Will Oldham

{{Short description|American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1970)}} {{redirect|Palace Music|the racehorse|Palace Music (horse)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Use American English|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist  | name = Will Oldham | image = Bonnie-Prince-Billy-060609 (614bw) (3606166772).jpg | caption = Oldham in 2009 | landscape = yes | image_size =  | birth_name = Joseph Will Oldham | alias = Palace Brothers<br />Palace Music<br />Palace Songs<br />Bonnie "Prince" Billy | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|01|15}} | birth_place = Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. | origin = | instrument = | genre = {{flatlist| * Country rock<ref name=Gribbins>{{cite web |url=https://www.clevescene.com/music/white-lies-bishop-allen-and-others-get-graded-1534927 |title=White Lies, Bishop Allen And Others Get Graded |last=Gribbins |first=Keith |date=March 18, 2009 |publisher=CleveScene |access-date=2022-04-14}}</ref> * freak folk<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2005/10/bjork-the-music-from-drawing-restraint-9.html|title=Björk: Björk – The music from Drawing Restraint 9 |website=Paste |date=October 18, 2005 |access-date=August 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115182821/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2005/10/bjork-the-music-from-drawing-restraint-9.html|archive-date=January 15, 2010}}</ref> * gothic country<ref name=Gribbins/> * lo-fi<ref name=Gribbins/> * indie folk * alternative country }} | occupation = | years_active = 1993–present | label = {{flatlist| *Drag City *Domino *Spunk }} {{Infobox person | spouse = {{marriage|Elsa Hansen Oldham|2016}} | child = yes | children = 1 | website = {{URL|bonnieprincebilly.com}} }} }}

'''Joseph Will Oldham''' (born January 15, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. From 1993 to 1997, he performed and recorded in collaboration with dozens of other musicians under variations of '''Palace''' (Palace, Palace Brothers, Palace Songs, and Palace Music).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Will Oldham (Bonnie Prince Billy) |url=https://www.wypr.org/podcast/essential-tremors/2022-04-28/will-oldham-bonnie-prince-billy |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=WYPR |language=en}}</ref> After briefly publishing music under his own name, in 1998 he adopted '''Bonnie''' "'''Prince'''" '''Billy''' as the name for most of his work.

==Early life and education== Oldham was born on January 15, 1970, in Louisville, Kentucky.<ref>Alan Licht (Ed.) (2012), ''Will Oldham on Bonnie "Prince" Billy''. Faber and Faber Ltd., London, pp. viii. {{ISBN|978-0-571-25814-7}}.</ref> His mother, Joanne Lei Will Tafel Oldham, was a teacher and artist.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Joanne Oldham (1942 - 2020) - Obituary|url=https://www.legacy.com/amp/obituaries/louisville/195122836|access-date=2020-10-23|website=legacy.com}}</ref> His father, Joseph Collins Oldham, was an attorney and photographer.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Joseph Oldham - Obituary|url=https://www.legacy.com/amp/obituaries/louisville/19382161|access-date=2020-10-23|website=legacy.com}}</ref> Oldham graduated from the J. Graham Brown School in 1988. He sporadically attended Brown University in Rhode Island while pursuing a career as an actor, and living between Brooklyn, Los Angeles, and Bloomington, Indiana.<ref name="IPM">{{cite web | publisher = [Indiana Public Media] | date = February 17, 2016 | author=Adam Schwartz | title = Bonnie "Prince" Billy Tells of His Royal Roots | url=https://indianapublicmedia.org/arts/bonnie-prince-billy-tells-of-his-royal-roots.php | access-date = July 14, 2021 }}</ref> He began making music during this time, initially as a project for his professor Jeff Todd Titon, an ethnomusicologist at Brown University.<ref name="wire">{{cite web | publisher = The Wire | date = March 14, 2013 | author=Derek Walmsley | title = Exclusive Bonnie 'Prince' Billy Interview | url=http://www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/interviews/exclusive-bonnie_prince_billy-interview | access-date = January 25, 2016 }}</ref>

== Career == thumb|Oldham in 2017

Oldham first performed and recorded under various permutations of the Palace name, including Palace Brothers, Palace Songs, Palace Music, and simply Palace. Regarding the name changes during this period (1993–1997), Oldham said: {{cquote|I guess the idea is that when you have a name of a group or an artist, then you expect that the next record, if it has the same name, should be the same group of people playing on it. And I just thought we were making a different kind of record each time, with different people, and different themes, and different sounds. So I thought it was important to call it something different so that people would be aware of the differences.<ref name="phoenix"/>}}

