Albums by Bill Callahan
ALBUMYTI⅃AƎЯBill Callahan
ALBUMBlind Date PartyBill Callahan & Bonnie "Prince" Billy
ALBUMGold RecordBill Callahan
ALBUMShepherd in a Sheepskin VestBill Callahan
ALBUMHave Fun With GodBill Callahan
ALBUMDream RiverBill Callahan
ALBUMApocalypseBill Callahan
ALBUMSometimes I Wish We Were an EagleBill Callahan
ALBUMWoke On a WhaleheartBill Callahan
Bill Callahan's Popular Music Videos
Amberlit Morning (feat. Bill Callahan)
Joan Shelley
Artist Playlists
Bill Callahan Essentials
The brooding bard of deadpan indie rock and pastoral Americana.
Bill Callahan: Influences
Hear the many sources of his stark balladry and cyclical guitar.
Bill Callahan: Deep Cuts
His songbook includes lullabies, Prince worship, and even dub.
Inspired by Bill Callahan
The stark, minimal storytellers who learned from his craft.
Artist Biography
Bill Callahan’s career has taken him from a misspent youth as a misanthropic lo-fi troubadour to maturity as a chronicler of American myths. He has sung in riddles, trafficked in obscure symbols, and eventually pulled back the curtain on his life as a husband and father. What connects the varied phases of Callahan’s career are his wry sense of humor, deep-seated empathy, and keen perspective on the human condition. Born in Silver Spring, Maryland, in 1966, Callahan got his start writing surly vignettes on his 4-track in 1988, under the alias Smog. Gradually, influenced by producers like Jim O’Rourke and John Congleton, his music became more intricate and open-hearted, with touches of folk and country adorning his elegantly economical storytelling. Eventually, leaning further into the iconography of the American West, he settled down in Austin and began writing under his own name, turning out a succession of richly textured, emotionally insightful albums like 2009’s Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle, 2011’s Apocalypse, and 2019’s Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest, his tender yet unsparing tribute to family, from birth to death.
Hometown
Silver Spring, MD, United States
Genre
Singer/Songwriter