Loudon Wainwright III News

The extended family tree of singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III is beginning to look like one of those intermarrying European royal families.

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LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III, THE OLIVE GROVE Loudon Wainwright III is the singer/songwriter/humorist/actor with a soft spot for freakishly talented musical brunettes and a family tradition of hashing out family shit in song.

The extended family tree of singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III is beginning to look like one of those intermarrying European royal families.

If I remain still, if I am alone and silent long enough to hear the sound of my own blood or breathing or digestion above the rustling of leaves or the whir of the refrigerator, my father is likely to turn up -- Loudon Wainwright Jr., October 1983 Loudon Wainwright III has been writing from an old-soul point of view ever since he was young.

Loudon Wainwright III has the makings of a great legacy many times over. His children - including Rufus and Martha - are successful musicians in their own right, and Wainwright's body of work has obviously influenced them.

New York is buzzing with retro-chic products these days, but few can match the authenticity of a project that aims to bring alive the sound, touch, and even smells of recorded music's first golden period.

FAIRIFELD, Conn. - Mother's Day weekend brings the annual Dogwood Festival to Fairfield, plus concerts, fundraisers and more.

Fairfield Theatre Co. will present a performance by Loudon Wainwright III Saturday, May 12, at StageOne.

Jakob Dylan of the Wallflowers downplays the influence of his father Bob Dylan: "My purpose isn't to be original, it's to be individual." Norah Jones, daughter of Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar: "I just want to make my music and I want it to stand on its own." Jeff Buckley, who like his father the '60s cult singer Tim Buckley died young, once ... (more)

Looks like spring has brought a flurry of creativity with five local bands releasing albums this weekend starting with The Shiny Lights, who pulls members from many of other local bands in town.

Loudon Wainwright III, "Older Than My Old Man Now" : As the title indicates, death and mortality are much on the mind of the 65-year-old Wainwright, and his stock-taking involves a big focus on family.

Even when Loudon Wainwright III was a young man he was writing autobiographical songs, and his old themes of family, sex, and death resonate more deeply on his new record, Older Than My Old Man Now .

For someone who has claimed to be a one-man kind of guy , folk singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III sought the help of a surprising number of friends and family members while making his new album, Older Than My Old Man Now .