Will stated in a 1995 interview with KCRW that the name Palace Flophouse was inspired by reading John Steinbeck's ''Cannery Row''. Beginning in 1998, Oldham has primarily used the moniker Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, which draws inspiration from several sources: {{cquote|[T]he name has so many different references that it could almost have a life of its own. Bonnie Prince Charlie has such a beautiful ring to it, and I was very conscious of appropriating that mellifluous sound. And I was also thinking about the name Nat King Cole. But it wasn't until later, and this may have been subconscious, that I remembered that Billy the Kid was William Bonney or Billy Bonney.<ref name="phoenix">{{cite web | work = The Phoenix | date = January 20, 2003 | author = Ashare, Matt | title = Mystery Man: Palace Brother Will Oldham becomes Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | url = http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/music/top/documents/02671921.htm | access-date = May 9, 2007 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081202151640/http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/music/top/documents/02671921.htm | archive-date = December 2, 2008 | df = mdy-all }}</ref> }}

He has explained that "the primary purpose of the pseudonym is to allow both the audience and the performer to have a relationship with the performer that is valid and unbreakable."<ref>{{cite web | publisher = Foggy Notion |date=April 2003 | title = Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | url=http://www.dragcity.com/press/pimages/pressclips/dc233fn_art.pdf | access-date = May 8, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070710021351/http://www.dragcity.com/press/pimages/pressclips/dc233fn_art.pdf  |archive-date = July 10, 2007}}</ref>

Many of his solo albums are not available on Spotify, as Oldham disagrees with how they treat musicians.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Simpson |first=Dave |date=2023-08-24 |title=Bonnie 'Prince' Billy: 'I can't regret working with R Kelly – it made me better able to judge my behaviour and that of others' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/aug/24/bonnie-prince-billy-i-cant-regret-working-with-r-kelly-it-made-me-better-able-to-judge-my-behaviour-and-that-of-others |access-date=2025-07-23 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

===Critical reception===

Oldham is known for his "do-it-yourself punk aesthetic and blunt honesty",<ref name="chico">{{cite web | publisher = Chico News & Review | date = March 28, 2002 | author=Baldwin, C. | title = The Wanderer | url=http://www.newsreview.com/chico/Content?oid=8724 | access-date = May 8, 2007 }}</ref> and his music has been likened to Americana, folk, roots, country, punk, and indie rock. He has been called an "Appalachian post-punk solipsist",<ref name="chico"/> with a voice that has been described as "a fragile sort-of warble frittering around haunted melodies in the American folk or country tradition."<ref name="chico"/>

Some of his albums, such as ''There Is No-One What Will Take Care of You'' (1993),<ref>{{cite book | last = Irvin | first = Jim |author2=Colin McLear | title = The Mojo Collection: The Ultimate Music Companion | publisher = Canongate | year = 2003|edition=3rd | page = [https://archive.org/details/mojocollectiongr00jimi/page/585 585] | isbn = 1-84195-438-1 | title-link = The Mojo Collection }}</ref> ''Viva Last Blues'' (1995),<ref>{{cite web | publisher = Pitchfork Media | date = November 17, 2003 | author = LeMay, Matt | title = The Top 100 Albums of the 1990s | url = http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/36737-staff-list-top-100-albums-of-the-1990s/page_5 | access-date = May 8, 2007 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070506045834/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/36737-staff-list-top-100-albums-of-the-1990s/page_5 | archive-date = May 6, 2007 | df = mdy-all }}</ref> and ''I See a Darkness'' (1999),<ref>{{cite book | last = Irvin | first = Jim | author2 = Colin McLear | title = The Mojo Collection: The Ultimate Music Companion | publisher = Canongate | year = 2003 | edition = 3rd | page = [https://archive.org/details/mojocollectiongr00jimi/page/651 651] | isbn = 1-84195-438-1 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/mojocollectiongr00jimi/page/651 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | publisher = Pitchfork Media | date = November 17, 2003 | author = Bowers, William | title = The Top 100 Albums of the 1990s | url = http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/36737-staff-list-top-100-albums-of-the-1990s/page_10 | access-date = May 8, 2007 | archive-date = May 1, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070501042211/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/36737-staff-list-top-100-albums-of-the-1990s/page_10 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last = Dimery | first = Robert | title = 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die | publisher = Universe | year = 2006 | page = [https://archive.org/details/albumsyoumusthea00dime/page/n429 854] | isbn = 0-7893-1371-5 | title-link = 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die }}</ref> have appeared on greatest albums lists. Johnny Cash recorded a version of "I See a Darkness" on his American Recordings disc ''American III: Solitary Man'' (2000). Oldham provided backing vocals. Spanish singer Rosalía also recorded a version of "I See a Darkness" for her debut album ''Los Ángeles''. Marianne Faithfull included Oldham's "A King at Night" on her 2003 ''Kissin Time'' tour. Steve Adey also covered "I See a Darkness" on his 2006 LP ''All Things Real''. Mark Kozelek recorded a version of Oldham's "New Partner" on his 2008 disc, ''The Finally LP''. Katatonia covered "Oh How I Enjoy the Light" on their 2001 EP ''Tonight's Music'', and their song "Don't Tell a Soul" is about and contains an interpolation of the Palace Brothers song "You Will Miss Me When I Burn". In 2009 Mark Lanegan and Soulsavers recorded a cover version of "You Will Miss Me When I Burn". The release is a split single, backed with the Lanegan-penned "Sunrise" featuring vocals by Oldham. In 2011, Deer Tick's cover of Oldham's song "Death to Everyone" appeared in an episode of ''Hell On Wheels''. Cadaverous Condition covered "Black" on their ''To the Night Sky'' album (2006).

