Willi Carlisle - Winged Victory (LP Vinyl)

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 "One of country music’s most important and unmistakable voices.” (PASTE), 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 and kaleidoscope of oddball characters to confer with his core tenets in more overt and provocative ways. Intent on creating art and a well-rounded life in a broken world, Carlisle directly addresses the hope that by understanding our collective suffering we might be free of it. Rather than a manifesto, the eleven songs on Winged Victory should be understood as a reflection. They revel in the beauty of tiny, monetarily-worthless moments and things, offering with them a consideration of our innate humanity.

1 We Have Fed You All for 1000 Years
2 Wildflowers Growin’
3 Winged Victory
4 The Cottonwood Tree
5 Cryin’ These Cocksucking Tears
6 The Cottonwood Polka
7 Work is Work
8 Sound and Fury
9 Beeswing
10 Big Butt Billy
11 Old Bill Pickett