NOW STREAMING: Alejandro Escovedo – “Castañuelas”
New single from his forthcoming album Echo Dancing
“Castañuelas,” Alejandro Escovedo’s radical reimagining of his beloved song “Castanets,” is now streaming worldwide. The track is the newest single from Alejandro’s upcoming album, Echo Dancing, releasing worldwide on March 29.
Of “Castañuelas,” Escovedo says: “In 2019 we discovered a movie called Ya No Estoy Aqui which is a film about kids enamored with cumbia. They created a way to slow down the rhythm to create new dances in the community built around this music…much in the same way dub music was created. When I chose “Castanets” as a song for the record; I showed Don Antonio and Nicola Peruch this movie and I proceeded to play a riff and a little skank and they joined in for us to create “Castañuelas.” It’s not a pure cumbia but a dub cumbia. Cheers!”
Pre-order Echo Dancing on 2xLP and CD
The first 500 pre-orders via Bandcamp includes a limited edition postcard signed by Alejandro!
The vinyl 2xLP is pressed on gold vinyl and limited to 2,000 copies!
See Alejandro Escovedo on tour!
March 29 – Austin, TX – Antone’s * (Echo Dancing Release Show)
April 4 – Athens, GA – 40 Watt Club *
April 5 – Asheville, NC – Salvage Station *
April 6 – Raleigh, NC – The Pour House Music Hall *
April 7 – Richmond, VA – The Tin Pan *
April 10 – Homer, NY – Homer Center for the Arts *
April 12 – Sellersville, PA – The Sellersville Theater *
April 13 – Boston, MA – City Winery *
April 14 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom *
April 17 – Toronto, ON – Horseshoe Tavern *
April 19 – Kalamazoo, MI – Bell’s Back Room *
April 20 – Bloomington, IL – The Castle Theatre *
April 21 – Three Oaks, MI – The Acorn *
April 23 – Milwaukee, WI – Vivarium *
April 25 – Berwyn, IL – Fitzgerald’s Nightclub * (SOLD OUT)
April 26 – Madison, WI – Barrymore Theatre *
April 27 – Minneapolis, MN – The Dakota *
April 29 – Berwyn, IL – Fitzgerald’s Nightclub *
April 30 – Iowa City, IA – The Englert Theater *
May 2 – St. Louis, MO – City Winery*
May 3 – Nashville, TN – CMA Theater*
May 4 – Little Rock, AR – White Water Tavern * (SOLD OUT)
May 5 – Dallas, TX – The Kessler Theater *
May 31 – San Antonio, TX – Stable Hall ^
Jun 1 – Houston, TX – The Heights Theater ^
Sep 11 – Vienna, VA – Wolf Trap #
* with Scott Danbom, Mark Henne, & James Mastro + support set from James Mastro
^ with Scott Danbom, Mark Henne
# supporting Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
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