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 ...

Loudon Wainwright has released a steady stream of recordings since 1970. His confessional work is often wry and humorous but no doubt self-examining. It's not surprising that he's decided to re-visit ...

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 ...

Loudon Wainwright III lives up to his rep as the kind of guy who basks in Los Angeles' sporadic grayness. Asked how he's doing, he responds perkily, "Pretty good today. So far, nothing bad has ...

At 77, singer-songwriter and sometimes-actor Loudon Wainwright III is still hitting the road, including for a pair of upcoming dates at Eddies’s Attic in Decatur. Since his 1970 debut album, simply ...

Singer-songwriters are sometimes derided for "singing their diaries," but the Wainwright family is building careers on that practice, as recent releases by Loudon Wainwright III (his 21st full-length ...

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 ...

Loudon Wainwright III has suggested that he's immensely proud that his children Rufus, Martha and Lucy have become successful musicians. Last year, Rufus revealed that he and his father repaired their ...

Folk guitarist Leo Kottke and Loudon Wainwright III will take the stage on Oct. 11 at the Fargo Theatre. The Minneapolis-based Kottke is celebrated for his finger-picking style that draws from folk, ...

The veteran singer, songwriter and actor Loudon Wainwright is best known for his insightful, painfully honest folk-based songs. Rather than update his sound for millennials, “I’d Rather Lead a Band” ...

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 ...