Wainwright's music centers on family, and how we hurt and heal each other. He spoke to Fresh Air in 1992 and '17 about his life as a husband,... Loudon Wainwright III Opens Up About The 'Exes & Excess ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Netflix categorizes Loudon Wainwright III: Surviving Twin as a stand-up comedy special. Which just goes to show how much our definition of stand-up has expanded in 2018.

This is a song everybody can relate to, unfortunately.

Before he sired Rufus and Martha Wainwright, Loudon Wainwright III was best known as a prolific folk singer with a sense of humor (in 1972’s “Motel Blues” he implored, “I’ll write a song for you, I’ll ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Sam Briger, sitting in for Terry Gross. Loudon Wainwright is best known for his confessional songs about family dysfunction and satirical songs about politics and other issues.

Singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III released his self-titled debut album in 1970 and had the only hit single of his career in 1972 with “Dead Skunk,” which hit No. 16, but while he hasn’t had any ...

Each day on Loudon Wainwright III’s front yard, squirrels attack Donald Trump. Well, not exactly: Dangling by string from a tree on his front yard on the eastern tip of Long Island is a Trump squirrel ...

Loudon Wainwright III is best known for doing a few things: being a wry, witty songwriter; being the patriarch of a talented musical family; even for being an actor (he shows up in moves like Big Fish ...