Members of Calexico, who called themselves Spoke at first and put out an album of the same name in 1996, are, in truth, from Tucson. “To live here,” Arizona-based singer and Calexico collaborator ...

Joey Burns remembers an encounter that took place not long before the release of Calexico’s fourth album, Feast of Wire. “I’ll never forget going on a promotional tour – which doesn’t happen any more ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. The lights went out last time ...

If you've listened to the Cafe for a while, you know and hopefully love today's guests. Calexico is a band whose music is a jangly desert mashup of Western Americana, Latin influence and any other ...

Calexico, a Tex-Mex/indie-rock band, returns to its hometown of Tucson to perform at The Rialto Theater tonight. Though its a more underground band, Calexico’s travel-inspired and laid-back tunes have ...

With a name like Calexico, a band might expect to be pigeonholed. And for most of their time together, guitarist-singer Joey Burns, drummer John Convertino and their cohorts have played to the vibe ...

Mariachi Luz de Luna showed up at his home on the night before Joey Burns and his family were set to leave Tucson for Boise, Idaho, in summer 2020. As they serenaded Burns, one half of the popular ...

More information: Tickets are $30 Advance; $35 Day of Show. Purchase tickets online at breckcreate.org or call the Riverwalk Center at (970) 453-3187 For a band that has been touring for decades, ...

The Tucson, Az.-based ensemble Calexico is known for making music that evokes its name, borrowed from a dusty California border town of less than 40,000 inhabitants; sweeping sonic landscapes that ...

Fans have known for years that American band Calexico is named after a town on the California-Mexican border. It's also hinted at its "desert noir" sound, which crosses the borders of genres, mixing ...

The band's album The Thread That Keeps Us is jangly desert mashup of Western Americana, Latin influence and any other sounds Calexico has picked... Calexico On World Cafe If you've listened to the ...