Loudon Wainwright III is best known for his song “Dead Skunk,” which did well on the charts in 1972 and revealed him to be a writer of uncommon literacy and wit. Because of this song he gained a ...

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Loudon Wainwright III, who is currently on tour, began his career as a singer-songwriter quickly, almost fifty-years ago, with help from a motorcycle accident. Not his own, but the one that left the ...

Over the course of two sets Friday night at The Pabst Theater, Loudon Wainwright III and Richard Thompson laid out a sprawling evening of songwriting prowess, musicianship and humorous asides. At the ...

Before he sired Rufus and Martha Wainwright, Loudon Wainwright III was best known as a prolific folk singer with a sense of humor (in 1972’s “Motel Blues” he implored, “I’ll write a song for you, I’ll ...

ASPEN ” Loudon Wainwright III has built a reputation for putting himself under the magnifying glass in his songs. The 62-year-old singer-songwriter ” part of the first wave of “new Dylans” ” has ...

One of the gags in Wainwright’s 25th studio album in a recording career that began in 1970 is the indignity of old age, and naturally he tells it well: “Brand New Dance” is a hymn to the failing body ...

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 ...