CALEXICO

Symphonic Calexico! Recorded live with orchestras during the band’s 2012 European tour, Spiritoso demonstrates that Burns’ songs are malleable enough to accommodate widescreen expansion. In these ornate but understated settings, fan faves such as “Black Heart”, “Quattro” and “Crystal Frontier” sound even more like themes for imaginary westerns than do the original studio recordings. A sleeper in the canon.