===Acting=== ====Film and television==== Oldham's first film acting role was as the teen preacher in John Sayles's film ''Matewan'' (1987), a dramatization of the life of Appalachian mining community in the 1920s and the Battle of Matewan. Following this, he moved to Hollywood to pursue a career as an actor.<ref name="dallasobs">{{cite news|last=Roberts|first=Randall|date=June 3, 2009|title=Will Oldham's Trouble with Hollywood|publisher=Dallas Observer|url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/2009-06-04/music/will-oldham-s-trouble-with-hollywood/|access-date=January 16, 2010}}</ref> He played the role of Chip McClure (father of Baby Jessica) in ''Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure'' (1989), and the role of Miles in the film ''Thousand Pieces of Gold'' (1991). Oldham also played minor roles in ''Julien Donkey-Boy'' (1999), ''Junebug'' (2005), and ''The Guatemalan Handshake'' (2006).

In 2004, Oldham appeared as himself in the short documentary film ''Tripping With Caveh'', wherein he took psilocybin mushrooms with autobiographical filmmaker Caveh Zahedi.<ref name="nyt">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/30/magazine/caveh-zahedi-documentary-film.html|title= A Filmmaker Bared His Soul|newspaper=New York Times|date=October 30, 2019}}</ref><ref name="tripping">"[https://vimeo.com/65958992 Tripping With Caveh] on Caveh Zahedi's Vimeo page.</ref> The project was intended as the pilot episode of a reality/documentary series, with the concept being that Zahedi would take psychedelics in the company of a different celebrity in each episode.<ref name="nyt" /> The project was never picked up by a television network, but the short with Oldham finally saw official release in the 2015 retrospective box set ''Digging My Own Grave: The Films of Caveh Zahedi''.<ref>Factory Twenty Five: "[https://www.factorytwentyfive.com/shop/digging-my-own-grave Digging My Own Grave]."</ref>

Oldham played a lead role as Kurt in Kelly Reichardt's film ''Old Joy'' (2006), and had a brief role in the director's next film ''Wendy and Lucy'' (2008). Oldham played Pastor Pigmeat in the "Horse Apples" episode of the second season of the MTV children's show parody ''Wonder Showzen'' and appeared in an episode of Chatman and Lee's subsequent television show, ''Xavier: Renegade Angel'' as a Reverend.<ref>{{Citation |last1=Bertoldo |first1=Marco |title=Signs from Godrilla |date=2008-01-06 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1171491/?ref_=ttep_ep9 |series=Xavier: Renegade Angel |access-date=2023-03-02 |last2=Chatman |first2=Vernon |last3=Lee |first3=John}}</ref> In 2007, he starred alongside Zach Galifianakis in a music video for Kanye West's "Can't Tell Me Nothing".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wired.com/underwire/2007/07/the-kanye-westw/|title=The Kanye West/Will Oldham/Zach Galifianakis Collabo You Never Saw Coming|website=Wired|date=July 25, 2007|access-date=August 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021161512/https://www.wired.com/underwire/2007/07/the-kanye-westw/|archive-date=October 21, 2013}}</ref>

Also in 2010, Oldham appeared in ''Jackass 3D'' as a gorilla trainer. As part of an agreement to play that role, he wrote a theme song, in the style of a Saturday-morning cartoon show, for filmmaker Lance Bangs.<ref>[http://www.buzzgrinder.com/2011/will-oldham-new-album-jackass-3d/ Will Oldham Discusses Jackass 3D, Working on 'Blueprints' for New Album] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110312102807/http://www.buzzgrinder.com/2011/will-oldham-new-album-jackass-3d/ |date=March 12, 2011 }}. Buzzgrinder.com (March 9, 2011). Retrieved on May 4, 2012.</ref>

In 2011, Oldham played a father telling a bedtime story to his son in David Lowery's short film ''Pioneer''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Salovaara |first=Sarah |date=2015-04-22 |title=Watch: David Lowery's Pioneer {{!}} Filmmaker Magazine |url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/93910-watch-david-lowerys-pioneer/ |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=Filmmaker Magazine {{!}} Publication with a focus on independent film, offering articles, links, and resources. |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2017, he appeared as "Prognosticator" in the feature film ''A Ghost Story'', also directed by David Lowery.

