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Calexico

Calexico formed in Tucson, Arizona in 1996 around Joey Burns and John Convertino. Their music draws from the border culture and desert landscapes around them,...

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Calexico's border-tinged desert soundscapes

A Tucson duo blending mariachi, folk, and rock into spacious, cinematic music.

For a quick sense of their style, try 'The Ballad Of Cable Hogue' or 'Maybe On Monday', they frame that intimate, cinematic quality pretty well.

Calexico's music feels like a direct translation of the border culture and desert landscapes around Tucson. Songs like 'The Ballad Of Cable Hogue' build narratives with spare, evocative arrangements that are both raw and atmospheric. Their sound has stayed specific to that southwestern texture even as they've worked with artists like Iron and Wine.

Joey Burns and John Convertino formed Calexico in 1996, with early albums like 'Feast of Wire' establishing their atmospheric approach. Over time, they've incorporated more folk and country touches while keeping that core sound, from 'Convict Pool' to recent work like 'El Mirador'.

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Calexico formed in Tucson, Arizona in 1996 around Joey Burns and John Convertino. Their music draws from the border culture and desert landscapes around them, mixing elements of mariachi, folk, and rock into something that feels both spacious and specific. Early albums like 'Feast of Wire' and 'The Black Light' established their raw, atmospheric approach.

Over time, their sound has incorporated more folk and country touches while keeping that southwestern texture. Songs like 'The Ballad Of Cable Hogue' and 'Convict Pool' show how they build narratives around spare, evocative arrangements. They've worked with other artists including Iron and Wine and Nick Cave, but the core of Burns and Convertino has remained constant.

More recent work like 'El Mirador' and 'Seasonal Shift' continues in that vein of border-tinged, quietly exploratory music. They tour regularly, and their live shows maintain the same intimate, cinematic quality as their recordings.

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