SqueezeMyLemon (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Lucinda Williams' blend of folk, rock, blues and Americana has earned her legions of fans over a 30 year Grammy award-winning career as a songwriter and performer. Lucinda has worked with a multitude of artists including Steve Earle, Elvis Costello, David Crosby and Ryan Adams and her songs have been recorded by Mary Chapin Carpenter, Emmylou Harris and Tom Petty. Her 2008 release...
BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues) (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
It's been more than a decade since Charlie Sexton issued the sprawling, ambitious Under the Wishing Tree. But Sexton has been anything but idle. He's produced recordings by Lucinda Williams, Edie Brickell, Los Super Seven, Shannon McNally, and Double Trouble. He also played guitar in Bob Dylan's studio and road bands for over three years. Cruel and Gentle Things is only the fourth album...
Twangville (Free subscription) | yesterday
... to put it simply, rocked. Combining influences like the Band, Neil Young, Aretha Franklin, and Lucinda Williams, their bluesy, country, soul version of rock n roll was like a breath of fresh air that pummeled the audience into submission. They performed the first encore I had seen by a non-headlining Bonnaroo act (a charming version of the tender ballad “Farmer John”). Since appearing...
Somewhere on A1A (Free subscription) | yesterday
1. Candela … Buena Vista Social Club 2. 3 Little Birds … Bob Marley 3. Just Like Woman … Bob Dylan 4. Down by the River … Crosby Stills Nash and Young 5. How Blue Can You Get … BB King 6. Stiletto … Billy Joel 7. Cheap Seats … Alabama 8. World Without Tears … Lucinda Williams 9. Tears in Heaven … Eric Clapton 10. Blue Sky … Allman Brothers Band
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
... . More dates will also be announced soon. The tour includes a Brooklyn show at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on Monday, September 14th. General sale for that show starts Wednesday, July 1st at noon. Openers for that show are Kevin Barker , and Iran , which is one of many bands Kyp Malone of TV on the Radio is a member of (though not always ). Speaking of Kyp, TV on the Radio is keeping...
Largehearted Boy (Free subscription) | 06/28/2009
The Observer and the Scotsman review the new Wilco album Wilco (The Album) . Stream the album in its entirety at NPR. The Daily Beast offers a quiz comparing the prose of two great writers, Joseph Conrad and Lauren Conrad. Yesterday's updates to the 2009 Bonnaroo music festival live show downloads page include lossless bittorrent downloads of the Animal Collective, Lucinda Williams, Cage...
Consequence of Sound (Free subscription) | 06/28/2009
... family and use of his liver. It has a softer edge than Tom Waits’s voice and is more melodic than Lucinda Williams’s, but it still carries pent up anguish. On “Worried Man”, where he describes a broken man’s mental anguish over past mistakes, his voice is equal parts sorrow and amusement. He’s emotionally invested in the story, but he’s not attempting to identify with the man. Nutini...
