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Music Reviews: Loudon Wainwright III’s “Loudon Live in London,” plus Petra Onderuf Quartet

January 19, 2025January 18, 2025Jeff Burger1

Loudon Wainwright III’s Loudon Live in London, plus Petra Onderuf Quartet Folksinger Loudon Wainwright III has had a colorful and eventful life, professionally and personally. His more than half-century musical career has embraced dozens of studio albums, countless concert tours, and one unlikely hit single, “Dead Skunk (In the Middle of the Road).” He has […]

Music Review: Loudon Wainwright’s First Two Albums Reappear on a Single CD

January 8, 2023January 24, 2023Jeff Burger0

Like most of the so-called new Dylans who emerged in the 1970s, folk singer/songwriter Loudon Wainwright III has little in common with Bob aside from an ability to write lyrics worth hearing and produce music that isn’t quite like anyone else’s. Oh, one more thing: like ol’ man Zimmerman, who fathered the Wallflowers’ Jakob Dylan, […]