Outsider music

<p>Outsider music (from "<a href="/facts/Outsider_art/T9o3BhH4">outsider art</a>") is music created by <a href="/facts/Autodidacticism/qCKsxtdc">self-taught</a> or <a href="/facts/Na%25C3%25AFve_art/MUkbuzss">naïve</a> musicians. The term is usually applied to musicians who have little or no traditional musical experience, who exhibit <a href="/facts/Childlike/GGe19I8d">childlike</a> qualities in their music, or who have <a href="/facts/Intellectual_disabilities/IuuYXdT1">intellectual disabilities</a> or <a href="/facts/Mental_illness/EPNjFtFf">mental illnesses</a>. The term was popularized in the 1990s by journalist and <a href="/facts/WFMU/kI05Xb5C">WFMU</a> DJ <a href="/facts/Irwin_Chusid/jQPCo2W5">Irwin Chusid</a>.
</p><p>Outsider musicians often overlap with <a href="/facts/Lo-fi_music/c0HswxI3">lo-fi</a> artists, since their work is rarely captured in professional <a href="/facts/Recording_studio/zlGNwv0g">recording studios</a>. Examples  include <a href="/facts/Daniel_Johnston/Qm0f7dr1">Daniel Johnston</a>, <a href="/facts/Wesley_Willis/DghSfjjA">Wesley Willis</a>, and <a href="/facts/Jandek/mAX7j3dm">Jandek</a>, who each became the subjects of <a href="/facts/Documentary_film/T0FBJpMR">documentary films</a> in the 2000s.
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Outsider music open-in-new

Outsider music