Williams' first collection of original material -- recorded with a full band -- is stunning for its mixture of blues, folk, and country traditions with her captivating,...
more >
A collection of blues and country standards by Robert Johnson, Memphis Minnie, Hank Williams, and others. Williams is accompanied only by guitarist John Grimaudo....
more >
Lucinda Williams took eight years to write and record her second album of original songs. While some producers and record executives have said that she is difficult to work...
more >
After seemingly coming out of nowhere to be hailed as a major songwriter and roots music stylist, it took Lucinda Williams four years to prepare the follow-up to her...
more >
Due to Lucinda 's obsessive quest for an indefinable perfection, Car Wheels was recorded and re-recorded several times over the last six years; that it sounds natural and...
more >
It isn't surprising that Lucinda Williams' level of craft takes time to assemble, but the six-year wait between Sweet Old World and its 1998 follow-up, Car Wheels on a...
more >
Between her well-documented determination to retail full control of her music and the plain-spoken willfulness of her best-known songs, Lucinda Williams is practically the...
more >
There are those who will argue that Lucinda Williams's voice is an acquired taste. But those who have acquired it will also tell you that one man's "She sounds like Olive...
more >
While many considered Car Wheels on a Gravel Road and Essence as definitive statements of arrival for Lucinda Williams as a pop star, she "arrived" creatively with her...
more >
Lucinda Williams has earned a reputation for her meticulous approach to making albums, but a careful listen to her work suggests that she isn't trying to make her music...
more >
