He likes Doing It. He Likes Being It: The Overseer of The Architecture of Songs - “I Wanted To Be A Filmmaker Anyway” - Alejandro Escovedo on Trump, his new album, overcoming “That Disease” and then the songs, the music, the influence of his famil

Alejandro Escovedo is a songwriter’s songwriter – people like Elvis Costello, Lucinda Williams and Bob Dylan reference him among their favourites – not only that, he has backstory that would make you want to get on board anyway. Maybe even if his own music wasn’t super-great, which it is and has been across the last quarter-century. His enviable talent …