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Hey, how’s it going? Firstly, can you introduce yourself on camera and say what you’re nominated for? Of course. My name is Jesse Welles, and uh, honestly, I got four nominations, but I I don’t know what they are, so… I can tell you. Okay. Best Folk Album, best Americana album, best Americana root song, […]

Protest songs have long been a force in pop culture, and now they’re making a comeback, thanks in part to singer songwriter Jesse Wells. With Robert Costa, we take note. The story of America can be told through the lyrics of folk music. As folk singer Pete Seager put it, “A song isn’t a speech. […]

Review: Jesse Welles has brought back protest music and he doesn’t care who he hurls rocks at. One of social media’s biggest new talents has dropped into town and he’s got a few bones to pick with everyone. If you haven’t come across Jesse Welles yet, chances your social media algorithm is mostly skewed towards funny pet videos and homewares “hacks”.

Grammys aside, name an award or honor you’ve won that means the most to you. I won a race in my hometown. A foot race. It was a 10k in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, and I did it last year, around the time I was writing these albums. I spent years abusing my body with drugs, […]

Jesse Welles: A Folksinger for Our Time For centuries, folk music has simply and clearly expressed the lived truths of everyday people, from troubadours in the Middle Ages to gospel songs among slaves in America. In the 1930s and 1940s, it was Woody Guthrie who railed against European fascists and Dust Bowl disasters. In the […]

Jesse Receives the Bram Stoker Medal for Outstanding Cultural Achievement from The University Philosophical Society of Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. The Phil is honoured to present Jesse Welles with the Bram Stoker Medal for Outstanding Cultural Achievement. Jesse Welles is an American singer-songwriter, known for his raw vocal delivery, socially charged lyrics and stripped-back performances […]

Jesse Welles Sings Out for Truth and Justice Jesse Welles is being hailed as the new voice of a generation and his milestone tour stop at San Francisco’s legendary Fillmore Auditorium shows why. Jesse Welles is having a dream year for a musician in 2025, rocketing to stardom in a way that makes him seem […]

Jesse Welles performs at Farm Aid 40 in Minneapolis at Huntington Bank Stadium, on September 20, 2025. Learn more about Farm Aid’s 40th anniversary festival at https://farmaid.org/2025Farm Aid’s mission is to build a vibrant, family farm-centered system of agriculture in America. Farm Aid artists and board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews […]

Viral musical sensation Jesse Welles brings his GRAMMY-nominated political folk to the Ed Sullivan Theater for a solo performance of “Join ICE,” a tune from his latest EP, ‘No Kings.’ Keep watching for a bonus song from Jesse Welles and visit his website for tour date information.

The set-up for a typical Jesse Welles video is simple: the 32-year-old stands in an open field under a string of powerlines, clutching an acoustic guitar. From behind a tousled, curly mop of hair, he stares straight into the camera and starts singing. “If you’re in need of a gig that’ll help you feel big, […]