Bill Callahan, high priest of 1990s bedroom angst: ‘Dublin was an early adopter of me’

For many years the indie songwriter refused to talk to journalists, but middle age and parenthood have brought a new mellowness

Bill Callahan: ‘America is a very fractured country. We’re not one people’

The pessimism of Bill Callahan, the American singer-songwriter, has been tempered by parenthood

‘Symbol of hope’: Light forms major part of Earagail Arts Festival

Programme draws on Donegal landscape with blend of in-person and online events

Get out of the office: This week’s best rock and pop gigs

The Divine Comedy, Nitin Sawhney, Richard Hawley, Ann Scott, Alma, Deborah De Luca

Bill Callahan: Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest review – Between the earthy and the heavenly

Double-LP is an expansive exploration of the pastoral, with beautifully drawn vignettes

Album of the week: Day of the Dead – famous Deadheads serve up some Cherry Garcia

Bill Callahan: Looking out a window that isn’t there

Bill Callahan’s ‘Dream River’ made it onto more than a few Best of 2013 lists, and now he’s releasing a dub version – “It seemed like something I needed to consult, a sacred text”