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Little Honey
(more) »rank: 56by: Lucinda Williams
:Album Description:Lucinda Williams has always been adept at painting landscapes of the soul, illuminating the spirit's shadowy nooks and shimmering crannies -- but she's never captured the sun breaking through the clouds as purely as on her new Lost Highway release, Little Honey The album features a duet with Elvis Costello 'Jailhouse Tears' Other guest vocalists include Matthew Sweet, Susanna Hoffs, Jim Lauderdale, Tim Easton and Charlie Louvin. The first single 'Real Love' is available for download in the Amazon MP3 store.
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West
(more) »rank: 1763by: Lucinda Williams
: :Though the arrangements stray from Lucinda Williams's motherlode blend of blues, country, and folk, West may well be her best album. It is easily her most musically adventurous, and often her most lyrically inspired. Williams's singing has never sounded better, from the aching tenderness of 'Where Is My Love?' to the ravaged catharsis of 'Unsuffer Me.' New York producer Hal Willner, who has worked with artists such as Marianne Faithful and Lou Reed, enlists the support of eclectic progressives like guitarist Bill Frisell, keyboardist Bob Burger, and violinist Jenny Scheinman, along with harmonies from the Jayhawks' Gary Louris, to weave a subtly rich ...
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Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
(more) »rank: 2959by: Lucinda Williams
: 's Best of 1998:Six years in the making, Car Wheels somehow lives up to its lofty expectations because of Williams's direct songwriting and her wonderfully unaffected vocals. With assistance from cohorts such as Steve Earle, Williams uses the acoustic accents of Dobros, mandolins, slide guitars, and accordions to add color to her grooves, whispers, and rumbles. Her lyrics are undisguised as she presents to us the travelogue of her memory. We can't wait for 2004! --Marc Greilsamer Amazon.com essential recording:Lucinda Williams makes this whole music thing seem so simple: Write in plain language about the people and places that crowd your memory; add ...
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World Without Tears
(more) »rank: 5236by: Lucinda Williams
: :Most artists who appeal to adult listeners tend to settle into a comfortable niche, but Lucinda Williams refuses to play it safe. Instead, her music stings like an open wound, as she continues to strip away the protective layers from her art's emotional core. Though Williams has long been prized for the naked honesty of her music, this collection is even rawer than its predecessors. From the down-and-dirty bar-band blues of 'Atonement' to the Rolling Stones-style swagger of 'Bleeding Fingers' to the tricky balance of debasement and transcendence in 'Ventura,' Williams leaves the nerve endings of her music exposed. With the band opting ...
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Sweet Old World
(more) »rank: 4238by: Lucinda Williams
: essential recording:Granted, Sweet Old World isn't the masterpiece that 1988's Lucinda Williams is. The too-simple explanations of 'He Never Got Enough Love' aren't up to Williams's mile-high standards, and the arrangements throughout are often so similar to that previous release's that the melodic differences here aren't as clear as they might've been. But when she raises her vulnerable cry to sing the three, pained perspectives on suicide that are at the heart of this album--the title track, 'Little Angel, Little Brother,' and 'Pineola'--Williams's very humanity provides its own proof that, while this world can indeed be cruel, it can also be oh ...
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Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino
(more) »rank: 5343by: Paul McCartney, Tom Petty, Elton John, Neil Young, Norah Jones, Lucinda Williams, Dr. John, Joss Stone, B.B. King, Lenny Kravitz, Art Neville, Willie Nelson, Robert Plant, Corinne Bailey Rae
: :Icons from the world of rock, blues, reggae, pop and country music have joined together to salute the genius of legendary piano man FATS DOMINO for the upcoming double CD set, Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino. Goin' Home is set for a September 25th release on Vanguard Records. This stellar tribute to one of the cornerstones of rock n roll music will help raise desperately needed funds specifically earmarked for instruments to be donated to New Orleans public school children. Monies raised from the sales of Goin Home will also go toward the rebuilding of Fats Domino's home and to create ...
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Essence
(more) »rank: 10369by: Lucinda Williams
: :\N 's Best of 2001:Few artists in recent memory have been able to wring more from less than Lucinda Williams. The hauntingly beautiful, wistful, and often breathtaking Essence is another case in point of how far raw emotion and honesty can carry an artist. Williams's singing is at its paralyzing best throughout 11 bare originals, an incredibly affecting vocal performance by a woman who was not blessed with exceptional tone, range, or pitch. Throughout, her voice is incredibly naked, vulnerable, and wrought with feeling. 'Blue' and 'Broken Butterflies' are gorgeous anti-lullabies whose simple melodies belie their poignant ruminations. The title track is ...
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Live @ The Fillmore
(more) »rank: 6453by: Lucinda Williams
:Album Description:Grammy Award winner Lucinda Williams is releasing her first live album titled Live @ The Fillmore. It was recorded at the legendary Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco CA in early 2004. The double album includes such favorites as 'Joy', 'I Lost It', 'Essence' and 'Blue', but Williams digs even deeper into her past with gritty versions of 'Pineola' and 'Changed The Locks'. Other songs featured are from the highly-acclaimed, Grammy-Nominated 2003 release World Without Tears. Live @ The Fillmore features one of the best bands on the road today, with guitarist, pedal steel and background vocalist Doug Pettibone, anchored by Taras Prodaniuk ...
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Happy Woman Blues
(more) »rank: 23200by: Lucinda Williams
:Album Description:Happy Woman Blues is the first recording to establish Lucinda as a songwriter of note. Lucinda's country and blues roots are evident throughout these compositions, and are off-set by her fresh, contemporary treatment. Liner notes by renowned critic John Morthland offer a passionate glimpse into the mind and career of this truly original artist. :All too often dismissed as an immature work that was quickly eclipsed by her self-titled breakthrough on Rough Trade, Williams's second and final album for Folkways reveals much about her current lyrical sensibility and vocal approach. Most singer-songwriters, in fact, would give their Martins for songs as good ...
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Little Honey
(more) »rank: 52482by: Lucinda Williams
:Album Description:Lucinda Williams has always been adept at painting landscapes of the soul, illuminating the spirit's shadowy nooks and shimmering crannies -- but she's never captured the sun breaking through the clouds as purely as on her new Lost Highway release, Little Honey The album features a duet with Elvis Costello 'Jailhouse Tears' Other guest vocalists include Matthew Sweet, Susanna Hoffs, Jim Lauderdale, Tim Easton and Charlie Louvin. The first single 'Real Love' is available for download in the Amazon MP3 store.
