# Bill Callahan Is Entering the Audiobook Space

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/bill-callahan-is-entering-the-audiobook-space/
- Published: 2026-07-17T16:21:27+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-22T03:14:54+00:00
- Original publisher: Pitchfork
- Original article: https://pitchfork.com/story/bill-callahan-audiobook-matthew-schnipper/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music, Space, Technology

## Key points

- Bill Callahan narrates the audiobook of Matthew Schnipper's memoir Rise Above.
- The memoir details Schnipper's grief after his son Renzo's death in 2021.
- Rise Above was released 21 July via Random House.

## Summary

Musician Bill Callahan is stepping into audiobook narration, lending his voice to Rise Above, the forthcoming memoir by former Pitchfork executive editor Matthew Schnipper. The book recounts Schnipper's experience of grief after the death of his son Renzo, who died aged nearly two in 2021. Callahan, the Austin-based singer-songwriter known for his distinctive baritone, was chosen to narrate the audio edition, marking a departure into spoken-word work.

A newly released clip features Callahan reading a passage about Schnipper introducing his three-month-old son to the death metal band Morbid Angel, part of the varied musical upbringing he gave Renzo. Renzo died on Christmas Eve 2021 after suffering an aneurysm two days earlier, and Schnipper writes that many memories from his son's short life have since faded, though the Morbid Angel moment survives on video. Rise Above was published on 21 July via Random House.

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