CALEXICO

Change is in the air for Calexico’s guitar-slinging frontman Joey Burns. It’s a sentiment that is strongly echoed throughout the band’s most current LP, Seasonal Shift, as a new year – perhaps a new era – gets underway. Having lived in the desert city of Tucson, Arizona, for well over a quarter of a century, Joey is now moving on to the decidedly greener pastures of Idaho’s capital, Boise. Yet Tucson is a locale that holds an epoch of memories for him. Despite being a place of retirement for many, Joey and fellow Calexico co-founder John Convertino relocated there from Los Angeles in the mid-90s as their band’s globetrotting musical journey began to take off.

“Tucson is so unique,” begins Joey. “That’s where the band was formed originally. It’s one of those places where not only do people go to retire, but it’s like there’s an accumulation of things. People sell their things at swap meets and secondhand stores, and there’s also an Air Force base there with a massive collection of retired planes. We call it the ‘airplane graveyard’. And there’s another couple of privately owned airplane boneyards you can go and see. We shot a music video in one ofand it was a blast.”