Video: Bill Callahan: Tiny Desk Concert

Bill Callahan BY PETER LILLIS Bill Callahan is a thoughtful guy. His forlorn brand of folk rock indicates an author trapped inside his own expansive mind, wandering for years through the darkest metaphors and altered, repetitive memories. With 13 albums under his belt, Callahan-once known as Smog-has an assured voice that relaxes on the sliding scale somewhere between the smokiest Willie Nelson and the smoothest Ian Curtis performances. His language is as sharp as it is blunt, revealing the plain truth through bouts of murky fiction. He's a [...]

Ryan Monroe hadn't considered himself a control freak by nature. Then he found himself at Redstar Recording in Silver Lake, Calif., with its myriad instruments scattered around, just begging to be fiddled with. For a guy who can play just about anything, it was impossible to resist. So Monroe took a breather from his continuing [...]

Bill Callahan on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts

This week's artist of the week is a singer/songwriter who has been putting out quality, folk-y records since the 90s. And his name is... BILL CALLAHAN!!! As Pitchfork writer Mike Powell recently posited in his review of Callahan's latest release Apocalypse - and I agree with him - Bill Callahan (formerly Smog ) has probably been at the peak of his powers these last couple years. His albums with Smog were great, the kind of downbeat stuff that moody teens who later grow into moody young adults soak [...]

• Bill Callahan - Riding for the Feeling

I happily join the throngs and rejoice when I say, I LOVE THIS MAN!!!!  Bill Callahan, formerly known as Smog, is one of America’s most recognizable voices to date.  And he has a brand new album, Apocalypse, coming out April 19th.  You can catch a preview of the album, courtesy of Drag City Records here!  [...]