Nancy Rankin Escovedo
Austin rock & roll institution Alejandro Escovedo continues reinventing his songbook with the Electric Saints, a bassless trio featuring keyboardist Scott Danbom and drummer Mark Henne. Following 2024’s Echo Dancing, which radically reimagined material spanning his decades-long career, Escovedo brought this stripped-down, experimental configuration to the Continental Club for three nights, captured on this year’s live South Congress Serenade. His forthcoming studio album, My Ego Broke My Fall, was produced by Britt Daniel of Spoon and Charlie Sexton. Friday’s hometown engagement finds Austin’s greatest musical ambassador bringing his restless musical imagination to the Eastside’s Central Machine Works. – Tim Stegall