Austin City Limits is thrilled to announce the first taping of 2020—the opening salvo of our new Season 46: UK country soul sensation Yola making her ACL debut on February 4, 2020. The breakout British phenom recently racked up four 2020 Grammy® nominations, including a coveted Best New Artist nod, alongside top honors in the Americana category, including Best Americana Album for her excellent 2019 debut Walk Through Fire, and both Best American Roots Song and Best American Roots Performance for the album’s “Faraway Look”.
Produced by ACL three-timer Dan Auerbach, Walk Through Fire is a career-defining and genre-bending release from one of the most exciting emerging acts in music today. Yola’s arresting vocals captivate with sincere tales of heartache and loves lost, forgotten, and broken. Released on Nashville’s Easy Eye Sound, the album earned widespread critical acclaim from national press including The New York Times, Vogue, Rolling Stone and NPR, with The Los Angeles Times raving, “British, black and bold, Yola is shaking up American roots music”. Yola counts none other than Sir Elton John as a major fan, with the music icon hailing the singer-songwriter “as one of his favourite rising stars.”
Known for show-stopping live performances, Yola’s 2019 highlights include standout appearances at Glastonbury, Newport Folk Festival, SXSW and Farm Aid. She has shared the stage this past year with Dolly Parton, Mavis Staples, Kacey Musgraves, The Killers, Sheryl Crow and Brandi Carlile, and is currently opening for Chris Stapleton on multiple U.S. tour dates. We’re thrilled to welcome Yola to the ACL stage following her Grammy® Awards debut on January 26, 2020.
Want to be part of our audience? We will post information on how to get free passes about a week prior to the taping. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for notice of postings. The broadcast episode will air this fall on PBS as part of our upcoming Season 46.
Austin City Limits is happy to announce the fifth edition of Bloody Mary Morning, our annual feel-good, barn-burner of a party during South By Southwest. On Thursday, March 17, starting at 10 a.m., enjoy performances by Eleanor Friedberger, Joseph, Margaret Glaspy, Eliot Sumner, The Heavy, Thao & the Get Down Stay Down and Caveman. Even better, you can listen to music while enjoying free (while supplies last!) Bloody Marys from Tito’s Vodka and breakfast tacos from Tacodeli. This year’s Bloody Mary Morning takes place at GSD&M and is brought to you by our friends People Pattern, ATX Seed Ventures, Rambler On, Shiner, New Musical Express and, of course, KLRU-TV, Austin PBS.
You don’t need to be a SXSW badgeholder to attend – Bloody Mary Morning is free and open to the public. You can RSVP here.
You have likely heard the news that the City of Austin has cancelled all SXSW events for March, 2020.
While we were looking forward to enjoying another great “Bloody Mary Morning” with you, we must follow the lead of the City and cancel our event for this year. We are committed to do our part to help protect our staff, attendees, partners, and the artists who were scheduled to perform.
We look forward to seeing you next year!
All the best,
Tom Gimbel General Manager Austin City Limits
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Join Austin City Limits and Austin PBS, KLRU-TV at the 9th Annual Bloody Mary Morning during SXSW on Thursday, March 19 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m in the GSD&M backyard.
We’re thrilled to be presenting music from some of music’s most buzzed-about acts from the U.S. and beyond: Nashville soul singer Devon Gilfillian, British country rock band Honey Harper, L.A. tapping guitar virtuoso and Tiny Desk Concert contest winner Naia Izumi, Kalamazoo rising indie pop star Michigander, Cuban alternative rockers Sweet Lizzy Project and veteran indie pop rockers and Indiana natives Houndmouth.
As always, we’ll be serving free (while supplies last!) bloody marys from Tito’s Vodka and Bloody Revolution, and craft beer courtesy of Brown Distributing. This year Tacodeli will be vending and various food trucks will be on site. Stop by the Austin PBS booth for a chance to score some swag and more! Bloody Mary Morning is brought to you by our friends at AXS and Music.com.
You don’t need to be a SXSW badge-holder to attend and admittance is free but we do require an RSVP – subject, as always, to capacity. We hope you can join us!
