Save the date, coach. Freak roots/experimental folk pioneers and Thrill Jockey payrollees Califone will bring it proper for a midday concert this Monday, Aug. 11, at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago’s Millennium Park. The rockshow is part of the Audible Architecture Series. Admission is free and the show is scheduled to kick off at 12:15 p.m. There really are a surprising number of “New Weird America” rippers who work downtown (like me), and they will all be there geekin’ the fuck out whilst the Cloud Gate tourists remain righteously confused. It’ll be something to witness. My lunch break’s gonna rule.
And since Califone understands the toll recession is taking on folkheads these days, they’re playing another no-dough show at the Renegade Craft Fair on Sept. 14 along Division Street in the Ukranian Village (between Damen and Wood Avenues). Free love all around. You can also get your fix in Madison at the High Noon Saloon on Aug. 16, and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis on the 18th. You probably have to pay for those, though. No word yet on any studio action. Roots & Crowns still owns, though, so I’ll just keep coastin’ to that jam hive in the meantime.
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Califone – A Chinese Actor
