Guitarist

When Black Pumas made their self-titled debut in 2019, the Austin-bred duo set off a reaction almost as combustible and rapturous as their music itself. Along with earning a career total of seven Grammy Award nominations (including Album Of The Year) and winning praise from leading outlets like Pitchfork and Rolling Stone, singer/songwriter Eric Burton and guitarist/producer Adrian Quesada achieved massive success as a live act, touring large theaters all over Europe and North and South America and delivering a transcendent show Burton aptly refers to as “electric church.” As they set to work on their highly awaited sophomore album, the band broadened their palette to include a dazzling expanse of musical forms: heavenly hybrids of soul and symphonic pop, mind-bending excursions into jazz-funk and psychedelia, starry-eyed love songs that feel dropped down from the cosmos. Wilder and weirder and more extravagantly composed than its predecessor, Chronicles of a Diamond arrives as the fullest expression yet of Black Pumas’ frenetic creativity and limitless vision.

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Black Pumas

Fox Theater

Guitarist, songwriter, and Grammy-winning producer Adrian Quesada is an adventurous musician best known as the co-founder of the Grammy-nominated psychedelic soul band Black Pumas. A lifelong Texan, Quesada’s deep musical history has seen him producing and performing in projects spanning funk, soul, psychedelia, and diverse strands of Latin music. His most recent projects include Boleros Psicodélicos, a collaborative album recapturing the sound and feel of romantic Latin ballads of the ’60s and ’70s with featured vocals by Gaby Moreno, iLe, Girl Ultra, and more, and Jaguar Sound, an instrumental album that honors his foundational inspirations of hip-hop and cinematic scores. No matter the band or the style, Quesada’s guitar playing and production style has a distinctive sound and collaborative spirit that have led to awards and respect from fellow artists, who line up eagerly to take part in his projects.

Adrian Quesada

Guitarist

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Feb 8, 2024

Black Pumas · Fox Theater Oakland

Sep 2, 2023

Adrian Quesada · Long Center for the Performing Arts

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