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Stevie Wonder sings to the heavens, and then takes a knee, at F1 concert finale
Stevie Wonder performs in concert during the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas on October 22, 2017. Suzanne Cordeiro for American-Statesman “We are in a race, all of us here...
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John Fogerty’s blasts from the past follow Armadillo-themed bash at All ATX show
John Fogerty performs during the All ATX concert at Auditorium Shores on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017. NICK WAGNER / AMERICAN-STATESMAN Even as the top-billed performer for an outdoor concert at Auditorium...
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Shinyribs is bustin’ out all over at ‘Austin City Limits’ taping
Kevin Russell of Shinyribs with the Riblets dancers taping “Austin City Limits” at ACL Live on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017. Scott Newton/KLRU-TV/Austin City Limits From the soul-roots and swamp-pop sounds of...
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Ringo Starr & his All-Starr Band have a Halloween party at ACL Live
Ringo Starr performs at ACL Live on Tuesday, October 31, 2017. Suzanne Cordeiro for American-Statesman About the time that Ringo Starr pulled three kids out of the audience sporting homemade Sgt....
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Grizzly Bear looks outward in rescheduled Sound on Sound Fest show at ACL Live
Grizzly Bear crammed the floor of ACL Live on Friday night, and robustly packed in the mezzanine. The upper balcony was about half full—a minor miracle all the same. The four-piece Brooklyn, New York,...
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Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile show their musical compatibility at ACL Live
Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile perform at ACL Live on Saturday, November 11, 2017. Suzanne Cordeiro for American-Statesman Australia’s Courtney Barnett and Philadelphia’s Kurt Vile have been two of...
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Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie share songs new and old at Bass...
Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie perform at Bass Concert Hall on November 15, 2017. Scott Moore for American-Statesman Three songs into Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie’s performance at...
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Shawn Colvin brings it all back home for a memorable tour-ending concert
Shawn Colvin performing at the Paramount Theatre on Monday, November 20, 2017. Scott Moore for American-Statesman “There are backstories to these songs,” Shawn Colvin noted as she finished “The Facts...
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Dan Auerbach breaks from the Black Keys mold in revelatory ACL taping
Dan Auerbach and his band tape an episode of “Austin City Limits” at ACL Live on Monday, November 27, 2017. KLRU-TV/Austin City Limits/Scott Newton One of the best success stories in 21st-century...
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Dead & Company dig extra deep into past in rare Austin show
Much has changed in Austin since the Grateful Dead last played here in 1985. And much has changed about the band. The most obvious is the death of its leader, Jerry Garcia, 20 years later. After a...
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SIMS Foundation benefit salutes the sounds of Austin’s 1970s ‘cosmic cowboy’...
Hundreds of Austin music benefactors gathered Saturday night at Emo’s for a high-dollar but down-home fundraiser for the SIMS Foundation, which helps local musicians and their families receive mental...
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She said/he said: Lady Gaga, pop’s superhero, saves Austin’s day
Take our hands, Joanne. Pop superstar Lady Gaga packed a sold-out Frank Erwin Center in Austin on Tuesday as part of her Joanne World Tour. Sparkly spectacle? Sure. Life-affirming tearjerker?...
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Randy Newman shows 32 reasons why he’s an American treasure at Paramount show
Paramount Theatre marquee for Randy Newman’s concert on Sunday, December 10, 2017. JAY JANNER / AMERICAN-STATESMAN It doesn’t take long for Randy Newman to make an impression. Ambling onto the stage...
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How much does Austin miss George Reiff? Two dozen acts testify in 5-hour show
From chart-toppers and Grammy winners to club-level touring acts to local standbys who rarely play outside of Austin, the performers who took the stage on Sunday evening at Emo’s had one thing in...
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Willie Nelson brings the family for a New Year’s cheer at ACL Live
Willie Nelson with his Family band at ACL Live on Friday, December 29, 2017. Suzanne Cordeiro for American-Statesman Oh, to be in Austin when New Year’s Eve is here. There’s no more ideal way to spend...
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Alejandro Escovedo revisits a classic album and remembers friends at ACL Live
Alejandro Escovedo at ACL Live on Saturday, January 13, 2018. Suzanne Cordeiro for American-Statesman Midway through introducing the dozen-plus musicians onstage with him near the end of the first set...
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From Mancini to Cobain: 2Cellos knows no bounds at Erwin Center
Stjepan Hauser, left, and Luka Sulic of the Croatian-Slovenian duo 2Cellos perform at the Erwin Center on January 18, 2018. Suzanne Cordeiro for American-Statesman You get a little bit of everything at...
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Review: And in that Austin moment, I swear Bon Iver was infinite
Call it close encounters of the bearded kind, or call it a UFO touching down from Wisconsin. But whatever you call Bon Iver’s live show, call it beautiful. Bon Iver at ACL Live on Saturday, Jan. 20,...
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Review: Please, Dream Syndicate, don’t stay away so long next time
By Wes Eichenwald, special to the American-Statesman After a three-month, 40-city tour of Europe and the US behind their first new album in nearly three decades — 2017’s “How Did I Find Myself Here?” —...
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Review: Everyone’s welcome at Brockhampton’s Austin house party
Who says boy bands can’t be activists? Pop ensemble Brockhampton performed 90 minutes and 20-plus songs of spastic, adored choruses Saturday night at a sold-out Emo’s before a herd of stampeding...
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