Rain held off for a change for the A/I fest first Sunday of events. Opener Susana Baca is a Peruvian Diva of sorts. Sporting a peach colored wrap, this venerable latin songstress offered up some slowburn songs from Peru. All songs and inter-song banter were in spanish, and while I couldn't understand them, they were certainly beautiful.
Calexico is an in-demand band. They were the anchor group for the Dylan movie "I'm Not There" soundtrack. They collaborated with Iron and Wine for the excellent "In the Reins" ep. Their solo material "Feast of Wire" and "Carried to Dust" and "Algiers" are all good. The malleable Tex-mex sound worked well for a good turnout at the New Haven Green. Their cover version of "Alone Again Or" by Arthur Lee's Love from 1967 could have been written for these guys. Fleshing out their sound by adding some new musicians, as well as welcoming Susana Baca's band to the stage made for a good earfeast.
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