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...train whistle. What she hasn't had is an album worthy of her talent. The lyrics on this collection of gothic outsider tales feel a little reductive (Star Witness and A Widow's Toast are like under-grad verse about Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County), but with excellent backing from Calexico and Garth Hudson of the Band and flawless singing, Case sells them as undeniably haunting and catchy mood pieces...
...Case’s versatility is showcased over the course of twelve stellar tracks that run the gamut of musical genres. This diverse array of songs is unified by Case’s uncannily expressive vocals and the crack musicianship of her collaborators from fellow alt-Americana acts Calexico, The Sadies, and former member of The Band Garth Hudson. Fans who know Case exclusively through her work with the Canadian power-pop outfit The New Pornographers will be surprised by this album’s grittier, more soulful aesthetic. Country-fried “Confessor” tracks like...
When people talk about “coming together” over the holiday season, few probably envision young hipsters and graying couples attending indie concerts with one another. Both groups, and several generations in between, packed Boston’s Avalon last Wednesday to see Calexico and Iron & Wine, for nearly four hours of music as diverse as its audience.The demographic disparity within the crowd was highlighted by their diverse reaction to opener Tom Fite’s strange electro-folk-punk-hip-hop stylings: “awesome” to the college student on my left...
...Rosie the Riveter,” and Love’s “Women in the Wings.” Guest speaker Cynthia Enloe of Clark University will lead discussion after the films. Radcliffe College Room, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute. 6 p.m. Free. (AMF)Iron and Wine and Calexico with Tim Fite. The bands Iron & Wine and Calexico perform songs from their new collaborative, seven-song EP “In the Reins” and from past individual albums. Singer Tim Fite will open with songs from his recently released album “Gone Ain?...
...only one thinking that way. At midday, by a gate in the chain link fence that separates Mexicali from Calexico, Calif., a border-patrol officer ushers a group of deportees back into Mexico. They're all planning return trips. Rocio Moredia sees no other option. She's from Puebla and notes, "There is no work there...