Austin City Limits announces additional guest performers for the 2015 ACL Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Thursday, June 18th. Americana original Lyle Lovett and acoustic duo Gillian Welch join previously announced performers: country legend Vince Gill, acclaimed singer-songwriter Jason Isbell, multi-platinum country artist Patty Loveless, British singer-songwriter Laura Marling, Los Lobos frontman David Hidalgo, GRAMMY-winning conjunto band Los Texmaniacs and Texas singer-songwriter JT Van Zandt. Hosted by multiple GRAMMY Award-winning country star Dwight Yoakam, who will also perform, the celebration honors the second class of inductees with one-of-a-kind music performances and tributes, as five trailblazing artists are inducted: Asleep at the Wheel, Loretta Lynn, Guy Clark, Flaco Jiménez and Townes Van Zandt.
All-star guest presenters will handle induction honors in what is sure to be a memorable night: Vince Gill will induct Western swing institution Asleep at the Wheel, Lyle Lovett inducts fellow Texan Guy Clark, Dwight Yoakam inducts master Tex-Mex accordionist Flaco Jiménez, and Gillian Welch is set to honor songwriting hero Townes Van Zandt. Country icon Loretta Lynn will accept her honor in a special video for the occasion. Inductees Asleep at the Wheel and Flaco Jiménez will also perform at the ceremony. Renowned steel guitarist and producer Lloyd Maines, inducted last year into the ACL Hall of Fame, returns as Music Director, leading an Austin all-star house band.
photo by Mark Seliger
The event is open to the public this year and will take place at ACL’s studio home, Austin’s ACL Live at the Moody Theater. A limited number of tickets are available at acltv.com/hall-of-fame. Musical highlights and inductions from the ceremony will be broadcast in a special episode as part of ACL’s Season 41 which premieres in the fall on PBS.
Austin City Limits is proud to announce the first tapings of our upcoming Season 42 with three incredible artists taking the stage: rock & roll legend Iggy Pop in his long-awaited ACL debut, the debut of international sensation Natalia Lafourcade and the return of one of rock’s finest bands, My Morning Jacket.
The godfather of punk makes his inaugural appearance on the ACL stage March 15th on the eve of his surprise new release Post Pop Depression, out March 18th. Conceived in partnership with Queens of the Stone Age leader Josh Homme, a two-time ACL veteran who also produced the album, Post Pop Depression was recorded in secret in Palm Desert, CA with a vibe described as “Detroit meets Palm Desert by way of old Berlin.” The result is the successor to the legacy of Iggy’s immortal 1977 double-shot of The Idiot and Lust For Life. In their first-ever full-set live performance, Iggy and Homme take the ACL stage ahead of a SXSW appearance and a select run of one-time-only live shows. Bringing the new songs to life alongside classics spanning Iggy’s storied career, the pair will be joined by the Homme-assembled powerhouse band that recorded Post Pop Depression – including Homme’s QOTSA bandmate and Dead Weather-man Dean Fertita and Arctic Monkeys’ Matt Helders – fleshed out with touring members QOTSA’s Troy Van Leeuwen and Chavez’ Matt Sweeney. We’re thrilled to welcome the one and only Iggy Pop on March 15, just three days before the release of Post Pop Depression.
Singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade is one of Mexico’s biggest music stars. Her infectious mix of pop, rock, folk and bossa nova has earned her multiple chart-topping albums and Grammy award nominations. The daughter of French-Chilean musician Gastón Lafourcade, the Coatepec native began making music as a child. At the age of nineteen, she released her acclaimed self-titled debut which went to #1 on the Mexican charts and earned her first Latin Grammy nomination. Her latest LP Hasta La Raíz, hailed “her most profound and enduring statement” by the Village Voice, also reached #1, thanks to what AllMusic calls “extremely well-written songs in the grand romantic Latin American tradition…but with a contemporary perspective.” The title track won three Latin Grammys for Record, Song and Alternative Song of the Year, and the album is currently nominated for a 2016 Grammy for Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album. Please welcome Natalia Lafourcade to her debut ACL performance on March 23.
photo by Danny Clinch
My Morning Jacket are old friends of Austin City Limits. Not only has the band been featured twice, in 2006 and 2008, but dynamic leader Jim James has appeared four additional times, as a solo headliner, with Monsters of Folk and as a special guest of Bright Eyes and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. For their first collective appearance in eight years, the eclectic Kentucky group focus on material recorded for their most recent album The Waterfall, which the New York Times called “a consolidation of the band’s strengths” and Salon hailed as “the Louisville band’s best, most ambitious and most nuanced effort in more than a decade.” Expect plenty of wide-ranging alternative rock from veterans My Morning Jacket on May 2.
