Austin singer/songwriter Slaid Cleaves spins stories with a novelist's eye and a poet's heart. Twenty years into his career, the celebrated songwriter's latest album, Still Fighting the War, spotlights an artist in peak form.

Cleaves' seamless new collection delivers vivid snapshots as wildly cinematic as they are carefully chiseled. For a good point of reference, dress William Faulkner with faded jeans and a worn six-string.

Performance will be in McDavid Studio.