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 ...

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 ...

Loudon Wainwright III is nearing the 40 year mark in his career, and with the new album 'Recovery' he's revisiting and reworking some of the songs that got him started. The record also reunites the ...

Loudon Wainwright III latest album Recovery. “Its a play on words about recovering a song," says Wainwright. “I had been performing some of the songs, but some of them I had forgotten about and had to ...

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 ...

Story: Singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III won a Grammy in January for his recent album paying tribute to an old-time country banjo player who died in 1931. Called High Wide and Handsome: The ...

Richard Thompson and Loudon Wainwright III: both qualify as “critical favorites” or “cult artists,” slightly backhanded praise that suggests what they do is enjoyed by small but ravenous audiences ...