American Roots singer/songwriter Nathan Kalish and The Lastcallers will be traveling through Montana in support of their latest album, Continental Breakfast of Champions, with two local stops.
Check him out first at MAP Brewing in Bozeman on Tuesday, December 6th beginning at 6pm. He’ll follow up with a Livingston show on Wednesday, December 7th at The Murray beginning at 7pm. Out of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Nathan Kalish and The Lastcallers combine rockabilly and honky-tonk with Nathan’s Tompall Glaser and John Prine-like crooning to create a unique and fresh sound in the national roots scene. These guys spend a lot of time on the road and it shows in their performances. They keep a busy schedule on the road all year long that has taken them to Europe and around the entire US. When not with the Lastcallers, Kalish strips his honest songwriting down to a one man operation, haunting listening rooms with his passionate tonality nationwide.
Nathan Kalish is a storyteller, songwriter, and lifelong traveler. After being moved around his entire childhood, he has found a permanent home on the highway as an adult. After his last three-year stint touring with his American roots band Nathan Kalish and the Lastcallers—and acting as drummer, guitarist, and bassist for Deadstring Brothers (Bloodshot Records) three years before that—he is continuing to tour solo. His performances focus on songwriting and playing more for intimate listening and storyteller sets, in contrast to his previous full band shows. You can catch him playing songs from his past seven studio albums coast to coast while promoting his latest effort. Writer John Sinkevics said of their new album, “Continental Breakfast of Champions cements Kalish and his hard-gigging, crisscross-the-nation band as a true force on that scene with tales from the road and street prophet-styled commentaries on ‘Religious Freedom,’ ‘Rich Man’s Tool, Then Die,’ and ‘Overdosin’ on the U.S.A.’ Recorded at Native Sound in St. Louis and engineered by Kalish himself, this follow-up to last year’s How Am I Supposed to Get Back Home is chock full of Eric Soules’ distinctive thumping bass, Mike Hopper’s twangy, fiery guitar work, and Kalish’s earthy philosophy—culminating in the haunting final track, ‘High Desert.’ It’s an incendiary, provocative mix of players and songs, and the way country music is supposed to sound.” •
