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Street Songs of Love (Bonus Track Version) by Alejandro Escovedo reviewed by rollingstone — 7.0/10 | Wavelength | Wavelength

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Street Songs of Love (Bonus Track Version)

Item: Street Songs of Love (Bonus Track Version)
Rating: 7
Author: rollingstone

Alejandro Escovedo (2009)

7.0/ 10

“Alejandro Escovedo is a classicist, weaned on punk verities, schooled in American roots music. Now pushing 60, he's making some of the fiercest music of his career. His latest evokes Eighties heartland rock: "Anchor" feels like a long-lost radio hit; Ian Hunter adds scruffed harmony on "Down in the Bowery," and Bruce Springsteen duets on […]”

Alejandro Escovedo is a classicist, weaned on punk verities, schooled in American roots music. Now pushing 60, he's making some of the fiercest music of his career. His latest evokes Eighties heartland rock: "Anchor" feels like a long-lost radio hit; Ian Hunter adds scruffed harmony on "Down in the Bowery," and Bruce Springsteen duets on "Faith," a swaggering New York Dolls-ish rocker about rock & roll survival, something the two men know a bit about.