Bill Callahan
Biography
After almost 20 years of using the alias Smog for his music, Bill Callahan switched to his given name for his releases after 2005's A River Ain't Too Much to Love. The 2007 EP Diamond Dancer and full-length Woke on a Whaleheart both mixed the intimate, reflective, largely acoustic sound of later Smog albums like Supper and A River with gospel, soul, and pop elements, and boasted arrangements by former Royal Trux mastermind Neil Hagerty. For 2009's Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle, Callahan returned to the more intimate acoustic-based sound of latter-era Smog albums, featuring string and brass arrangements by Brian Beattie. The live album Rough Travel for a Rare Thing arrived in March 2010, and in July Callahan issued his 79-page "epistolary novelette" Letters to Emma Bowlcut, comprised of 62 letters from a nameless protagonist to a woman he saw at a party. Callahan kicked off 2011 with Apocalypse, a more uptempo collection of seven country and blues-inspired rock tunes that recalled some of his edgier work with Smog. . After almost 20 years of using the alias Smog for his music, Bill Callahan switched to his given name for his releases after 2005's A River Ain't Too Much to Love. The 2007 EP Diamond Dancer and full-length Woke on a Whaleheart both mixed the intimate, reflective, largely acoustic sound of later Smog albums like Supper and A River with gospel, soul, and pop elements, and boasted arrangements by former Royal Trux mastermind Neil Hagerty. For 2009's Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle, Callahan returned to the more intimate acoustic-based sound of latter-era Smog albums, featuring string and brass arrangements by Brian Beattie. The live album Rough Travel for a Rare Thing arrived in March 2010, and in July Callahan issued his 79-page "epistolary novelette" Letters to Emma Bowlcut, comprised of 62 letters from a nameless protagonist to a woman he saw at a party. Callahan kicked off 2011 with Apocalypse, a more uptempo collection of seven country and blues-inspired rock tunes that recalled some of his edgier work with Smog.
Top Albums |
 1. Dream River
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Top Songs |
| Name | Album | Time | Price | |
1. | Winter Road | Dream River | 5:29 | $0.99 |  |
2. | Sing | Dream River | 4:31 | $0.99 |  |
3. | Small Plane | Dream River | 3:56 | $0.99 |  |
4. | Ride My Arrow | Dream River | 5:03 | $0.99 |  |
5. | Expanding Dub | Expanding Dub / Highs in th.. | 3:37 | $0.99 |  |
6. | Seagull | Dream River | 5:39 | $0.99 |  |
7. | Summer Painter | Dream River | 6:30 | $0.99 |  |
8. | Spring | Dream River | 5:10 | $0.99 |  |
9. | Javelin Unlanding | Dream River | 3:48 | $0.99 |  |
10. | Highs in the Mid-40's Dub | Expanding Dub / Highs in th.. | 5:37 | $0.99 |  |
11. | Expanding Dub | Expanding Dub - Single | 3:38 | $0.99 |  |
12. | Heaven Help the Child | Heaven Help the Child - Sin.. | 5:07 | $0.99 |  |
13. | One Fine Morning | Apocalypse | 8:45 | $1.29 |  |
14. | Free's | Apocalypse | 3:13 | $1.29 |  |
15. | Riding for the Feeling | Apocalypse | 6:05 | $1.29 |  |
16. | Universal Applicant | Apocalypse | 5:53 | $1.29 |  |
17. | America! | Apocalypse | 5:33 | $1.29 |  |
18. | Baby's Breath | Apocalypse | 5:30 | $1.29 |  |
19. | Drover | Apocalypse | 5:24 | $1.29 |  |
20. | Bathysphere (Live) | Rough Travel for a Rare Thi.. | 5:58 | $0.99 |  |
21. | Well (Live) | Rough Travel for a Rare Thi.. | 9:04 | $0.99 |  |
22. | Let Me See the Colts (Live) | Rough Travel for a Rare Thi.. | 6:53 | $0.99 |  |
23. | Rock Bottom Riser (Live) | Rough Travel for a Rare Thi.. | 7:10 | $0.99 |  |
24. | Cold-Blooded Old Times (Live) | Rough Travel for a Rare Thi.. | 5:37 | $0.99 |  |
25. | In the Pines (Live) | Rough Travel for a Rare Thi.. | 5:50 | $0.99 |  |