Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest is in fact the first proper Bill Callahan album in six years — an unusually quiet spell for a singer-songwriter who, for more than two decades, ...

On his long, sun-warmed new album, Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest, Callahan doesn’t sound alone.He sounds surrounded. For one thing, the woman he loves isn’t an absence haunting his nightmares ...

It’s his first record since 2013’s beautiful Dream River.

Initially, Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest seems to reflect this uncertainty. Following the subtly dub-hued, richly resonant warmth of 2013's possibly career-best Dream River, this sparsely decorated ...

“The Ballad of the Hulk” is also the name of the fourth track on the new album by Austin-based songwriter Bill Callahan, Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest, his first studio LP since 2013.Although ...

In advance of his new album, Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest, Bill Callahan talks about his fascination with language and his innate desire to chase tennis balls.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “Well, it’s been such a long time,” Bill Callahan announces at the start of Shepherd in a Sheepskin ...

A long time coming, but well worth the wait, 'Shepherd In A Sheepskin Vest' is a rich and complex album, layered with beautiful explorations of birth, life and death.