If you have been recently scrolling through Instagram or TikTok you have surely come across the sharp-tongued singer/songwriter, Jesse Welles. Thanks to his politically potent songs “War Isn’t Murder, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The story of America can be told through the lyrics of folk music – songs of the Great Depression, the civil rights era, and the ...

Jesse Welles has quickly gone from largely-unknown musician to one of the biggest rising stars in folk. With a sound and ethos much like Bob Dylan 60 years ago, the Arkansas-native certainly seems ...

It happened earlier this month the same way it always happens. Jesse Welles was scrolling on his cell at home in northwest Arkansas — Siloam Springs, population 21,000 — when he came across a ...

At this very moment, Jesse Welles is likely riding down some American highway, reading Shakespeare’s King Lear, and pondering about a dead bug on the windshield. He also could be running on some city ...

Ever been to a show where the band played covers of both Black Sabbath and John Denver? Not ironic covers, mind you. Good, honest renditions of two disparate classics of the early ‘70s, when protest ...

Jesse Welles didn’t start showing up on your social media feeds because of a dance challenge or any particular trend—he did it by being honest. “Punching up” is truly the name of the game with the ...

Some music critics, like Steven Hyden, really don’t like Americana singer-songwriter Jesse Welles. “It’s all just a pile-up of performatively plain-spoken words over a fourth-rate Woody Guthrie guitar ...

Jesse Welles’ music follows the legacy of Pete Seeger and the band Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. His songs “War isn’t Murder,” “Fat” and “United Health” drew attention to a myriad of American crises ...

Jesse Welles has announced his 26-date Red Tour with headlining dates in cities including NYC, Los Angeles, Chicago, Nashville, and more. These dates will feature support by special guests Steph ...

Jesse Welles, the gravelly-voiced songwriter who is reviving protest songs through a series of self-shot videos, will release his new studio album, Middle, next month. But there’s nothing “middle” ...