Want to be part of our audience? We will post information on how to get free passes about a week before the taping. Follow us on Facebook andTwitter for notice of postings.
Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo on Austin City Limits, 2023. Photo by Scott Newton.
Iconic television seriesAustin City Limits (ACL) proudly announces the second half of Season 49, with eight new episodes that begin airing in January 2024 as part of the esteemed program’s fourteen-episode season. ACL returns with a stellar slate of all-new broadcast episodes, showcasing electric performances that feature some of today’s most talked-about live acts including several recent Grammy Award nominees. As a bonus preview of the season, ACL is thrilled to offer fans everywhere the one-time-only opportunity to stream Grammy Best New Artist nominee Noah Kahan’s Austin City Limits 16-song taping in its entirety on December 13 at 8pm CT/9pm ET on ACLTV’s YouTube Channel ahead of Kahan’s broadcast debut on the legendary series premiering February 10, 2024. The program returns on Saturday, January 13, 2024 at 7pm CT/8pm ET with a special broadcast: Austin City Limits 9th Annual Hall of Fame Honors John Prine,saluting the late singer-songwriter with an all-star slate; a special companion Hall of Fame hour salutes fellow inductee Trisha Yearwood and will close out Season 49 on March 2. The Peabody Award-winning program, produced by Austin PBS and recorded live at ACL’s studio home ACL Live in Austin, Texas, continues its extraordinary run as the longest-running music television show in history. ACL provides viewers a front-row seat to the best in live performance for 49 years as this American music institution nears a remarkable half-century milestone in 2024. Willie Nelson taped the pilot episode in 1974 and the trailblazing series premiered in 1975. Stay tuned for news on special concerts, fan events and activations as Austin City Limits salutes an incredible legacy of 50 golden years of American musical history and iconic performances. ACL airs weekly on PBS stations nationwide (check local listings) and full episodes are made available to stream online at pbs.org/austincitylimits following the initial broadcast.
Alanis Morissette on Austin City Limits, 2023. Photo by Scott Newton.
Since the inaugural 2014 ACL Hall of Fame honoring Willie Nelson and Stevie Ray Vaughan, the music-filled salutes have become fan-favorites. Austin City Limits takes viewers inside this year’s celebration with a pair of deep-dive presentations from this year’s Inductions, recorded live in Austin, Texas on October 26, 2023. The special installments, Austin City Limits 9th Annual Hall of Fame Honors, will bookend the second half of the season and salute newly-minted inductees John Prine and Trisha Yearwood with separate hours that showcase each artist’s Hall of Fame tribute, featuring musical performances, along with extended highlights including induction speeches and vintage clips from the honorees’ multiple appearances on Austin City Limits.
The first HOF episode premieres January 13 at 7pm CT/8pm ET, toasting the late singer-songwriter John Prine. Actor Ethan Hawke inducts the beloved icon as music greats Tyler Childers, Valerie June, Tommy Prine, Nathaniel Rateliff, Allison Russell and Kurt Vile salute the celebrated artist in a must-see hour featuring exclusive ACL musical collaborations alongside highlights from Prine’s nine appearances on the ACL stage. Rounding out Season 49 on March 2 at 7pm CT/8pm ET is a Hall of Fame tribute to country superstar Trisha Yearwood, Austin City Limits 9th Annual Hall of Fame Honors Trisha Yearwood, with Don Henley handling induction honors and musical salutes featuring Henley, Brandy Clark, Ronnie Dunn, Jo Dee Messina and Brothers Osborne along with vintage clips from Yearwood’s four classic ACL appearances.
Season 49 continues in January with a diverse slate spotlighting multiple 2024 Grammy nominees: Five-time Grammy Award-winning innovator Robert Glasper, newly-nominated for a pair of 2024 Grammy Awards, brings his celebrated Black Radio series to life on the ACL stage joined by a trio of multiple Grammy-nominated and Grammy-winning special guests, including R&B singers Emily King and Yebba, along with rapper D Smoke; sharing the hour is eclectic, next-generation jazz duo DOMi and JD BECK, nominated for a 2023 Best New Artist Grammy, making their ACL debut with songs from their debut Not Tight.
Noah Kahan on Austin City Limits, 2023. Photo by Scott Newton.
