Mariachi festival honors Mexican traditional music - Imperial Valley Press

Mariachi festival honors Mexican traditional music
Imperial Valley Press
The Mariachi Acero performed for the first time in public at the 21st annual Mariachi Festival concert Saturday in Calexico. The band has only been together for a month, but singer and violinist Maritza Ruiz said that the support from the people of ...

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Calexico Unified students stage walkout to support teachers - Imperial Valley Press

Calexico Unified students stage walkout to support teachers
Imperial Valley Press
By CHELCEY ADAMI Staff Writer CALEXICO — Roughly 100 Calexico Unified School District students walked out of classes Monday morning to protest the layoffs of more than 80 teachers in front of the district office. Absenteeism tripled at some schools as ...

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Delta Spirit in Motion - jambands.com


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Delta Spirit in Motion
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Delta Spirit has more in common with latter day My Morning Jacket and Wilco than the roots-soaked notes of Uncle Tupelo, Calexico, Jayhawks and Cracker. I caught frontman Matt Vasquez prior to a show at Turner Hall in Milwaukee.

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Exclusive: Rainer & Calexico, 'Be Prepared' - RollingStone.com


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Exclusive: Rainer & Calexico, 'Be Prepared'
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"Be Prepared," off Inner Flame, finds Ptacek working with fellow Arizona musicians Joey Burns and John Convertino, who later formed the band Calexico. Burns, Convertino and Ptacek were brought together by Howe Gelb, who curated the Inner Flame project ...

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Calexico couple celebrate 70 years of marriage - Imperial Valley Press

Calexico couple celebrate 70 years of marriage
Imperial Valley Press
By CHELCEY ADAMI Staff Writer CALEXICO — When Paz and Margarita Garcia glance at each other, a world of words is shared without saying one. The inseparable couple have lived a lifetime together and will celebrate 70 years of marriage with family and ...

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Calexico High School pumps up 'future Bulldogs' - Imperial Valley Press

Calexico High School pumps up 'future Bulldogs'
Imperial Valley Press
By CHELCEY ADAMI Staff Writer CALEXICO — The Calexico High School drum line, drill team and cheerleaders visited all seven area elementary schools Friday to pump up the students to do well on the California Standards Test. “This yearly event is a way ...

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Dw. Dunphy's Reliquary Now on Official Introverse Media Website dwdunphy.com - PR.com (press release)

Dw. Dunphy's Reliquary Now on Official Introverse Media Website dwdunphy.com
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His early recordings called to mind the sound then being popularized by bands like Smog, Palace and Calexico but his later recordings resembled more tightly formed verse/chorus/verse pop, with full band backing – and sometimes orchestration – all ...

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Five questions for Panalure - OnMilwaukee.com


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Five questions for Panalure
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The group, which incorporates steel guitar, accordion and ukulele in its atypical American roots music sound, includes local music veterans like Ken Hanson and Michael De Boer – who are both in the band Longacre, too – among its six members.

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Calexico to perform at Michelle Obama's Tucson stop - Arizona Daily Star (blog)

Calexico to perform at Michelle Obama's Tucson stop
Arizona Daily Star (blog)
Calexico, Tucson's musical ambassadors of desert rock, are getting an audience with First Lady Michelle Obama during her Tucson visit today, according to an item posted on the band's Facebook page. Mrs. Obama is expected at a fundraising event tonight ...

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Album Review: Brian Jonestown Massacre – Aufheben - Consequence of Sound

Album Review: Brian Jonestown Massacre – Aufheben
Consequence of Sound
As the band's career progressed, the obvious Stones' influence would ebb and flow, always present but sometimes taking a backseat to other influences with releases like 2008′s My Bloody Underground and 2010′s Who Killed Sgt. Pepper?

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