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Alejandro Escovedo’s Legendary Conclusion to SXSW 2010 at the Continental Club

Friday, April 09, 2010 By John Anderson

It was two years ago at the unofficial Sunday night South-by closing ceremonies at the Continental Club that Alejandro Escovedo world premiered his then-forthcoming album, Real Animal live and in sequence from the first track to the last. It was a remarkable show, and it proved to be an album that raised Alejandro’s profile considerably, […]

Filed Under: Alt-Country, Americana, Rock, SXSW Tagged With: Alejandro Escovedo, Alejandro Escovedo Orchestra, Continental Club, Hector Munoz, Javier Escovedo, Jon Dee Graham, Street Songs of Love, SXSW 2010, True Believers

Who’s Playing Wednesday: A Twangville Give-Away

Thursday, June 19, 2008 By Mayer Danzig

Wednesday is apparently the national night for musical residencies. In KC you’ve got Walkenhorst while in Austin you can regularly catch Jon Dee Graham AND James McMurtry. I’m lucky to live in Boston where most Wednesday’s I can catch Dennis Brennan, usually with special guest former J. Geils Band singer Peter Wolf joining in for […]

Filed Under: Contests, Downloads, Streams Tagged With: Austin, Bob Walkenhorst, Boston, Continental Club, Dennis Brennan, James McMurtry, Jon Dee Graham, Kansas City, Peter Wolf

SXSW 2008 – John’s Sunday Night Highlight: Alejandro Escovedo

Sunday, April 13, 2008 By John Anderson

For all intents and purposes, SXSW turns into a pumpkin at 2 a.m. Saturday night, but true aficionados know that it ain’t really over until the legendary Alejandro Escovedo leaves the Continental Club stage after his unofficial closing night show on Sunday. We knew going in that this year’s set was going to be something […]

Filed Under: Alt-Country, Americana, News, Reviews, Rock, Videos Tagged With: Alejandro Escovedo, Chuck Prophet, Continental Club, Lucinda Williams, real animal, SXSW, sxsw08, the Whipsaws, Tim Easton

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