Interview With a Prophet

Chuck Prophet holds forth.

"...Chuck Prophet rolls into the Continental Club Friday with Alejandro Escovedo, and I caught up with him Monday night..."

Jan. 23, 2008 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

ACL Interview: True Believers (Part II)

Alejandro Escovedo wants to cut a representative Troobs LP

"...he’ll be healed for this weekend. I spoke with Alejandro Escovedo about the band’s comeback...."

Oct. 10, 2013 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Best of 2008 (So Far)

"...remains diverse and vibrant. Meanwhile, veterans like Joe Ely, Alejandro Escovedo, Kacy Crowley, and James McMurtry continue to challenge..."

July 2, 2008 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

ATX Style at NOJF (or... Marcia Knows NOLA)

Austin takes NOLA by storm. Really, there have been lots of storms.

"...You can't get much more iconic than Marcia Ball, Alejandro Escovedo, and Doyle Bramhall (indulge me – Willie is..."

May 1, 2008 Design Post by Kate X Messer

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