If you have been recently scrolling through Instagram or TikTok you have surely come across the sharp-tongued singer/songwriter, Jesse Welles. Thanks to his politically potent songs “War Isn’t Murder, ...

It happened earlier this month the same way it always happens. Jesse Welles was scrolling on his cell at home in northwest Arkansas — Siloam Springs, population 21,000 — when he came across a ...

The WMNF Song of the Day for October 16, 2025 is “Wheel” by Jesse Welles. Jesse Welles has exploded on the scene in the last couple of years with his raspy voice and direct, progressive lyrics. He has ...

At this very moment, Jesse Welles is likely riding down some American highway, reading Shakespeare’s King Lear, and pondering about a dead bug on the windshield. He also could be running on some city ...

Jesse Welles didn’t start showing up on your social media feeds because of a dance challenge or any particular trend—he did it by being honest. “Punching up” is truly the name of the game with the ...

Jesse Welles tells PEOPLE at the 2025 Americana Honors & Awards that teaming up with Fogerty, the lead singer of Creedence Clearwater Revival, is an "unbelievable" feat that he will need to take some ...

Jesse Welles set up in Washington Square Park on Tuesday afternoon for a surprise public performance. Before returning to the stage after a few months away with a headline engagement at the Hudson ...

Over the past year, folk singer Jesse Welles has become an unlikely star thanks to protest songs about everything from ICE raids and the health care industry to the opioid epidemic and the invasion of ...

Jesse Welles at the Bowery Ballroom on February 21. Photo: Emilio Herce They were still on X, but they were verifying their sources. They were considering running for county committee and getting back ...

Last week, Jesse Welles, a polemic-writing folk musician, performed a duet with the legendary Joan Baez. Not only did Welles share a microphone with Bob Dylan’s sweetheart of old, the duo also covered ...

Jesse Welles, the gravelly-voiced songwriter who is reviving protest songs through a series of self-shot videos, will release his new studio album, Middle, next month. But there’s nothing “middle” ...