====Voice work==== In 2009, Oldham narrated ''Madam and Little Boy'', a documentary film about atomic weapons, directed by Swedish artist Magnus Bärtås. In 2010, Oldham narrated ''Music Makes a City'', a documentary about the formation of the Louisville Orchestra, directed by Owsley Brown III and Jerome Hiler.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Webster|first=Andy|date=September 17, 2010|title=Louisville, Ky., as a Contemporary Music Hub|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/17/movies/17music.html|access-date=May 19, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Oldham provided voice work and inspiration for the character "Will" in the video game ''Kentucky Route Zero'', released in 2013.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.factmag.com/2016/08/23/kentucky-route-zero-ben-babbitt/ | title=Kentucky Route Zero: How Ben Babbitt scored a Lynchian modern classic | website=FactMag|date=August 23, 2016 }}</ref>

== Personal life == Oldham married the textile artist Elsa Hansen in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Watch Bonnie "Prince" Billy Cover Merle Haggard With His Dogs on Morning TV Show – Pitchfork|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/72956-watch-bonnie-prince-billy-cover-merle-haggard-with-his-dogs-on-morning-tv-show/|access-date=August 2, 2017|website=pitchfork.com|date=April 17, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Pak|first=Minju|date=April 4, 2017|title=Pop Culture Figures – Rendered in Embroidery|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/04/t-magazine/elsa-hansen-oldham-art-embroidery-cross-stitching.html|access-date=August 2, 2017}}</ref> Their child was born in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Episode 40: Will Oldham/Bonnie 'Prince' Billy ClifTones W/ JC Denison podcast|date=December 18, 2018 |url=https://player.fm/series/cliftones-w-jc-denison/episode-40-will-oldhambonnie-prince-billy}}</ref>

==Discography== {{main|Will Oldham discography}}

=== Studio albums === * ''There Is No-One What Will Take Care of You'' – Palace Brothers (1993)<ref>Knott, Alex. (April 30, 2012) [http://www.frostmagazine.com/2012/05/01/bonnie-prince-billy-announced-new-ep-book-reissue-of-6-lps-music-news/ Bonnie 'Prince' Billy announced new EP, book + reissue of 6 LP's | Music News]. Frost Magazine. Retrieved on May 4, 2012.</ref> * ''Days in the Wake'' – Palace Brothers (1994) * ''Viva Last Blues'' – Palace Music (1995) * ''Arise Therefore'' – Palace Music (1996) * ''Joya'' – Will Oldham (1997) * ''I See a Darkness'' – Bonnie "Prince" Billy (1999) * ''Ease Down the Road'' – Bonnie "Prince" Billy (2001) * ''Master and Everyone'' – Bonnie "Prince" Billy (2003) * ''Sings Greatest Palace Music'' – Bonnie "Prince" Billy (2004) (reworkings of earlier songs) * ''Superwolf'' – Matt Sweeney & Bonnie "Prince" Billy (2005) * ''The Brave and the Bold'' – Tortoise & Bonnie "Prince" Billy (2006) (covers album) * ''The Letting Go'' – Bonnie "Prince" Billy (2006) * ''Lie Down in the Light'' – Bonnie "Prince" Billy (2008) * ''Beware'' – Bonnie "Prince" Billy (2009) * ''The Wonder Show of the World'' – Bonnie "Prince" Billy and the Cairo Gang (2010) * ''Wolfroy Goes to Town'' – Bonnie "Prince" Billy (2011) * ''Bonnie "Prince" Billy'' – Bonnie "Prince" Billy (2013) (EP) * ''Singer's Grave – A Sea of Tongues'' – Bonnie "Prince" Billy (2014) (reworkings of songs from ''Wolfroy Goes to Town'') * ''Epic Jammers and Fortunate Little Ditties'' – Bitchin Bajas and Bonnie "Prince" Billy (2016)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/epic-jammers-and-fortunate-little-ditties-mw0002916547|title=Bitchin Bajas, Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Epic Jammers and Fortunate Little Ditties Album Reviews, Songs & More |website=AllMusic|access-date=October 1, 2023}}</ref> * ''Best Troubador'' – Bonnie "Prince" Billy (2017) (covers of Merle Haggard songs) * ''Wolf of the Cosmos'' – Bonnie "Prince" Billy (2017) (cover of ''Sonata Mix Dwarf Cosmos'' by Susanna) * ''Songs of Love and Horror'' – Will Oldham (2018) (reworkings of earlier songs) * ''I Made a Place'' – Bonnie "Prince" Billy (2019)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kim |first1=Michelle |title=Bonnie "Prince" Billy Announces New Album, Shares New Song: Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/bonnie-prince-billy-announces-new-album-shares-new-song-listen/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=September 10, 2019 |date=September 10, 2019}}</ref> * ''Superwolves'' – Matt Sweeney & Bonnie "Prince" Billy (2021)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carriere |first=Michael |date=2022-03-03 |title=Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeney are 'Superwolves' |url=https://shepherdexpress.com/api/content/4d19a824-9b43-11ec-bf33-12f1225286c6/ |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=Shepherd Express |language=en-us}}</ref> * ''Blind Date Party'' – Bill Callahan & Bonnie "Prince" Billy (2021) (covers)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bill Callahan / Bonnie "Prince" Billy: Blind Date Party |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/bill-callahan-bonnie-prince-billy-blind-date-party/ |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> * ''Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You'' – Bonnie "Prince" Billy (2023) * ''The Purple Bird'' - Bonnie "Prince" Billy (2025) * ''We Are Together Again'' - Bonnie "Prince" Billy (2026)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Murray |first=Robin |date=2026-01-07 |title=Bonnie 'Prince' Billy Confirms New Album 'We Are Together Again' |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/bonnie-prince-billy-confirms-new-album-we-are-together-again/ |access-date=2026-01-08 |website=Clash Magazine |language=en-GB}}</ref>

