English musician Morrissey has taken to his website to share his fondness of Loudon Wainwright III's 1970 self-titled debut album. Morrissey's essay – published under the title Let Us Now Praise ...

The film "Dead Poets Society" is famously tied to St. Andrew's School near Middletown. But there are a bunch of Hollywood movies that many Delawareans don't know are linked to the school. This ...

Even when Loudon Wainwright III was writing songs in his early 20s, many of his characters were already looking back wistfully at their younger days -- such as the protagonist of his 1970 recording ...

Leo Kottke and Loudon Wainwright III both emerged from the neo-folk scene in the early 1970s, but with polar opposite styles. Kottke is mainly an instrumentalist, letting his fingers do the talking ...

Music fans know the phenomenon well. An artist or band will build a devoted, if modest, fan base via excellent work. And then, with a single novelty song that’s not necessarily emblematic of the rest ...

It appears the genesis for I’d Rather Lead a Band was the participants’ shared work on the music for Boardwalk Empire, set in 1920s Atlantic City. The songs – which, says Wainwright, “reflect on my ...

Mountain Stage has now been on the air more than 40 years. There will be both local and nationally known musicians in Rochester. Among artists will be Loudon Wainwright III, a singer-songwriter who is ...

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"Bark in the Park: In Memory of Tyler" returns for its second year on Sunday, Sept. 24. It will run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Bennett Memorial Park at 14 Shelter Rock Road in Bethel. The event, ...

“Loud & Rich” pairs Loudon Wainwright III and Richard Thompson at The Egg (Empire State Plaza, Albany) on Sunday. Both can get loud, Wainwright with leather lungs and Thompson with devastating guitar ...