Alejandro Escovedo :: 07.16.08 What a difference a few months can make. When Alejandro Escovedo last visited Atlanta in March, it was at the intimate 185 seat Eddie's Attic, where the duo of Escovedo ...

Texas singer-songwriter Alejandro Escovedo has been thrilling live audiences for decades with his music. This past week Escovedo along with Lucinda Williams and the band Wilco were announced to be the ...

Texas roots-rock legend Alejandro Escovedo has spent the better part of his 59 years exploring all manner of American music, incorporating strings, horns, teams of backup singers ... Texas roots-rock ...

Alejandro Escovedo’s expansive new song suite, The Crossing, is coming to life one track at a time ahead of its September 14th release, with a chugging, streetwise new chapter out in the form of ...

One of the reasons — maybe even the main reason — that the White Water Tavern so often has the word “legendary” unironically put in front of its name is a commitment to booking absolute icons. I’d bet ...

When Alejandro Escovedo was a boy in San Antonio, his parents had him pack for a vacation to Southern California. They didn't tell him the vacation was permanent. Belongings, friends and pets were ...

Midway through introducing the dozen-plus musicians onstage with him near the end of the first set Saturday at ACL Live, Alejandro Escovedo asked the crowd to forgive him if he was stumbling through ...

I grew up in an era when we bought into the idea that books, films and music could really change the world. Escovedo's move to Austin in the 1980's led to the so-called cow punk band Rank And File and ...

Alejandro Escovedo, the singer and songwriter, likes to have a proper Mexican breakfast before a long drive. “Let’s go here,” he said. He pulled into the back lot of a restaurant called El Pueblo, ...

Here's a story for you about two teenage boys named Salvo and Diego. One is Mexican, one is Italian, and both are immigrants living in America. They're into punk rock like MC5 and The Stooges. And ...

Alejandro Escovedo will tell you there’s been good times and bad times over the years, but if you ask the Austin-based singer-guitarist about one of the best, he’ll go back to when he was a ...

I had originally hoped to check out the final Austin show for Guided by Voices last night. Unexpectedly, the GBV show was postponed. It was around this time that I realized there was another big ...