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Late Junction: Albums of the year and Bill Callahan’s mixtape

Albums of the year and Bill Callahan’s mixtape

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Verity Sharp shares our top albums of the year, plus a mixtape from Bill Callahan.

Verity Sharp shares the top albums of the year as selected by the Late Junction team and friends of the show. Plus a mixtape from American songwriter and guitarist Bill Callahan.

As we approach the end of another long year, pause for a moment of reflection with Verity Sharp and some of our favourite releases from 2021. As always on Late Junction there’ll be something for everyone, from experimental dancehall to vibraphone improvisations, with a selection of this year’s musical highlights from the hive mind of the Late Junction team, as well as from some of this year’s esteemed musical guests and listeners. 

Plus a mixtape from prolific American singer and guitarist Bill Callahan. With a career spanning more than 20 albums over the last three decades under his belt, he’s been described as a reticent cult figure, a brooding bard, and one of America’s greatest songwriters. Originally creating lo-fi rock and alt-country under his alias Smog, in 2007 he released his first album as Bill Callahan and has since been working in the realms of deconstructed Americana and leftfield folk. He often works in collaboration with fellow cult musician Bonnie Prince Billy, and have just released a collection of reworked covers they’ve titled Blind Date Party featuring musicians such as Alasdair Roberts and George Xylouris.

In his mixtape for Late Junction, Bill Callahan selects some old favourites as well as unexpected curveballs from the peripheries of his collection, from 80s punk and 90s noise-rock to video game music and footwork. 

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