Alejandro Escovedo Announces New Album ‘Echo Dancing,” Shares Reworked Track “Bury Me”

Photo credit: Nancy Rankin Escovedo

Alejandro Escovedo returns to explore “one of the most fascinating paths in music” (NPR Music) on Echo Dancing – a career-spanning collection that’s less a look back than a bold new turn for this sonic adventurer and singular creative mind. Completely reinventing and re-recording his previous work – with inspiration from Brian Eno and Judy Nylon and Suicide – Escovedo traces a one-of-a-kind musical life from 70s New York punk to Austin’s “musical conscience and hometown hero” (NPR Alt Latino) to unflinching advocate for musicians’ mental health and immigrant causes. With the announcement of Echo Dancing – out March 29 via Yep Roc Records – Escovedo has also shared a scorching reimagining of “Bury Me,” a song he first wrote in the early 90s contemplating what would happen if he “should die before he turns 43″…fittingly it’s released today, on his 73rd birthday.

“I was planning this record just prior to boarding a plane to Italy to record with [co-producers] Don Antonio and Nicola Peruch, ” says Escovedo. “My original idea was to record an album of new material. But then I changed my mind and thought that revisiting songs from my various albums would be more interesting. I always feel that a well-written song can withstand a lot of abuse. Turning a past song inside out leads to discovery of new ideas you might not have understood. The songs never seem to be complete. They are always evolving.”

To celebrate the announcement of Echo Dancing, Escovedo will play an Austin homecoming show with many special guests at The Moody Theater on January 27 – as well as additional Texas dates in Fort Worth (Feb 9 at The Post) and Hico (Feb 10 at Hico Hall). Later in 2024 he’ll bring the new album on a full US tour, with more details to be announced soon.

ECHO DANCING TRACKLIST