Loudon Wainwright III grew up in the town of Bedford in wealthy Westchester County north of New York City, the son of Loudon S. Wainwright, Jr., a writer and editor at Life magazine and a direct ...

Since the late 1960s when he emerged on the New York and Boston folk scenes as a sharp and promising young songwriter, Loudon Wainwright III hasn't paused for a second. By Lavinia Jones Wright Since ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Sam Briger, sitting in for Terry Gross. Loudon Wainwright is best known for his confessional songs about family dysfunction and satirical songs about politics and other issues.

"Sometimes it takes the rest of the world fifty years to catch up," Morrissey said of Wainwright's self-titled debut from 1970. "But they do." By Tyler Jenke English musician Morrissey has taken to ...

Our second installation today of songs of Thanksgiving. This one, “Thanksgiving,” written by Loudon Wainwright III, is not really a happy Thanksgiving song. Not at all. And not a surprise coming from ...

Wainwright's music centers on family, and how we hurt and heal each other. He spoke to Fresh Air in 1992 and '17 about his life as a husband,... Loudon Wainwright III Opens Up About The 'Exes & Excess ...

Each day on Loudon Wainwright III’s front yard, squirrels attack Donald Trump. Well, not exactly: Dangling by string from a tree on his front yard on the eastern tip of Long Island is a Trump squirrel ...

Say this about the pandemic: There are now enough songs about Covid-19 to make for a pretty eclectic playlist. The track lineup would include T Turbo, Gunna and Young Thug’s chilled-out “Quarantine ...

We caught up with the singer-songwriter — who’s been sheltering on Shelter Island — to talk about all things travel. Folk singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III has spent much of his auspicious ...

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