Calexico Issues Ltd. Ed. Live Album

Mail order only release recorded in Brussels during 2008 tour.

By Fred Mills

Everyone's favorite Arizona band Calexico is spending the month of August over in Europe, doing those ever-lucrative European festivals (tour dates here) in their ongoing campaign to take last year's Carried To Dust to the masses (our feature on the band from last fall is here). But that doesn't mean you Stateside fans can't be diggin' yourself some fresh Calexico.

Just recently the band issued another one of their tour/mailorder only CDs (most likely a limited edition that will quickly sell out, as have previous tour titles). Called Ancienne Belgique - Live In Brussels 2008, it was recorded last year during their Euro trek and contains the following tracks (and can be obtained via their main website):

1. Bisbee Blue
   2. Roka
   3. Bend To The Road
   4. El Gatillo
   5. Two Silver Trees
   6. Inspiracion
   7. Minas De Cobre
   8. Man Made Lake
   9. Alone Again Or
   10. Fractured Air
   11. Red Blooms
   12. Victor Jara's Hands
   13. Crystal Frontier
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   14. Crumble [Bonus Track]

According to co-founder Joey Burns, "The past ten months of touring the new album ‘Carried To Dust' has been filled with a lot of great shows and experiences. We've met a lot of folks, seen a lot of friends and there's been a bunch of requests for some live recordings of the new material to be sold at our concerts. So, with the help of the staff at the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels we recorded one of the best shows of the tour. Thanks to Peter Verstraelen, our Belgian Promoter, Staf Verbeek who recorded the show, Craig Schumacher who mixed the recording, Jim Blackwood who mastered it, David Babbitt who did the art layout, and Adam Reach who coordinated the assembly. Thanks, too for all of the musicians, guests, crew, friends and families who helped with making all of this possible.

"The artwork is comprised of photos from the band's first tour of Santiago de Chile and South America which influenced some of the songs on ‘Carried To Dust.' We would love to return to South America as we've yet to play Brazil, Peru, Uruguay... heck, we haven't even played Mexico yet. Hopefully we'll find some folks to help us find some festivals or shows there. This upcoming Summer Tour finds us playing some new cities and countries; Poland, Hungary, Luxembourg, Israel and Finland which we've only played once. Thanks again to all of you for contributing your support of the music and live shows."

Live in Brussels: