It’s rare to attend a concert where the musicians’ backs face the audience for the duration of the show, and it’s perhaps even rarer when those same faceless musicians skillfully manage to not only engage but captivate the attention of their listeners. But Califone is not like every other band.

Read more at Time Out Chicago

3/9/10 (9pm) – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall (with film)
3/10/10 (9pm) – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall (without film)
3/11/10 (7pm doors) – St. Louis, MO – Luminary Center for the Arts (with film)
3/15/10 (9:30pm) – Austin, TX – Alamo Lamar 1 – SxSW (with film)
3/17/10 (midnight) – Austin – Club DeVille – SxSW – BrooklynVegan Showcase
3/18/10 (1pm) – Austin – Other Music Lawn Party, French Legation Museum – SxSW
3/18/10 (4:10pm) – Austin – Team Clermont Party, Flamingo Cantina – SxSW
3/19/10 (12pm) – Austin – Alamo Ritz 1 – SxSW (with film)
3/30/10 (8pm) – Brooklyn, NY – The Bell House (w/ Sonoi)
3/31/10 (7pm) – New York, NY – IFC Center

Here is a list of Califone’s confirmed SXSW shows. Hope to see you there!

3/15/10 – Alamo Lamar 1 – 9:30pm*
3/17/10 – Brooklyn Vegan Showcase Club Deville – midnight
3/18/10 – Other Music Lawn Party, French Legation Museum – 1pm
3/18/10 – Team Clermont Party, Flamingo Cantina – 4:10pm
3/19/10 – Alamo Ritz 1 – 12:00pm*

*film w/live band soundtrack

Califone’s film, All My Friends Are Funeral Singers is going to Sundance. The band is “shocked and amazed” (and, of course, excited). They’ve been touring behind the film and their acclaimed new album since October.

In addition to Sundance, the band will go northward this February, in support of Wilco’s Trans-Canada tour. It’s gonna be chilly. Dates are below. Woot!

Sundance Film Festival

January 26, 2010 (9pm) – Park City, UT – New Frontier On Main (live music to film)
January 27, 2010 (9pm) – Park City, UT – Egyptian Theatre (film only)
January 28, 2010 (2pm) – Park City, UT – Holiday Village Cinema II (film only)
January 29, 2010 (7:30pm) – Salt Lake City, UT – Broadway Centre Cinemas IV (film only)
January 30, 2010 (3pm) – Park City, UT Park City – Yarrow Hotel Theatre 1 (film only)

With Wilco (no film)

February 07, 2010 – Missoula, MT – Adams Center
February 09, 2010 – Portland, OR – Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
February 10, 2010 – Seattle, WA – The Paramount Theatre
February 12, 2010 – Victoria, BC – The Royal Theatre
February 13, 2010 – Vancouver, BC – David Lam Park
February 15, 2010 – Edmonton, AB – Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
February 16, 2010 – Calgary, AB – Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
February 17, 2010 – Saskatoon, SK – TCU Place
February 19, 2010 – Duluth, MN – Duluth Entertainment & Convention Center
February 20, 2010 – Madison, WI – Overture Center for the Arts
February 21, 2010 – East Lansing, MI – Wharton Center for the Performing Arts
February 23, 2010 – Hamilton, ON – Hamilton Place Theatre
February 24, 2010 – London, ON – Centennial Hall

Dec 3 2009 – Husky Union – University of Washington – Seattle, Washington
Dec 4 2009 – Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver, British Columbia
Dec 5 2009 – The Mission Theater – Portland, Oregon
Dec 7 2009 – Great American Music Hall – San Francisco, California
Dec 9 2009 – Hammer Museum – Los Angeles, California

1742 N. Milwaukee, Chicago
near the corner of Milwaukee and Wabansia in Wicker Park, next to Cafe Con Leche
$5 – $7 door donations

Set I: James Falzone’s Allos Musica
James Falzone (clarinet), Cathy Kuna (cello), Adam Larrabee (guitar & mandolin), Tim Mulvenna (hand drums & percussion).

Set II: Gray/Becker/Roebke
Darin Gray (bass), Jim Becker (fiddle), Jason Roebke (bass)

December 14 – Berlin – Babylon Kino
December 16 – Köln – Sonic Ballroom
December 17 – Siegen – Vortex
December 18 – Duisburg – Steinbruch
December 19 – Saarbrücken – Sparte 4
December 20 – Passau – ProLi
December 21 – München – Werkstattkino

9-ish Wummin
10-ish Jim Becker, Tim Kinsella, Butchy Fuego and Ryan Weinstein
11-ish Pillars and Tongues

Hope to see you there!

Hey folks, my Old Time Appalachian String Band, The Paulina Hollers, are playing at the Hideout: 1354 W. Wabansia on Sunday, May 11th! Bring your mothers.

The line up is Jim Becker: vox, fiddle and banjo, Lea Tshilds: vox, guitar, Elizabeth Lamberti: vox, fiddle, Steve Rosen: vox, banjo and mandolin, and Clayton Brown: vox, upright bass.

Megafaun (Radium/Table of the Elements label) headline. They’re from Durham, North Carolina. Check them out.

Show starts at 9, admission is $8.

–Jim