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Austin City Limits
B.B. King
Season 8
Episode 5
“B.B. King personified blues music for the whole world...He was larger than life, but a gentle man with a kind soul and big heart. His ACL performance ranks as one of my personal favorites, and I was never more proud than when he somehow slipped ‘Austin City Limits’ into the lyric of his classic rendition of Willie Nelson’s ‘Night Life.’ We’ve lost a giant.” Terry Lickona, ACL Executive Producer
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Singer/songwriter Jenny Lewis returns to ACL, while pop trio MUNA makes their debut.

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Guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela are accompanied by the Austin Symphony Orchestra.

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Austin-bred Spoon performs songs from their Grammy-nominated album Lucifer On the Sofa.

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Country superstar Maren Morris showcases her Grammy-nominated album Humble Quest.

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Modern rockers The War On Drugs perform songs from their LP I Don’t Live Here Anymore.

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Producer Adrian Quesada and guest vocalists perform songs from Boleros Psicodelicos.

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Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats and Adia Victoria perform soul and blues on ACL.

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Cuban funk sensations Cimafunk and The Tribe wow with standouts from El Alimento.

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Celebrated singer-songwriter Lyle Lovett makes his first appearance in a decade with songs

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Allison Russell and The Weather Station offer an hour of intelligent, impassioned music.

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Texans Parker McCollum and Robert Earl Keen showcase tunes from the Lone Star State.