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March 31, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 223 – Alejandro Escovedo, Wellington, 2019

I don’t usually write about a show for Stubs the same year that it happens – but I’m doing this here now with Alejandro Escovedo in place of an actual review. I didn’t review the show – but I did love it. I chose not to review it because I didn’t make it there at the start, didn’t see the whole […]
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March 14, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 159 – Alejandro Escovedo

Welcome to episode 159 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library. This one’s a little different – it’s […]
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February 18, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

He likes Doing It. He Likes Being It: The Overseer of The Architecture of Songs – “I Wanted To Be A Filmmaker Anyway” – Alejandro Escovedo on Trump, his new album, overcoming “That Disease” and then the songs, the music, the influence of his family, the connection, the gift…

Alejandro Escovedo is a songwriter’s songwriter – people like Elvis Costello, Lucinda Williams and Bob Dylan reference him among their favourites – not only that, he has backstory that would make you want to get on board anyway. Maybe even if his own music wasn’t super-great, which it is and has been across the last quarter-century. His enviable […]
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December 13, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Reviews: December 2018

Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. These things start – randomly and stop in much the same way. I hope to keep doing this. For a while at least. I think I started in December of 2015, so now nearly three years into  it. Last year I […]
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December 2, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Alejandro Escovedo: The Crossing

Alejandro Escovedo The Crossing Yep Roc Records Alejandro Escovedo simply does not make bad records. He’s made a dozen or so good – and very good – albums. He’s got the John Doe-punk-thing, the Steve Earle-descendent-of-outlaw-country-thing and to those he brings – entirely – his own thing. We all know the family backstory. His brothers […]
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November 20, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Tour Announcement: Alejandro Escovedo To Tour NZ for the First Time! (March, 2019)

David Roy Williams (DRW)  has just announced that Alejandro Escovedo will tour New Zealand for the first time – with three shows here in early 2019 (Friday March 15, Auckland’s Tuning Fork, Saturday March 16, Wellington’s Caroline and Sunday March 17, Christchurch’s Blue Smoke) as part of a full Australian/NZ tour. The legendary singer/songwriter is a […]
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September 8, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Sheila E: The Beat of My Own Drum – A Memoir

The Beat of My Own Drum: A Memoir Sheila E. with Wendy Holden Atria Books Here is one of the single best music memoirs I’ve ever read – sure, it helps I’m already a fan, I found out about Sheila E. through her work with Prince, of course. But I was soon well aware of […]
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