Terry Callier, Singer and Songwriter (and Programmer), Dies at 67

I didn't know he was a programmer.

I discovered him in 1995 on a mixtape (by Tom Simonian Thump) a friend brought back from San Francisco the year before. "Dancing Girl" was an incredible piece and it still gives me goose bumps every time I hear it.

That song was a shock for me and another friend: we were both into crate digging and we spent countless and fruitless days looking for anything by Terry Callier. At the time, nobody knew about that guy here in France and it took years until we found anything. Until he did a come back in the early 00's.

Seek out 'The New Folk Sound of Terry Callier'. Spare production, strong and haunting voice. These recordings are more than 45 years old and sound like they could have been made yesterday.