Kalu James

Backstage at ACL Fest this month, sole boomerang back after anchoring the initial event in 2002, Jimmie Vaughan sat like a sovereign but vibed like vintage ATX culturati. Imagine the T-Birds gunner painted Día de los Muertos-style. Unrelated, the Vaughn House, which supports adults with disabilities under the Easterseals Lonestar org, benefits from this bonkers convergence of homegrown blues, Latin, hip-hop, soul, and pop: Money Chicha, Lesly Reynaga, Taméca Jones, Tomar Williams, Nagavalli, Deezie Brown, Sabrina Ellis, J Soulja, Kalu James, Grace Sorensen, Megz Kelli, Angélica Rahe, BettySoo, We Don’t Ride Llamas, Frederico7, Blakchyl, Como Las Movies, Kiko Villamizar, Jaime Ospina, and Alex Vallejo. – Raoul Hernandez