Jesse Welles, the prolific poet of the woods, made his late-night tv debut final night time, performing his music “Horses” on Jimmy Kimmel Reside. Watch his efficiency right here.
“Horses” is the lead single on his acclaimed third studio solo album Center (full observe itemizing under). The album, produced by Eddie Spear (Sierra Ferrell, Zach Bryan), continues the songwriter’s singular unbridled creativity and present for writing songs that talk fact to energy with a plain-spoken and clear-eyed supply. Rolling Stone calls his writing “wickedly sharp” and he has earned comparisons to his heroes, Dylan, Prine, and Guthrie. Center is offered on all codecs right here.
Welles additionally not too long ago launched Below The Powerlines (April 24 – September 24), a 63-song assortment of current subject and reside recordings that originally appeared on social media platforms, together with reside variations of his songs “Struggle Isn’t Homicide,” “Fentanyl,” and Walmart”. The album additionally contains covers of songs by Welles’s heroes together with John Prine’s “Angel from Montgomery,” Bob Dylan’s “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door,” and The Rolling Stones’ “Wild Horses”. Below The Powerlines (April 24 – September 24) is offered on streaming platforms right here.
Jesse Welles was profiled by The New York Instances, who say of his music, “his dexterous writing and the robust, bare-bones preparations can’t assist however recall a lot of these basic rockers he grew up listening to — Dylan, Petty, Neil Younger.” Learn the complete function right here.
Welles is presently on his 25-date “Worry Is The Thoughts Killer” North American tour with performances in cities together with New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Nashville, Chicago and extra. Tickets for all exhibits (full dates under) are bought out however followers can join waitlists right here.
Welles has not too long ago gone viral by performing stripped-down, acoustic songs usually performed to a smartphone digital camera within the Arkansas wilderness the place he was raised and presently resides. Tracks like “Struggle Isn’t Homicide,” “United Well being,” which the New Yorker says “takes John Prine’s craggy empathy and provides a tincture of Brian Jones’s sinister charisma,” and “Walmart” have earned him tens of hundreds of thousands of streams, over 2 million followers on social media, and a groundswell of acclaim. Whereas Welles could have simply come to the eye of many as a consequence of his movies’ reputation throughout social media, he has been writing and performing since 12-years-old, when he lastly scrounged up sufficient cash for a $56 first act guitar from Walmart. Bringing the guitar in every single place, he performed alongside to the radio and gleaned knowledge from native old-timers. He fed his obsession by checking CDs out of his hometowns public library and burning them to the household laptop, embracing classics from Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, and Woody Guthrie.
Over the previous ten years, he launched his eponymous band Welles, releasing music and touring incessantly. He logged 280 exhibits in a 12 months, canvasing North America and Europe alongside the likes of Royal Blood, Extremely Suspect, Greta Van Fleet, and Lifeless Sara. Dropped from his previous label mid-pandemic, he give up a job at a vegan meat producer and returned to Arkansas. In February 2024, life modified once more when dad suffered a coronary heart assault. Sitting in his father’s hospital room with a Woody Guthrie biography on his lap, Jesse realized what he wanted to do. “I used to be like, ‘I’m going to sing the information’,” he recollects. “There was loads of conflict occurring. That was bugging me—on prime of my private life. I’d achieved my greatest to surrender music, however I couldn’t. I made a decision to do that by myself.”
Welles’ new music and album proceed the custom of modern-day troubadours and jesters. “I’m writing like loopy to outlive,” he says. “As people, I consider we’re made to create artwork. So, I’m going to maintain making music and releasing it consistently.”
Jesse Welles- Center Observe Itemizing
- Horses
- Sure
- I’m Sorry
- Worry Is The Thoughts Killer
- Wheel
- Something However Me
- Each Grain of Sand
- Easy Items
- Why Don’t You Love Me
- Rocket Man
- Struggle Is a God
- Center
Jesse Welles Worry is the Thoughts Killer Tour
Mar 29, 2025 // The Chapel // San Francisco, CA SOLD OUT
Apr 1, 2025 // Mississippi Studios // Portland, OR SOLD OUT
Apr 2, 2025 // Neumos // Seattle, WA SOLD OUT
Apr 4, 2025 // Bluebird Theater // Denver, CO SOLD OUT
Apr 5, 2025 // Armory FoCo // Fort Collins, CO SOLD OUT
Apr 6, 2025 // Fox Theatre // Boulder, CO SOLD OUT
Apr 9, 2025 // The Kessler Theater // Dallas, TX SOLD OUT
Apr 10, 2025 // Antone’s Nightclub // Austin, TX SOLD OUT
Might 16, 2025 – Might 17, 2025 // FreshGrass // Bentonville, AR SOLD OUT
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