== Filmography == === Film === {| class="wikitable" |+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1985 |''What Comes Around'' |Young Tom Hawkins | |- |1987 |''Matewan'' |Danny Radnor | |- |1990 |''Thousand Pieces of Gold'' |Miles | |- |1999 |''Radiation'' |Will | |- |1999 |''Julien Donkey-Boy'' |Partygoer |Uncredited |- |2005 |''Junebug'' |Bill Mooney, scout | |- |2006 |''Old Joy'' |Kurt | |- |2006 |''The Guatemalan Handshake'' |Donald Turnupseed | |- |2008 |''Wendy and Lucy'' |Icky | |- |2010 |''Jackass 3D'' |Himself |Guest appearance |- |2011 |''New Jerusalem'' |Ike Evans | |- |2014 |''Eden'' |John | |- |2017 |''A Ghost Story'' |Prognosticator | |- |2023 |''The Bikeriders'' |Bartender | |}

=== Television === {| class="wikitable" !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1989 |''Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure'' |Chip Mcclure |Television film |- |2006 |''Wonder Showzen'' |Pastor Pigmeat |Episode: "Horse Apples" |- |2007 |''Trapped in the Closet Chapters 13–22'' |Sgt. Platoon |Video |- |2008 |''Xavier: Renegade Angel'' |Reverend (voice) |Episode: "Signs from Godrilla" |- |2018 |''Animals'' |Father Ferret (voice) |Episode: "At a Loss for Words When We Needed Them Most or...<br>The Rise and Fall of GrabBagVille" |- |2020 |''The Midnight Gospel'' |Bubble Max (voice) |Episode: "Vulture with Honor" |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Will Oldham}} * [http://www.bonnieprincebilly.com/ Bonnie "Prince" Billy] official website * [https://royalstable.nl https://royalstable.nl] fan-site with expanded discography and news section * {{Discogs artist|Will Oldham}} (includes links to alias profiles/discographies) * [http://www.dragcity.com/artists/will-oldham Will Oldham] at Drag City (record label) * [http://www.dominorecordco.com/artists/bonnie-prince-billy/ Bonnie "Prince" Billy] at Domino Records (record label) * {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p260120|label=Will Oldham}} * {{IMDb name|646165|Will Oldham}} * [http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/march_2004/oldham.html "I don't care, let's have some tea: A conversation with Bonnie "Prince" Billy"] by Colin Cheney, 2004 * [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/01/05/090105fa_fact_sanneh "The Pretender: Will Oldham transfigures American music"] by Kelefa Sanneh in ''The New Yorker'', 2009 * [http://music-illuminati.com/interview-will-oldham/ Interview with Oldham] at Music Illuminati, 2010

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