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Hot Club of Cowtown fiddler Elana James saddles up Black Beauty (Austin Chronicle)

by Jim Caligari

Friday night at the White Horse, and the East Austin honky-tonk has cleared a sizable dance floor for Elana James and her band. Since they’re celebrating the release of her new CD, Black Beauty, a folk album in the truest sense, it limits material to the swing and country associated with James’ other band, Hot Club of Cowtown.