Willi Carlisle is a folksinger, theatre-artist, and writer. A multi-instrumentalist, skilled on banjo, fiddle, guitar, accordion, bones, and harmonica, Willi creates both conventional and experimental works that blend living folklore with social and civic practice. Above all, Willi’s work seeks to cultivate and preserve traditional ways of knowing, inspire audiences to sing and dance, and to grow love and queer acceptance in rural and traditional communities.