Willi Carlisle is a lyric poet in the most classical sense

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Steacy Easton

February 25, 2024

The Bluegrass Situation

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Carlisle is at his best when limning complex networks of historical figures, news, what is called “traditional music,” contemporary poetics, and the natural world. He is a lyric poet, in the most classical sense.

Willi Carlisle with a banjo in front of a chrome airstream trailer

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