Liner Notes: Alejandro Escovedo, ‘Street Songs of Love’
Alejandro Escovedo’s success flies in the face of the music industry’s current trend of pushing young artists using short-term promotion and of-the-second gimmicks. Not only is the Austin-based roots rocker just hitting his stride as an artist at age 59, but he’s been working in the music industry for about three decades, having been a member of Rank and File, the Nuns and the True Believers.
Escovedo’s perseverance paid off handsomely in 2008 when his ninth solo album, “Real Animal,” became his highest-charting album to date, spawning a breakout college radio hit, “Sister Lost Soul,” and earning him both album and artist of the year awards from the Americana Music Association.
His new record, “Street Songs of Love,” due out June 29, reunites him with “Real Animal” producer Tony Visconti (David Bowie, Morrissey) and again features songs co-written with Chuck Prophet. It also benefits greatly from the crack musicianship of Escovedo’s Sensitive Band, as did “Animal.”
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Story by Tony Sclafani – The Washington Post, Express Contributor – Express Night Out