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Bonnie "Prince" Billy
last updated 2026-09-11 11:26
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Plays on LTZ: (historical total not available beyond this vault's episode folders)
Tracks played
They Keep Trying To Find You — played 2025-01-15
Research
Bonnie "Prince" Billy — They Keep Trying To Find You
Played: 2025-01-15
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Origin: Louisville, Kentucky, USA · born 15 January 1970 · active
Members: Solo artist (Will Oldham) — one of several recording names he's used, alongside Palace, Palace Music, and Palace Songs
Genre: Alt-country, indie folk, Americana
Discography:
I See a Darkness (1999, Palace/Domino) — the album that cemented the Bonnie "Prince" Billy name; title track later covered by Johnny Cash
Master and Everyone (2003, Domino)
The Letting Go (2006, Domino) — recorded in Iceland with Valgeir Sigurðsson
Beware (2009, Domino)
Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You (2023, Drag City)
Facts:
Before music, Oldham was a working actor, starring in John Sayles' Matewan (1987) and in Thousand Pieces of Gold (1991).
He debuted on Drag City in 1992 as Palace Songs and has cycled through several near-identical aliases (Palace, Palace Music, his own name) before settling into Bonnie "Prince" Billy for most releases since 1998; frequent collaborators include Björk, PJ Harvey, and Mark Kozelek.