Saudade: ‘is a deep emotional state of nostalgic or profound melancholic longing for something or someone that one cares for and/or loves.’ you know that music has to have this, and it has many sound manifestations, but here we look at a simple form: slow songs. it is not like I needed to discover the…
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IBTABA Nº 45 — Bill Callahan ( Smog )
In Nº 42, I mentioned that there was a “Set List Incident”, which was an innocent grab… which came to a plot twist at this gig. the gig, as the one in Nº 42, was excellent, and seeing it at a smaller club was great. the Set Lists are not that interesting, though there is…
IBTABA Nº 42 — Bill Callahan ( Smog )
another memorable Bill Callahan gig… whereby the album and the concert are complementary, though not quite as large a gap as the previous tour concerts with Jim White. this time, a more minimal band,consisting of Neal Morgan and Matt Kinsey and quite impressive in their performance of Apocalypse and the flavor it gave to his…
IBTABA — the series (info)
the blog, with its concept of one photo and one paragraph, is now focused on the selection of one photo per gig, and one per camera used, that was photographed: from the very first one in 2005, through 2019. in addition to the photographs, and as part of the personal reasons to pursue such a…
IBTABA Nº 23 — Bill Callahan ( smog )
yet another Bill Callahan gig… but fear not, there is only two more (2011). I will say that his selection of musicians on tour deeply affects the performance impression. most radically, it was when Jim White was drumming during the album and tour. I only managed to (luckily!) catch him twice outside of the San…
IBTABA Nº 13 — Bill Callahan (smog)
it became apparent at this gig, which was excellent, that Bill Callahan would have a very high frequency of changing backup musicians. like the previous two, the drummers were of superb quality to really enhance the songs vibrancy from the albums. this was not the first gig in Paris, as in 2005 there was And…
IBTABA Nº 6 — Bill Callahan (smog)
of all the photographs posted about concerts, this one has gotten then most appropriations online ( this version on Instagram ). perhaps because it was originally posted on Flickr as a B&W version, which follows from the horrible red (or green or blue) lighting prevalent in small clubs (note the outlining of red him). the…
IBTABA Nº 3 — Bill Callahan (Smog)
a very memorable gig, because this was the rare instance where the album songs were much better live, than on the record. « A River Ain’t Too Much To Love » was a much quiet affair on record than live, perhaps propelled in great part by the live performance of the drummer Jim White (from…
Box of Fallen Leaves 