San Antonio native Alejandro Escovedo co-hosts the latest installment of Latin Roots, in which he discusses the Latin character of his hometown's music since the 1950s. Escovedo's prolific rock music has always had strong Latin influences as a result of the time he spent listening to his parents' records.
Originally published on Thu August 9, 2012 2:32 pm
Alejandro Escovedo has played virtually every kind of rock 'n' roll there is to play, from punk to orchestral to country, during a career dating back to the 1970s.
The indie-folk duo Vandaveer's first appearance on Mountain Stage, recorded on the campus of West Virginia University in Morgantown, features vocalist Rose Guerin joining singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Charles Heidinger, who also occasionally plays bass for These United States.
For the L.A. band Lord Huron, there's far more to music than merely playing sweetly summery, rhythmically inventive pop. There's also an air of mystery: a desire to tell stories, play with identities and craft visuals to complement its sounds. The bouncy "Time to Run" is a tremendously ingratiating song, but the band's video piles on new dimensions to make it that much richer.
