Last year Bill Callahan brought Jim White along on a series of tour dates to make his intricate songs more visceral, and even just with drums, it worked extremely well. This live recording of a March 2023 show in Chicago takes that augmentation a step further. For this single show, Callahan added not just White but Austin guitarist Matt Kinsey, Chicago free jazz saxophonist Nick Mazzerella, the Congolese singer Pascal Kerong’A, keyboard player Nathaniel Ballinger and the core of Natural Information Society in Joshua Abrams and Lisa Alvarado. The set leans heavily on songs from YTILAER—seven out of ten tracks are drawn from that most recent studio album—but expands and unpacks them to the extent that you may feel that you’ve never heard them before.
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Joan Shelley & Bill Callahan :: Amberlit Morning
Joan Shelley’s sixth lp, The Spur, is set to drop June 24th via longtime label partner, No Quarter Records. “Amberlit Morning”, a duet with Bill Callahan, is the second taste, accompanied by a video shot in Red Hook, Brooklyn by Cyrus Moussavi and Brittany Nugent.
Bill Callahan :: Cowboy
For the track “Cowboy”, off last year’s Gold lp, Callahan tagged up with filmmakers Anthony Gasparro and Mikey Kampmann to bring the song to visual life.
Below, we flip the script as Callahan catches up with the pair to discuss their working relationship, storytelling, synchronicity, rippling kindness and the power of the tuna melt as edible nostalgia.
Bill Callahan :: The AD Interview
June 14th marked the return of Bill Callahan, via his latest record — the double lp, Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest. One of our favorite listens this year, we asked singer/songwriter Jerry David DeCicca to catch up with the artist on our behalf as they embarked a short west coast tour together. Their conversation, below …
The Echocentrics :: Gettin’ Away With Your Gal (w/ Bill Callahan)
Everything is indeed bigger in Texas. Enter the Austin based project Echocentrics , multi-instrumentalist/producer Adrian Quesada’s ongoing collaborative project — this time featuring the likes of Bill Callahan, Alex Maas of […]
Bill Callahan :: Tiny Desk Concert
Some friends and I drove out to the desert last week to see Bill Callahan, who is presently touring behind his latest LP, Dream River – yet another outstanding work, from […]
Bill Callahan :: Dream River
Dream River is a display of Callahan’s peak powers, a masterpiece work documenting Callahan’s aesthetic as a refined craft. Over his 20 plus years of making music, his voice has matured, […]
Bill Callahan :: So long, Marianne (Leonard Cohen)
Bill Callahan’s dark country & western croon takes on “ So long, Marianne ,” the opening track off side two of Leonard Cohen’s 1968 debut, Songs of Leonard Cohen . Slowing things down, Callahan and co. eschew the […]
Bill Callahan :: Apocalypse
“Once Bill was making extremely forward statements from behind a veil. Now he’s making veiled statements from a forward position. He’s fundamentally the same person, but stylistically almost everything has […]
Bill Callahan :: Woke on a Whaleheart
Bill Callahan’s new LP Woke on a Whaleheart has been heavily anticipated around these parts since we first heard the “Diamond Dancer” single back in February . Because of this I was fairly bummed to […]
Bill Callahan :: The Artist Formerly Known As Smog
I would like nothing more than to share with you the new Bill Callahan track “Diamond Dancer” off the single I received in the mail from Drag City a couple of weeks ago; but being a […]
Transmissions :: Bonnie “Prince” Billy
Welcome back to Transmissions from Aquarium Drunkard, we’re kicking off our 10th season with host Jason Woodbury in conversation with Will Oldham, the man behind Bonnie “Prince” Billy, who appeared on the very first Transmissions interview back in 2016. He returns to Transmissions to unpack and discuss his new country album, The Purple Bird, uploading souls to the Metaverse, guns, and why he’d work with Phil Spector.
Bonnie “Prince” Billy & Matt Sweeney :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Will Oldham and Matt Sweeney join us for an exploration into Superwolves, their long-awaited follow up the 2005 classic lp Superwolf.
Bonnie “Prince” Billy & Matt Sweeney :: The Hall of Death
Bonnie Prince Billy and Matt Sweeney return with a fiery new song featuring Tuareg guitarist Mdou Moctar and announce the long-awaited sequel to 2005’s Superwolf titled, naturally, Superwolves.
Matt Sweeney & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy :: Make Worry For Me
An embarrassment of riches from the Will Oldham universe of late. In addition to the ad hoc Instagram performances that began as quarantine commenced, the artist has recently been dropping a bevy of covers in collaboration with friend and labelmate, Bill Callahan. Want a taste? Their take on Steely Dan is particularly choice.
But hold up, the year isn’t over yet. This week finds Oldham once again sliding into his Superwolf suit with running partner, and guitar guru, Matt Sweeney.