Alejandro Escovedo at Infinity Hall

February 28 | Infinity Hall, Norfolk, CT | 8pm

On February 28, Alejandro Escovedo brings his "Echo Dancing" tour to Infinity Hall Norfolk, revisiting songs from across his four-decade career in newly reimagined forms. The performance supports his recent album Echo Dancing, an ambitious project in which Escovedo records fresh, reshaped versions of earlier material—treating his own catalog not as fixed history but as living landscape he's welcome to stroll through as he wishes.

As Escovedo has put it, “a well-written song can withstand a lot of abuse.” On Echo Dancing, he turns past compositions “inside out,” reworking arrangements and even revisiting lyrics to uncover dimensions that may have been latent in earlier recordings. The album was recorded in Italy with collaborators Don Antonio and Nicola Peruch, a move intended to open “the creative eye” through geographic and sonic dislocation. The result is neither retrospective nor nostalgic; rather, it is an exercise in artistic continuity, reframing songs like “Bury Me” and “Castañuelas” with new tonal palettes and interpretive weight.

Escovedo’s Norfolk appearance situates that project within the broader arc of a career that has consistently defied categorization. Born in Texas to a Mexican immigrant father, he moved through first-wave punk with The Nuns in San Francisco, the late-1970s New York scene with Judy Nylon, the Austin roots underground with Rank & File and True Believers, and into a long solo career that helped shape the contours of what would become Americana. In 1998, No Depression named him Artist of the Decade, but Escovedo’s trajectory has remained restlessly forward-leaning, marked by collaborations, theatrical projects, and stylistic reinvention.

Doors open at 7pm. Show begins at 8pm.