Our quirky, discerning picks for the most interesting things to do around the state this week. HOUSTON Brave New World Some still stereotype Houston as a cultural dead zone swarmed by a cloud of pollution, but the truth is that the city is an environmentally conscious, artistically inclined, multicultural community. ''The American future is here in...
ADELE ''21'' (XL/Columbia) Adele has the bones down cold, always has. In 2008 she released her debut album ''19'' (XL/Columbia), one of the sharpest examples of classic American soul getting repurposed by young, white British women, back when that seemed more like a quick flu and less like a country-defining epidemic. There was the voice, of...
Memorable rejection: When I first came to L.A. in 1984, CBS in Nashville said I was ''too rock for country,'' and CBS in L.A. said I was ''too country for rock.'' Favorite cover: I love Emmylou Harris's version of my song, ''Sweet Old World.'' Her intonation is great. Best concert she saw: Back in the 1960s, I saw Peter, Paul and Mary. I was at...