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Callahan

Beyond the sea...Time's but a memory

About Me

As long as he can remember David Callahan Robert has always had a passion for music. As a child he used to sing along Elvis Presley's songs. He first learned to play the saxophone at the age of 8 and then the drums when he was 13 and played in several Hardcore and Post-Harcore bands the following 8 years. Now that experience helps him to structure his songs. During these years he borrowed his brother's guitar and learned to play the songs of Alice In Chains' Jar Of Flies album. However he really started writing songs when he was 19 years old. Years after years, haunted by the ghosts of Nick Drake , Johnny Cash , Elliott Smith and the living legend Neil Young , he improved his writing to create now intimate songs with picturesque words.Callahan opened in particular for Christian Kjellvander (SWE), Ane Brun (NOR), Wendy McNeil (CAN), Kera (CH) & The Devastations (AUS) KEIRA at the Moultipass KENNEDY at the Moultipassgraa

Add to My Profile | More VideosThis video is the result of the association of Morten W. Gjul (a norvegian painter) and Callahan (songwriter).


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Member Since: 4/12/2006
Band Website: callahan.ch
Band Members: David Callahan Robert
Influences: Seasons / Elements / Kenneth White / Neil Young / Elliott Smith / Maps / Nick Drake / Scotland / Oscar Wilde / Sigur Ròs / Jeff Buckley / James Joyce / Johnny Cash / Ireland / Leonard Cohen / Mogwai / Clouds / Alice In Chains / Townes Van Zandt / Bob Dylan / The sky / Elvis Presley / Lauritz Andersen Ring / Iceland / Portishead / Mono / Guinness / Sonic Youth / Bulmers / Nicolas Bouvier / The Sea / Nine Inch Nails / Björk / London / PJ Harvey / Sinéad O’Connor / Harbours / Iron & Wine / Bushmills / Stones / Vast snow-covered landscapes / Pearl Jam / Jura / Radiohead / Godspeed You Black Emperor / Storms / Matt Elliott / Nights / Soundgarden / Norway / At The Drive In / Irish Folk / The Beatles / Street lamps / Bruce Springsteen / Fields / Sweden / Tool / Rivers / Old-fashioned brass / Cities / Chimneys / Fedor Dostoïevski / Northern islands / Walls / Coco Rosie / Piers / Red Sparowes / Leaves / Days / Beth Gibbons / Signs / Nick Cave / Sidmouth / Antony & The Johnsons / Trains and Tubes / Typical English Mornings / Bonnie Prince Billy / The Macallan / William Butler Yeats
Sounds Like: Callahan is going to record a 3 tracks EP soon.Tracklist: 1. Old Head 2. Kennedy 3. The Shortest Day Dying (TBC)More information as soon as possible.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

WWW.VIRB.COM

Hello!You can now visit my profile on www.virb.com.Click on the following link to be redirected on my virb profile: Callahan's virb profile'hope you'll enjoy.Take careCallahan...
Posted by Callahan on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 08:17:00 PST

NEW SHOW!!!

Hello!I'm proud to annouce that I will share the stage with a great songwriter that worked with Jeff Buckley: Gary Lucas (USA)This will happen on 28th September 2007 at the Bikini Test in La Chaux-de-...
Posted by Callahan on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:18:00 PST

VIDEO ON WEB TV

Hi,Take a look a this link to see the Morten W. Gjul/Callahan's video in the newspaper webTV:http://217.168.95.66/webtv/(the heading is: Billedkunst med ord og tonefølge)
Posted by Callahan on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 04:53:00 PST

Morten W. Gjul's contest

Hi!Around two months ago Morten W. Gjul gave the opportunity to win one of his watercolours paintings.We had to guess his age on a photography.So I said 22 and I won!Here is the great painting I won.T...
Posted by Callahan on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 07:03:00 PST

NEW SONG ADDED

Hello!You can now listen to a new song called "Swallows and Dawn". It was especially wrote and recorded for a video (for an exhibition in Norway) that associates the Morten W. Gjul's watercolour paint...
Posted by Callahan on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:19:00 PST

EXHIBITION IN NORWAY

Hello!Morten W. Gjul, a great painter from Norway, asked me to write a instrumental song for an exhibition. As I find his work brilliant I accepted with pleasure.The exhibition will open 9. March in a...
Posted by Callahan on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 07:35:00 PST

English version of Callahan in l'Express newspaper.

..>Songwriters and snowSlew-rounds and great fears on the road to Bikini Test, La Chaux-de-Fonds this snowy Saturday night !Many pop-folk fans stayed home because of that. So the songwriters played fo...
Posted by Callahan on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 07:28:00 PST

Callahan in L'Express newspaper

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Posted by Callahan on Wed, 12 Apr 2006 06:21:00 PST