I think I just bumped into the next Woody Guthrie. Or a John Prine. Or maybe even Bruce Springsteen, if this young singer-songwriter’s brand of rock and folk and poetry and prose keeps rising in popular culture. His name is Jesse Welles, he’s 33 years old, and he’s a rising 21st century star o f the protest song — a genre that helped create democracy. Clearly, I’m behind in just now discovering Wel... ...read more read less