Alvin, Dave / Gilmore, Jimmie Dale - Texicali (Gatefold) ATRD217371.1

Alvin, Dave / Gilmore, Jimmie Dale - Texicali (Gatefold) ATRD217371.1TexiCali, the new album from Grammy winner Dave Alvin and Grammy nominee Jimmie Dale Gilmore, continues to bridge the distance between the two troubadours' respective home bases of California (Alvin) and Texas (Gilmore). The geographic theme reflects Alvin's repeated journeys to record in Central Texas with Gilmore and the Austin based backing band that has toured with the duo for the past few years. As Alvin puts it in the liner notes, those road

and the jazz fusion of Hot Rats

history and stories told between each beloved song

and sometimes brutal honesty

call waiting

The album reflects the character of the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee where Dolly grew up and has a tone that harkens back to her rootsy

present a wide range of sound-generating instruments

DeMarco wrote some demos for This Old Dog on an acoustic guitar

peacefulness

" says Hall

" Barnes revisits sounds of late 60's guitar pop & psychedelia reminiscent of 2013's Lousy With Sylvianbriar

Jenkins siphons these ideas into the ambient folk of her new album

including “Terrapin Station