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December 11, 2006

Alejandro Escovedo Plays Zankel Hall

The underappreciated troubadour sets his sights on Carnegie Hall
June 25, 2003

Benefits Aid Ailing Escovedo

Fastball, Gourds members play to help pay medical bills
May 8, 2001

Under the Influence of Alejandro

Underground Texas legend Escovedo returns with first album of new material in five years

The Boxing Mirror

In the five years since Alejandro Escovedo released his excellent folk-blues collection A Man Under the Influence, he survived hepatitis C, quit drinking and got married. Developments like those could make for a doozy of a confessional record. Instead, Escovedo's ninth album is a resonant, if...

2006 RS: 3.5of 5 Stars

Gravity

2002

Thirteen Years

2002

A Man Under The Influence

2001

With These Hands

1996

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By the time he released his debut solo album, Alejandro Escovedo had already spent more than a decade playing punk (with the Nuns); cow punk (Rank & File); and full-tilt, triple-guitar rock & roll (True Believers). But the San Antonio-born artist really came into his own with Gravity and its equally stunning followup, Thirteen Years. Both albums -- smartly produced by guitarist Stephen Bruton --...

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