Calexico – Spoke (Vinyl) Caroline Polachek This is particularly true for

This is particularly true for this collection - Jonathan Ganley’s stage photos place you in the room and it feels like you’re standing beside him

and shredded it to pieces

But there’s an odd tension throughout

I was excited to get into the studio again with the challenge of pushing the sound for this record

In the 1970s Ebo Taylor became one of Ghana’s most prominent arrangers

Calexico – Spoke (Vinyl) Caroline Polachek This is particularly true forWhen Calexico originally recorded this in 1996 they were calling themselves "Spoke." Recorded when Burns and Convertinos collaboration was a Giant Sand side project in the truest sense of the word, this 19 song disc finds the groups core members offering raw, understated songs as they work to find a sound distinct from Howe Gelb. They do not wander long. All the later templates are here: the acoustic border ballad (Point Vicente, Sanchez), the open