Willi Carlisle Mines the Importance of Storytelling on 'Winged Victory'

Willi Carlisle mines the importance of storytelling on 'Winged Victory'

Music outlasts the limits of our minds and memories; it is something more elemental, more hardwired. Willi Carlisle understands music’s ability to tap into a deeper, truer part of our brains and “Winged Victory” further cements him as an important figure in today’s traditional music landscape, earning his place on factory floors, in dementia wards and everywhere in between.

FRESH TRACK: Willi Carlisle - "Beeswing"

Within his heart and his music, folksinger Willi Carlisle holds tight the conviction that love is bigger than hate and no one is expendable. Deemed by Paste as, "One of country music’s most important and unmistakable voices,” Carlisle’s music has always been a dance between spectacle and philosophy. On his fourth studio (and first self-produced) album, Winged Victory, Carlisle returns with his signature blend of traditionally-rooted folk music a…