Mos Def Live at Austin City Limits Festival Recap with Video, Photos and Show Review

Fan shot footage below, mostly of the jumbotron, audio good.



Here's what the Austin-American Statesman said about Mos Def's Saturday October 3 performance at Zilker Park, Day 2 of the Austin City Limits Festival:

First, Mos Def took the Dell stage about 20 minutes after his 6 p.m. start time Saturday evening.

Mos (Def) was nearly unrecognizable at first, playing percussion over funk vamps. This was hip-hop as jam band. So far so good, more or less. But when it he going to grab that mic and just kill it?

Read more of the show review here:
Austin-American Statesman - Mos Def

Judging by the review, sounds like Mos Def really had a off night (or at least the reviewer though so), not really connecting with the audience at all. Not every show can be spectacular.

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Read Friday's Day 1 ACL show recaps here:
Hooked on That - John Legend
Hooked On That - K'naan
Hooked on That - Raphael Saadiq

(video courtesy of Jewleeus)

Raphael Saadiq at Austin City Limits Festival Show Recap

Friday October 2 at the Austin City Limits Festival - Zilker Park.

Deborah Sengupta Stith from the Austin-American Statesman reports:

Raphael Saadiq is one smooth cat. Rocking a black tie and a suit coat rapidly shed in the setting sun, he easily won the Xbox 360 crowd over with retro soul grooves complemented with Temptations-esque dance moves. A soul lifer who cut his teeth in the groundbreaking 80s act Tony! Toni! Tone!, his work in the years following the group’s break-up has been met with widespread critical acclaim, but limited commercial success. His 2008 release ‘The Way I See It is changing that scenario. With an old school sound that’s straight up Motown and a style crafted to match, Saadiq seems to have hit his stride.

Read more of the show review here:
Austin-American Statesman - Raphael Saadiq

Photos:
Austin 360.com - Slide Show
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Austin City Limits Festival Day 1 show coverage here:
Hooked on That - K'naan
Hooked on That - John Legend

(main photo courtesy of Ricardo B. Brazziell from the Austin-American Statesman)

K'naan at Austin City Limits Festival Show Recap

Friday October 2 at the Austin City Limits Festival - Zilker Park from Austin Kiddie Limits Stage.

Chad Swiatecki from the Austin-American Statesman reports:

Near the end of a nearly life-affirming set Friday evening at the Austin City Limits Festival, Somali world rapper/poet/singer K’naan asked the crowd for their “permission to set this joint on fire.” It was a turn of phrase, of course, but the cheers showered upon the charismatic singer throughout the show suggest they wouldn’t have much minded if K’naan had in fact pulled out a drum of gasoline and a match and set the stage ablaze. Honestly, it’s about the only way things could’ve gotten any more combustible.

Read more of the show review here:
Austin-American Statesman - K'naan

(video courtesy of pinchedahveed)

Austin City Limits Festival Day 1 show coverage here:
Hooked on That - John Legend
Hooked on That - Raphael Saadiq

John Legend At Austin City Limits Festival Recap With Videos, Photos and Show Review

This is what Austin American Statesman's correspondent John T. Davis said about John Legend's rare Austin, TX appearance at Zilker Park Friday October 2:

This correspondent, for one, was curious to see how John Legend’s boudoir-friendly R&B/neo-soul translated to the cowboy-hatted al fresco environment of ACL. Seems I wasn’t the only one.

‘I know you don’t get a lot of R&B acts here,’ Legend said toward the end of his hour long set. ‘But I feel very much at home tonight.’

Certainly he made himself at home. Legend began his set standing on a box in the middle of the runway between the stage and sound board, serenading the rapturous crowd with a heartfelt version of Bob Marley’s ‘Redemption Song.’

Read more of the show review here:
Austin American Statesman - John Legend

Show photos here:
Austin 360 - Slide Show
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Film Magic
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(videos courtesy of WhereIsSierra)

Austin City Limits Festival Day 1 show coverage here:
Hooked on That - K'naan
Hooked on That - Raphael Saadiq