Rereading Cormac McCarthy’s ‘The Road’ for last month’s edition of Paperback Riders, I was reminded of another, and in my view far better, “post-apocalyptic” novel. ‘Station Eleven‘ is about a worldwide pandemic, The Georgia Flu, that […]
And it has become a cliché now – this has been a weird year. But if you say that at the end of every year for five or six years in a row then has it […]
Coming onto Manchester’s Albert Hall stage to the strains of Tina Turner’s ‘Private Dancer’, a song that doesn’t immediately strike you as an obvious touchstone for Bill Callahan’s often gentle brand of americana, instantly feels like […]
Drag City have announced the return of Bill Callahan to UK shores later this year – Callahan will play five exclusive performances “wherein Bill (guitar) and his cohorts,Matt Kinsey (guitar), Jim White (drums) and Dustin Laurenzi (tenor sax), […]
Bill Calahan and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy are releasing ‘The Blind Date Party’ on December 10th. The album is the culmination of half a year of collaborations online and will be released on 2xLP/2xCD/2xCS. The tracks feature […]
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