Califone, Funeral Singers, and Sundance

Photo By John Adams

All My Friends are Funeral Singers isn't only the sixth album for Califone; it is the name of frontman Tim Rutili's first full-length film which shares the same name.

This January, All My Friends are Funeral Singers will screen at the Sundance Film Festival, and Rutili and Califone will be on hand to accompany the film with live instrumentation.

Released in October to accompany the album - the screenplay and several of the songs were written at the same time and are populated by the same characters - All My Friends are Funeral Singers is a film about "fortune teller who lives and works in and old house crowded with ghosts. When a mysterious light appears in the woods, the ghosts realize they are trapped and begin to rebel."

And while this isn't the first showing during which the band has offered live instrumentation - the interlocking performance has been part of Califone's fall tour - Sundance will mark the film's international debut. The screenings will be a part of the New Frontiers section of the festival.

But this is only the beginning of a busy winter for the quartet, one that will see Califone open for Wilco throughout the month of February.

All My Friends Are Funeral Singers at Sundance:

1/26/10 Park City, UT @ New Frontier on Main, 9pm (includes live performance by Califone)

1/27/10 Park City, UT @ Egyptian Theatre, 9pm

1/28/10 Park City, UT @ Holiday Village Cinema II, 2pm

1/29/10 Salt Lake City, UT @ Broadway Centre Cinemas IV, 7:30pm

1/30/10 Park City, UT @ Yarrow Hotel Theatre 1, 3pm

Tour Dates:

2/07/10 Missoula, MT @ Adams Center*

2/09/10 Portland, OR @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall*

2/10/10 Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre*

2/12/10 Victoria, BC @ Royal Theatre*

2/13/10 Vancouver, BC @ David Lam Park*

2/15/10 Edmonton, AB @ Northern Alberta Jubilee*

2/16/10 Calgary, AB @ Southern Alberta Jubilee*

2/17/10 Saskatoon, SK @ TCU Place*

2/19/10 Duluth, MN @ DECC Auditorium*

2/20/10 Madison, WI @ Overture Center for the Arts*

2/21/10 East Lansing, MI @ Wharton Center*

2/22/10 Hamilton, ON @ Hamilton Place Theatre*

2/24/10 London, ON @ Centennial Hall*

3/09/10 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall

3/10/10 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall

* with Wilco

Learn:
Califone Online

Listen:
1 - Ape-like
2 - Funeral Singers

Buy:
Dead Oceans