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 ...

The veteran singer-songwriter is hitting the road again after a long break from the region.

Discover What’s Streaming On: Netflix categorizes Loudon Wainwright III: Surviving Twin as a stand-up comedy special. Which just goes to show how much our definition of stand-up has expanded in 2018.

Folk singer Loudon Wainwright III has just released his 22nd studio album, called Haven't Got the Blues (Yet). We've invited him to answer three questions about other notable thirds: King Richard III, ...

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 ...

This cover image released by Thirty Tigers shows "I’d Rather Lead A Band" by Loudon Wainwright III. (Thirty Tigers via AP) Loudon Wainwright III with Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks, “I'd Rather ...

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 ...

Loudon Wainwright III has been coming to Mountain Stage since 1988. For his latest appearance, host Larry Groce gets to introduce him as a Grammy winner. Wainwright, along with producer Dick Connette, ...

Singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III released his self-titled debut album in 1970 and had the only hit single of his career in 1972 with “Dead Skunk,” which hit No. 16, but while he hasn’t had any ...

Lots of artists get entombed in box-set career retrospectives. Few lend themselves to the process as appropriately as Loudon Wainwright III does on 40 Odd Years, because his entire body of work — with ...

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.