Bill Callahan – My Days of 58
Veteran singer-songwriter Bill Callahan returns with a personal yet approachable masterwork
It would be difficult to overstate the workmanlike consistency of Bill Callahan, whose folk-influenced Americana has been a fixture in four different decades, earning much attention and acclaim along the way. On latest LP My Days of 58, his inquisitive nature remains, where each thought sounds like it served as a convenient excuse to pick up a guitar and find a melody to match his rumination. However, this is also the most forthright his music has sounded in some time, thanks in no small part to the tight-knit ensemble that has been joining him both on stage and in the studio in recent years.
With the familiar tone of an old friend, Callahan considers the world and his place within it, offering one serenely narrated anecdote after another. It’s when musing on his career in music during Pathol O.G. that we hear Callahan remark on just how much he has benefited from this creative outlet, perhaps as much as his listeners have, 'I don’t want to say that it saved my life / But it gave me a life'. Like much of Callahan’s finest work, this is an incredibly contemplative yet focused collection of songs from one of the most talented raconteurs of his generation.
Listen to: The Man I’m Supposed To Be, Pathol O.G., Stepping Out For Air