Los Lonely Boys

The essence of Forgiven, the gripping third album by Texas trio Los Lonely Boys? "Familia! That's what I think it represents. Three brothers. True American spirit - or Texican spirit." It's as simple as that, says guitarist Henry Garza of the artistic and emotional breakthrough achieved by him and his siblings, bass player Jojo and drummer Ringo Jr. From the bluesy groove of the opening song "Heart Won't Tell a Lie" through the yearning plea of the title song, the heartfelt faith of "Love Don't Care About Me" and a rollicking version of the Steve Winwood/Spencer Davis Group chestnut "I'm a Man," Los Lonely Boys has fully realized the potential shown as its first two studio albums, the multi-platinum 2003 debut Los Lonely Boys and 2006's Sacred (a No. 2 arrival on the Billboard albums chart), made the Texas trio one of the most beloved and acclaimed new arrivals in rock. Each of the three reaches new levels in their playing and singing, Henry and Jojo alternating lead duties and all three joining in both the group musical dynamics and vocal harmonies that can only come with genetic bonds. And there are some new turns as well, including Ringo's recording debut as a lead singer on the song "Superman." Powered by passion and true brotherly love, Forgiven is in every note a rock 'n' roll classic.
Alejandro Escovedo's Real Animal, his second Back Porch/Manhattan Records album and 10th overall, forms an autobiography in song that traces his musical journey through a life of loving and playing rock'n'roll. Produced by Tony Visconti, whose legendary work with David Bowie and T. Rex are touchstones for Escovedo, making Visconti the quintessential producer for Escovedo's most definitive album to date. In a career marked by almost unequaled critical acclaim for music that places him "in a genre all his own," (Rolling Stone Magazine), Real Animal is a paramount work that tells his musical and personal story in a fashion that is revelatory, affecting and utterly effective. The music and the songs - in basically chronological rather than playing order here - speak better and more eloquently for him than anything else.
Pigeonhole Carrie Rodriguez at your peril. Sure, she's done a lot of duets. She plays a fiddle. (a mean one at that.) She's recorded songs with a pleasing, folksy twang. But don't think you know what you're getting. Not yet 30, and with a critically-acclaimed solo record and several well-received duet records in her wake, the classically trained singer/songwriter has just begun flexing her artistic muscles, still figuring out how far her talents will take her. If you're looking for someone playing it safe and sticking to tried-and-true ways of music making, as the title of Rodriguez's daring new album aptly states, She Ain't ME.Long before Carrie Rodriguez was a fiddle-toting, mandoguitar-slinging Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter, she was a junior violin student in Austin, Texas, absorbing the influences of an opera-obsessed mom and folk-singing dad.
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