Willi Carlisle
Musical artist
About Willi Carlisle
Born 1989.
Willi Carlisle (born May 29, 1989) is an American folk singer-songwriter from Kansas and based in Arkansas. His music pulls from traditional American folk music, and country music. Many of his songs contain themes of drug abuse, queer life, and rural American life.
Early life Carlisle grew up in a musical family, with his father being a polka musician. He participated in school musicals and was a member of his school's choir. Carlisle attended the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas earning a MFA degree in poetry with the hope of learning to write better folk music. While in college he realized a disconnect existed between contemporary poetry and regular people spurring him to write music connecting people.
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Willi Carlisle was born on 29 May 1989.
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