Black Pumas: SXSJ 2019

Black Pumas won "Best New Band" honors at the 2019 Austin Music Awards, so FUV wanted to make sure you got to hear these hometown faves while we were in Austin too. At the core is the collaboration of producer/guitarist Adrian Quesada and singer-songwriter Eric Burton. Add horns, back-up singers, and moves, and this is a modern soul sound from a band to watch.

You'll likely see a lot of Black Pumas this year too, with the band's debut album set for release this spring. Luckily, they had time for a South x San José stop to close out the night, and as Burton made his way out into the crowd and then welcomed a couple of lucky young music fans onstage, it felt like a celebration of big things ahead and a reminder to be in the moment together too.

Setlist:

• Intro/Next To You
• Colors
• Black Cat
• Old Man
• Know You Better
• Black Moon Rising
• Fire
• Confines
• Eleanor Rigby

[Recorded: 3/13/19]