Bill Callahan

Singer/Songwriter

The next Bill Callahan concert is scheduled for Monday, September 8, 2025 at Sagebrush in Austin, TX, United States. See all 4 upcoming concerts

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Listen to XXX by Noah Cyrus & Bill Callahan, see lyrics, music video & more!

XXXNoah Cyrus & Bill Callahan

Listen to Porcupine Tattoo (feat. Noah Cyrus & Bill Callahan) [DJ Koze Remix] by Everything Is Recorded, see lyrics, music video & more!

Porcupine Tattoo (feat. Noah Cyrus & Bill Callahan) [DJ Koze Remix]Everything Is Recorded

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One Fine MorningBill Callahan

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Riding for the FeelingBill Callahan

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The Ballad of the HulkBill Callahan

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The SingBill Callahan

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Jim CainBill Callahan

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Small PlaneBill Callahan

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PigeonsBill Callahan

Listen to Porcupine Tattoo by Everything Is Recorded, Noah Cyrus & Bill Callahan, see lyrics, music video & more!

Porcupine TattooEverything Is Recorded, Noah Cyrus & Bill Callahan

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Listen to The Holy Grail: Bill Callahan’s "Smog" Dec. 10, 2001 Peel Session - EP by Bill Callahan & Smog

ALBUMThe Holy Grail: Bill Callahan’s "Smog" Dec. 10, 2001 Peel Session - EPBill Callahan & Smog

More albums from Bill Callahan

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ALBUMBlind Date PartyBill Callahan & Bonnie "Prince" Billy

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Listen to Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest by Bill Callahan

ALBUMShepherd in a Sheepskin VestBill Callahan

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ALBUMSometimes I Wish We Were an EagleBill Callahan

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Bill Callahan's Popular Music Videos

Porcupine Tattoo

Everything Is Recorded, Noah Cyrus & Bill Callahan

Amberlit Morning (feat. Bill Callahan)

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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.

About Bill Callahan

Hometown

Silver Spring, MD, United States

Born

June 3, 1966

Genre

Singer/Songwriter

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.

Bill Callahan has also released music as a member of Smog.