| Callahan, Bill / Dream River |
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| Album: | Dream River | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Callahan, Bill | Added: | Oct 2013 | |
| Label: | Drag City | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2013-10-24 | Pull Date: | 2013-12-26 |
| Week Ending: | Dec 15 | Dec 8 | Dec 1 | Nov 24 | Nov 17 | Nov 10 | Nov 3 | Oct 27 |
| Airplays: | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Mar 30, 2018: | KZSU Time Traveler Small Plane | 4. | May 17, 2016: | does radio suck? Small Plane | |
| 2. | Feb 22, 2017: | Reckless Burnin' Small Plane | 5. | Feb 27, 2015: | The Sunset Life (Shayde Sartin and Sonny Smith are Cool Guys) Small Plane | |
| 3. | Aug 30, 2016: | Life Aquatic Summer Painter | 6. | Dec 04, 2014: | Meow The Sing |
| Album Review |
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| awyeh Reviewed 2013-10-07 | ||
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The baritone folk-Americana-alt-country you'd expect from the man formerly known as Smog; similar to recent BC albums with some new touches: a jazzy backing band, lots of flute and Latin percussion. Really great to hear a guy keep progressing his sound like this. Might be remembered as one of his best when all's said and done. All tracks good. RIYL: Lambchop, Leonard Cohen, Songs: Ohia, Fairport Convention, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Silver Jews **1 (4:32) Folky, chilled out to begin w/ slow western fiddle, about drinking in a hotel bar; picks up electrically here and there. "The only words I've said today are beer and thank you. Beer. Thank you. Beer. Thank you." *2 (3:48) Hypnotic. Hazy, strummed guitar to start, electric guit, flute and more join. Upbeat but not rocking, gives the feeling of being in a strange place ***3 (3:57) Smoggier in its calm slowness. Full sound; voice and lyrics really fill this one up with perfectly subtle band complements 4 (5:10) Stony slow 70s deserty guitar licks over clopping beat, flute, I think this is what they mean when they call things make out music 5 (5:03) Darker, nervous guitars float around a real smooth beat from the rhythm section **6 (6:30) Ominous; autumnal feel including lyrics, which concern dealing with the frustration of working as a pawn by becoming an artist. Loud, intense middle and end sections 7 (5:39) Plucky, hypnotic, "bar room, bar room... baroom baroom." Bouncing 70s organesque keys, guitar licks add flavor to laid back sound *8 (5:30) Slow; night falls. Bluesy, folky, meandering, lonesome fiddle; great way to close your show. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | The Sing | 5. | Ride My Arrow | |||
| 2. | Javelin Unlanding | 6. | Summer Painter | |||
| 3. | Small Plane | 7. | Seagull | |||
| 4. | Spring | 8. | Winter Road |