Austin City LimitsFor all of our fans who can’t join us for the Jesse & Joy taping on Monday, June 17 at 8 pm CST we’re happy to tell you that we will be livestreaming the show on our ACL TV YouTube channel. Subscribe to our channel and join us for an evening with Mexico City’s favorite pop rock siblings. We’re excited to present this show to the duo’s fans around the world. See you then!
Are you a fan of our Behind the Scenes videos? You know, those clips we post that show what really goes on during an ACL TV taping – like this and this. Those are made by our fantastic videographer Jonathan Jackson, and he has a slightly different idea for our next show. For this Friday’s taping with Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell, we want to show our viewers what a taping looks like from YOUR perspective – as a member of our passionate and enthusiastic audience. For this piece we want to showcase someone who’s been a fan of ACL for a long time, someone who could even share memories from the original studio back at KLRU. And of course, being a big fan of Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell is essential!
If this sounds like you, and you’re willing to get here at 6:30pm this Friday, be videotaped and share some great stories about ACLTV, then email us at acl(at)klru.org and tell us why you think you’re the right person for the job. Be prepared to bring someone equally as passionate for the evening because If we pick you, we’ll give you two passes to the taping and fifteen minutes of fame. Email us by Thursday at 10am Central time to be considered!
From a number four album in his native U.K. to an opening slot on Mumford & Sons’ U.S. tour, Michael Kiwanuka has already quite a career arc. Now the 26-year-old singer/songwriter can add his first ACL taping to his resumé. “This is a real honor to do this show, to play Austin and do Austin City Limits,” he said at the top of the show, “So we’re gonna have as good a time as we can.”
Kiwanuka and his three-piece band opened with a new song, a breeze of 70s-style folky soul called “If You’d Dare.” From there he launched into the dazzling “Tell Me a Tale,” the groovy opening track of his debut album Home Again. Kiwanuka then went for a mellower vibe, essaying the countryish folk of “Always Waiting” and the Bill Withers-like “Worry Walks Beside Me,” the sweet folk pop of “I’m Getting Ready” and the mellow balladry of “Rest.” He shone a light on one of his other influences, Jimi Hendrix, with a perfect take on the pioneering guitarist’s pretty “May This Be Love.” Kiwanuka also stripped down to just himself and his guitar for the Tin Pan Alley pop of “Any Day Will Do Fine,” the brand new anthem-in-waiting “Running Through the Alleys” and the brooding darkness of Townes Van Zandt’s “Waiting ‘Round to Die.”
After bringing in the black clouds of Van Zandt, Kiwanuka brought the band back on for his radio hit “Home Again,” a jazzy pop tune that’s almost a lullaby. The quartet brought the house down with the funky pop/soul grooves of “I’ll Get Along,” waving to a crowd that definitely wanted more. Kiwanuka gave it to them, though not in the way he originally intended. Though the plan was for he and bassist Pete Randall to play the single “Lasan,” a call for “Bones” by an enthusiastic crowd member found Kiwanuka calling guitarist Miles James and drummer Graham Godfrey back onstage to acquiesce. The upbeat, jazzy groove ended up being the perfect way to end the evening.
Michael Kiwanuka made a striking debut on our stage. Tune in this fall to see the greatness for yourselves.
* giveaway is now over
Austin City Limits will be taping a performance by Jesse & Joy on Monday, June 17th, at 8 pm at ACL Live at The Moody Theater (310 W. 2nd Street, Willie Nelson Blvd). We will be giving away a limited number of space available passes to this taping. Enter your name and email address on the below form by 9 am Thursday, June 13th.
Passes are not transferable and cannot be sold. Standing may be required.
No photography, recording or cell phone use in the studio.
* Giveaway is now over
Austin City Limits will be taping a performance by Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell on Friday, June 14th, at 8 pm at ACL Live at The Moody Theater (310 W. 2nd Street, Willie Nelson Blvd). We will be giving away a limited number of space available passes to this taping. Enter your name and email address on the below form by 9 am Wednesday, June 12th.
Passes are not transferable and cannot be sold. Standing may be required.
No photography, recording or cell phone use in the studio.
When it comes to reggae, Jimmy Cliff, whose ACL episode encores this weekend, is indisputably one of the greats. He first found fame as a teenager, with a string of hit singles in his native Jamaica. By the late 60s, reggae was spreading beyond the borders of his birthplace and Cliff became one of its first international stars with “Wonderful World, Beautiful People” and “Vietnam,” which Bob Dylan called “the best protest song I’ve ever heard.” In 1972 Cliff starred in the acclaimed film The Harder They Come, writing and singing the hit title song. Other Cliff compositions like “Many Rivers to Cross” and “You Can Get It If You Really Want” have also become often-covered, much-loved reggae standards. Cliff continues to record and tour all over the world, collaborating with Sting, the Clash’s Joe Strummer, Kool & the Gang, Wyclef Jean and the Rolling Stones along the way. As popular now as he ever was, Jimmy Cliff is the face of reggae, as you’ll see for yourself this Saturday – check your local PBS listings for the broadcast time and channel.
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