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Coverage dated November 6, 2026

Willi Carlisle Says Life Is Dead Serious, Life Is a Joke on the Brilliant ‘Universal Bubba’

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The Arkansas songwriter celebrates all of America's characters in their heartbreaking, funny, and hardworking glory on a double album produced by Tyler Childers

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  1. Arkansas Times

    ‘The Universal Bubba’: Willi Carlisle talks puppetry, existential crises and his new Tyler Childers-produced album (opens Arkansas Times)

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    Willi Carlisle’s latest is a rollicking, electrified double album that he describes as “17 songs about ditch diggers, horse girls, existential crises at Chinese buffets, and the Universal Bubba who can fix anything.”

  2. Rolling Stone

    Willi Carlisle Says Life Is Dead Serious, Life Is a Joke on the Brilliant ‘Universal Bubba’ (opens Rolling Stone)

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    The Arkansas songwriter celebrates all of America's characters in their heartbreaking, funny, and hardworking glory on a double album produced by Tyler Childers

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