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Calexico on Zed TV (Canada) performing Black Heart (from Feast of Wire) in September 2003.
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July 10, 2006 - Bons Baisers De France Montreal, Canada. Calexico (Joey Burns, Jacob Valenzuela, & Ruben Moreno from Mariachi Luz De Luna) + Amparanoia (+ TV house band) performing Roka
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Calexico performing ‘El Morro’ at the North Sea Jazz Festival on July 14, 2001. The song was originally released on the tour-only cd ‘Road Map’ in 1999.
Calexico, a Tucson collective of musicians focused around Joey Burns and John Convertino, forged an eclectic identity through their exploration of Southwestern culture. Composer Ennio Morricone's spaghetti Westerns as well as Portuguese fado, Afro-Peruvian music, and '50s and '60s jazz, country, and surf music all factored into Calexico's music.
Burns studied classical music at the University of California-Irvine before starting his rock career. Calexico formed after Burns met John Convertino in Los Angeles in 1990. At the time, Convertino was playing with Howe Gelb's experimental rock group Giant Sand.
