Missouri-based folksinger Willi Carlisle is the living embodiment of Kris Kristofferson’s famous lines – “He’s a walking contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction.”
Carlisle’s appeal is his ability to write deeply incisive, provocative, and socially relevant songs without being preachy, while taking a few lighthearted detours through these eleven songs on Winged Victory. Carlisle is serious without taking himself too seriously as he champions the weirdos, the outcasts, and the dreamers who find it increasingly difficult to thrive in our chaotic state. The liners contain a bold headline – “These Songs Feel Poised on the Edge of the Apocalypse.”
Carlisle opens with a cover written by an anonymous Industrial Workers of the World…
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