Breakout Vermont singer-songwriter Noah Kahan, nominated for a 2024 Best New Artist Grammy, makes a highly-anticipated debut on the ACL stage with songs from his acclaimed Stick Season; sharing the hour is the groundbreaking all-female mariachi act Flor de Toloache, with numbers from their 2024 Grammy-nominated album Motherflower. A season highlight is the long-awaited comeback, after nearly four decades, of country icon and Texas native Tanya Tucker for a must-see performance of career classics and new gems from her Sweet Western Sound; sharing the hour is country breakout Brittney Spencer with selections from her upcoming debut My Stupid Life.
ACL spotlights a number of popular acts with career-spanning hours: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame legends Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo make their first-ever appearance on the series with an epic hour of classic rock highlights with the hitmakers showcasing gems from across their career; modern rock superstar Alanis Morissette makes her ACL debut with an hour of classics in an ecstatic live performance; ACL Hall of Fame icon Bonnie Raitt returns for the first time in a decade with a selection of favorites and highlights from her triple 2023 Grammy-winning album Just Like That… in a sterling new hour.
Flor de Toloache on Austin City Limits, 2023. Photo by Scott Newton.
“‘Eclectic’ doesn’t even begin to describe the kaleidoscopic mix of music that fills our 49th season from top to bottom,” says ACL executive producer Terry Lickona. “From Rock and Roll Hall of Famers to today’s avante-garde and the best of their genres, you’ll be able to enjoy some favorites and discover some new ones at the same time.”
Season 49 Broadcast Schedule (Second Half):
January 13Austin City Limits 9th Annual Hall of Fame Honors John Prine
January 20Robert Glasper | DOMi and JD BECK
January 27Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo
February 3Tanya Tucker | Brittney Spencer
February 10Noah Kahan | Flor de Toloache
February 17 Alanis Morissette
February 24Bonnie Raitt
March 2Austin City Limits 9th Annual Hall of Fame Honors Trisha Yearwood
Trisha Yearwood and Don Henley at the 2023 ACL Hall of Fame. Photo courtesy of Austin City Limits.
ACL’s Season 49 launched in October 2023 with an unprecedented season premiere featuring guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela joined by the Austin Symphony Orchestra. The first half of the season featured ACL debuts from breakout artists including indie-pop trio MUNA, rap star Lil Yachty, violinist and singer-songwriter Sudan Archives, next-generation bluegrass star Molly Tuttle and her band Golden Highway, current Grammy nominees for Best Bluegrass Album, and Latin music powerhouse Jorge Drexler in an all-Spanish language hour. ACL shone a spotlight on singer-songwriters with the return of country standout Margo Price, indie favorite Jenny Lewis and showcased newly-minted triple Grammy nominees Jason Isbell and his band The 400 Unit in a revelatory hour. Rounding out the first half of Season 49 was the return of rock superstars Foo Fighters, currently nominated for a trio of 2024 Grammys, carving their name in ACL history yet again in an epic hour.
Watch new episodes live, stream online, or download the PBS App. Viewers can visit acltv.com for news regarding upcoming Season 50 tapings, live streams and episode schedules or by following ACL on Facebook, Twitter, IG and TikTok.Fans can also browse the ACL YouTube channel for exclusive songs, behind-the-scenes videos and full-length artist interviews.
Austin City Limits
Austin City Limits (ACL) offers viewers unparalleled access to featured acts in an intimate setting that provides a platform for artists to deliver inspired, memorable, full-length performances. Now in its 49th Season, the program is taped live before a concert audience from The Moody Theater in downtown Austin. Austin City Limits is the longest-running music series in television history and remains the only TV series to ever be awarded the National Medal of Arts. Since its inception, the groundbreaking music series has become an institution that’s helped secure Austin’s reputation as the Live Music Capital of the World. The historic Austin PBS Studio 6A, home to 36 years of ACL concerts, has been designated an official Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Landmark. In 2011, ACL moved to the new venue ACL Live at The Moody Theater in downtown Austin. ACL received a rare institutional Peabody Award for excellence and outstanding achievement in 2012. ACL celebrates 50 years as an American music institution in 2024. Austin City Limits is produced by Austin PBS and funding is provided in part by Dell Technologies, the Austin Convention Center Department, Cirrus Logic and AXS Ticketing. Additional funding is provided by the Friends of Austin City Limits. Learn more about Austin City Limits, programming and history at acltv.com.
