A South Texas musician has received a ton of buzz for his work for years, and now he’s an Oscar nominee.
Adrian Quesada, a Laredo native and current Austin resident, received an Academy Award nomination on Thursday, January 23 , in the original song category for co-writing “Like a Bird” with Abraham Alexander for the drama, “Sing Sing.”
The movie is based on the real-life rehabilitation program at the Sing Sing Maximum Security Prison in New York, where inmates are given the opportunity to create stage productions. The film stars Afro-Latino actor Colman Domingo (Rustin), who also earned an Oscar nom for the film…