“There comes a time when good music is just good music, regardless of genre...
By John J. Moser/Morning Call May 29, 2015 Photo: Squared Photography Roots-rocker Alejandro Escovedo played a good deal of such music Thursday at his show at Ardmore Music Hall. The...
View Article“Fiery 90 Min Set”– Narrows Center
Review, Jay Miller/Wicked Local, Milton July 10, 2015 Austin, Texas based songwriter and roots rocker Alejandro Escovedo and his Sensitive Boys rocked the Narrows Center for the Arts in Fall River...
View ArticleKansas City trip: Always a Friend
We had a great time during our week in Kansas City, visiting old friends, playing great shows with Cody Wyoming and The Deal, and a blast with the all-Kansas City band, Escovedo’d. Got in some...
View Article“Godfather of modern country”
Kaleb Roedel for Sierra Sun, October 2015 CRYSTAL BAY, Nev. — As a touring musician the past 40 years, rock legend Alejandro Escovedo has covered a lot of ground — in more ways than one. He christened...
View ArticleEscovedo quickly revealed a songwriting profile full of emotive detail,...
Walter Tunis for Kentucky Herald, October 22, 2015 It was a little less than two decades ago that Alejandro Escovedo introduced himself to Lexington. The time was late June 1996 on a Saturday evening,...
View ArticleNo Depression Review: Escovedo Interprets His Songbook With Combo
Jay Minkin for No Depression-October 24, 2015 Some nights there are unexpected surprises. Alejandro Escovedo changed the show at Music Box Supper Club from being backed by The Sensitive Boys to a...
View ArticleA perfect evening in singer-songwriter heaven
Suze UtalI/Suze Reviews the Blues and More – November 24, 2015 I thought I knew what to expect from an Alejandro Escovedo performance because I have attended several of his shows, but this show at...
View Article“Punk warrior with Texas swagger”
By Alison Fensterstock, Special to The Advocate – December 23, 2015 On the Fais Do Do Stage during the 2014 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Alejandro Escovedo — in an ink-black suit tailored...
View Article4th Annual ACL Live at the Moody A Thousand Kisses Deep: The Leonard Cohen...
“The annual ACL Live at the Moody show has become an appropriate way to kick off the new year with a spirit of big dreams and bold visions.” – Peter Blackstock, The 4th annual event returns Alejandro...
View Article“What’s so attractive for me is his romanticism” Alejandro on Leonard Cohen
Austin Chronicle/ Tim Stegall/January 8, 2016 “I’ve been living in Dallas two or three months now,” remarks Alejandro Escovedo, after attending the Dec. 17 memorial service of his mother, Cleo Evita...
View ArticleAlejandro Escovedo brings the spirit of Leonard Cohen to ACL Live
Austin Statesman/Don McLeese/January 10, 2016 Wherever he was, Leonard Cohen’s ears must have been burning with pleasure Saturday night as Alejandro Escovedo and a stellar, varied supporting cast paid...
View Article“Under the Influence of Cohen”– Lonestar Magazine
Alejandro Escovedo turns his annual birthday show into salute to Leonard Cohen Lonestar Magazine/Lynne Margolis/January 12, 2016 Had this story been written earlier on the evening of Alejandro...
View ArticleReview: Leonard Cohen Influence NYC
Elmore Magazine/Suzanne Cadgène/February 1 Alejandro Escovedo performs at the City Winery on January 22, 2016. (L-R) Jessie England (backing vocals), Karla Manzur (backing vocals), Alejandro, Brian...
View ArticleHouston Press: 15 Living Texas legends not to take for granted
Honored to be in this exceptional company of musicians! Houston Press / By Chris Lane / March 28, 2016 Texans are fortunate to have a wealth of homegrown musical talent to listen to and enjoy, and...
View ArticleFormer Nuns punk-rocker Alejandro Escovedo returns to Marin
Back where it all started Paul Liberatore’s Lib at Large / Marinij.com / March 31, 2016 When Texas singer-songwriter Alejandro Escovedo makes a rare solo concert appearance at the HopMonk Tavern in...
View ArticleGravity & Thirteen Years Released on Vinyl / New record in the works
Celebrating the re-release for the second time since 2002; the first time ever on vinyl, Alejandro’s first two solo albums, Gravity and Thirteen Years on New West Records . It’s a double celebration,...
View Article“Sadness, loss won’t dampen Alejandro Escovedo’s curiosity”
Bill Thompson / Cincinnati Enquirer-USA Today Network / April 29, 2016 Alejandro Escovedo has spent the past couple of years careening between happiness and tragedy. When a person has packed as much...
View ArticleAlejandro Escovedo: “As blistering as it gets”
Mark Zaretsky / New Haven Register / May 12, 2016 FAIRFIELD , Connecticut – You don’t go to an Alejandro Escovedo show expecting to hear sensitive ballads — although he’s as fine a songwriter as...
View Article“One of rock’s finest song-crafters delivers knock-out performance”
Chris Sikich / Philadelphia Magazine /Arden Gild Hall, Arden DE / June 2, 2016 The calm thunder of one of the foremost living musical forces played to a sold-out Arden Gild Hall on Saturday, May 28th –...
View ArticleAlejandro Escovedo – a “songwriter’s songwriter”
Alejandro Escovedo is still listening, still learning Daniel Durcholz / Go Magazine / Twangfest Preview , Off Broadway, St. Louis / June 9, 2016 Photo Courtesy of Associated press Alejandro Escovedo...
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