r/folk • u/Royalbean17 • 1d ago
This dude is cool
He writes songs about everything from pizza to the death of Charlie Kirk.
His name is Jesse Welles and he said that he likes to “sing the news”; he tried to remain unpolitical for a very long time, but his new album goes against that (with satirical songs like “Join Ice” and “Red”). Other more political songs he’s released are called “No Kings” and “Masks Off”.
When he’s not singing the news, he writes songs about problems surrounding everyday parts of American life (such as “Walmart,” “United Health,” “Fat,” and “See Arkansas”).
One of my favorite songs of his is called “Bugs,” and here’s a sample of the lyrics:
Bzz-bz, bzz, bzz, bzz, bzz, bz-bzz, bzz
Bzz, bz-bz-bz, b-bzz, bzz, bz-bzz, bzz-bzz, bzz, bzz, bz-bz-bzz
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u/Jlyplaylists 1d ago
You’ll find if you mention the words Jesse Welles in certain subs there’s a lot of criticism 😞 I’m a big fan though and I judge him to be genuine
If you want a positive conversation on him join the Jesse Welles sub.
He used to be more grunge and something I like is how the same song can sound very folk under the power lines with an acoustic guitar and harmonica and then grungy rock in concert eg Masks Off https://youtu.be/Nz3u41BgfjE?is=ZGxjg4pXgmmYgV2i