'Austin City Limits' broadcasts return in 2023 with Hall of Fame specials, Spoon, more

Deborah Sengupta Stith, Austin American-Statesman
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"Austin City Limits," the acclaimed and long-running music television series that helped put our city on the map, returns to the airwaves to close out its 48th season in January.

For the first time, the show's annual Hall of Fame broadcast will be broken into two hour-long episodes. The new season will kick off Jan. 7 with an all-star tribute to Sheryl Crow, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in October. A second episode featuring Joe Ely, this year's other inductee, will close out the season on Feb. 25.

Brandi Carlile, Jason Isbell, Brittney Spencer and Lucius’ Jess Wolfe will all pay tribute to Crow while the Flatlanders, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock, Rodney Crowell and Marcia Ball will honor Ely.

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In between the two Hall of Fame episodes, the show will broadcast episodes featuring the War on Drugs, Pavement, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats, and Adia Victoria.

The season will also feature the fifth taping by Austin indie rock heavyweights Spoon, who were nominated for their first Grammy award last month.

Adrian Quesada, who has appeared on the show multiple times, most recently with his band Black Pumas, will make his first solo appearance at the show. For his taping, Quesada brought an ensemble of stellar vocalists from across the Latin diaspora to recreate his incredible 2022 release "Boleros Psicodélicos." Natalia Clavier, iLe, Girl Ultra and Clemente Castillo are among the artists who will appear with Quesada in the episode.

The rest of the 48th season schedule for 'Austin City Limits' on KLRU

Jan. 7: Austin City Limits Eighth Annual Hall of Fame Honors Sheryl Crow

Jan. 14: Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats/ Adia Victoria

Jan. 21: Adrian Quesada Boleros Psicodélicos

Jan. 28: The War On Drugs

Singer and songwriter Adia Victoria performs Oct. 3 during an "Austin City Limits" taping at ACL Live. Her episode premieres Jan. 14 on KLRU and participating PBS stations.
Singer and songwriter Adia Victoria performs Oct. 3 during an "Austin City Limits" taping at ACL Live. Her episode premieres Jan. 14 on KLRU and participating PBS stations.

Feb. 4: Pavement

Feb. 11: Maren Morris

Feb. 18: Spoon

Feb. 25: Austin City Limits Eighth Annual Hall of Fame Honors Joe Ely

This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: 'ACL' will close season 48 with Sheryl Crow, Spoon, War on Drugs, more

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