Willi Carlisle
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Willi Carlisle
5 months ago
PROUDLY ANNOUNCING the first leg of our “Critterland” release tour! It’ll be a BAND tour for the first time in forever. Artist presale is now, and you can get in on it bymore
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Jason
February 20th 2024
Great fun! Great music! I believe in Willi Carlisle!
Oklahoma City, OK@Resonant Head
Peter
February 11th 2024
Unbeliveable! Willi played with such passion and quality. I was luck to see him in such a small venue on his way to much bigger things.
Chicago, IL@Schubas
Kelli
November 26th 2023
I won't miss a concert when he is in the New England region. A folk singer with passion and purpose.
Turners Falls, MA@Shea Theater Arts Center
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About Willi Carlisle
Willi Carlisle is a poet and a folk singer for the people. Like his hero Utah Phillips, Carlisle's extraordinary gift for turning a phrase isn't about high falutin' pontificatin'; it's about looking out for one another and connecting through our shared human condition. On his anticipated second album, the magnum opus Peculiar, Missouri, Carlisle makes the case across twelve epic tracks that love truly can conquer all. Born and raised on the Midwestern plains, Carlisle is a product of the punk to folk music pipeline that’s long fueled frustrated young men looking to resist. After falling for the rich ballads and tunes of the Ozarks, where he now lives, he began examining the full spectrum of American musical history. This insatiable stylistic diversity is obvious on Peculiar, Missouri which was produced by Grammy-winning engineer and Cajun musician Joel Savoy in rural Louisiana. The songs range from sardonic trucker songs like “Vanlife” to the heartbreaking queer waltz “Life on the Fence.” The album also imbues class consciousness in songs like “Este Mundo,” a cowboy border ballad about water rights, and the title track’s existential talkin’ blues about a surreal panic attack in Walmart’s aisle five. Though Carlisle's poetic words evoke the mystical American storytelling of Whitman, Sandburg, and e e cummings, ultimately this is bonafide populist folk music in the tradition of cowboys, frontier fiddlers, and tall-tale tellers. Carlisle recognizes that the only thing holding us back from greatness is each other. With Peculiar, Missouri, he brings us one step closer to breaking down our divides.
"Carlisle has a poetry in describing songs passed down through generations as a most precious cultural commodity, and a passion and immediacy in performing them. Both down home and brainy, [Willi] is worth seeking out." —The Washington Post
"Carlisle has a poetry in describing songs passed down through generations as a most precious cultural commodity, and a passion and immediacy in performing them. Both down home and brainy, [Willi] is worth seeking out." —The Washington Post
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Genres:
Americana, Folk, Old-timey, Singer-songwriter
Hometown:
Fayetteville, Arkansas
No upcoming shows in your city
Send a request to Willi Carlisle to play in your city
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Concerts and tour dates
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Live Photos of Willi Carlisle
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Latest Post
Willi Carlisle
5 months ago
PROUDLY ANNOUNCING the first leg of our “Critterland” release tour! It’ll be a BAND tour for the first time in forever. Artist presale is now, and you can get in on it bymore
Willi Carlisle's tour
Fan Reviews
Jason
February 20th 2024
Great fun! Great music! I believe in Willi Carlisle!
Oklahoma City, OK@Resonant Head
Peter
February 11th 2024
Unbeliveable! Willi played with such passion and quality. I was luck to see him in such a small venue on his way to much bigger things.
Chicago, IL@Schubas
Kelli
November 26th 2023
I won't miss a concert when he is in the New England region. A folk singer with passion and purpose.
Turners Falls, MA@Shea Theater Arts Center
View More Fan Reviews
About Willi Carlisle
Willi Carlisle is a poet and a folk singer for the people. Like his hero Utah Phillips, Carlisle's extraordinary gift for turning a phrase isn't about high falutin' pontificatin'; it's about looking out for one another and connecting through our shared human condition. On his anticipated second album, the magnum opus Peculiar, Missouri, Carlisle makes the case across twelve epic tracks that love truly can conquer all. Born and raised on the Midwestern plains, Carlisle is a product of the punk to folk music pipeline that’s long fueled frustrated young men looking to resist. After falling for the rich ballads and tunes of the Ozarks, where he now lives, he began examining the full spectrum of American musical history. This insatiable stylistic diversity is obvious on Peculiar, Missouri which was produced by Grammy-winning engineer and Cajun musician Joel Savoy in rural Louisiana. The songs range from sardonic trucker songs like “Vanlife” to the heartbreaking queer waltz “Life on the Fence.” The album also imbues class consciousness in songs like “Este Mundo,” a cowboy border ballad about water rights, and the title track’s existential talkin’ blues about a surreal panic attack in Walmart’s aisle five. Though Carlisle's poetic words evoke the mystical American storytelling of Whitman, Sandburg, and e e cummings, ultimately this is bonafide populist folk music in the tradition of cowboys, frontier fiddlers, and tall-tale tellers. Carlisle recognizes that the only thing holding us back from greatness is each other. With Peculiar, Missouri, he brings us one step closer to breaking down our divides.
"Carlisle has a poetry in describing songs passed down through generations as a most precious cultural commodity, and a passion and immediacy in performing them. Both down home and brainy, [Willi] is worth seeking out." —The Washington Post
"Carlisle has a poetry in describing songs passed down through generations as a most precious cultural commodity, and a passion and immediacy in performing them. Both down home and brainy, [Willi] is worth seeking out." —The Washington Post
Show More
Genres:
Americana, Folk, Old-timey, Singer-songwriter
Hometown:
Fayetteville, Arkansas
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