her stunning 16th studio album brims over with some of the best work of her career.
and though a recent stroke has meant that williams can no longer play her beloved guitar – a constant companion since age 12 – her distinctive vocals sound better than ever. the band rocks out on the album’s jubilant opening track, “let’s get the band back together,” which features a gang of background singers, including margo price and buddy miller. inspired by “that need for community after all the isolation of the pandemic,” williams offers, the song is “about getting old friends together again who’d drifted apart.” price also joins her on the bluesy protest, “this is not my town.”
the evocative “new york comeback” also includes guest vocalists – bruce springsteen and patti scialfa. a lucinda williams fan, springsteen had joined her onstage in london a few years back, and he and scialfa had wanted to contribute to a williams album for a while. with reese wynans on b3 and the pettibone-mathis guitar attack, the musical setting perfectly matches the theme of “comeback,” as well as on the catchy story-song “rock n’ roll heart,” to which springsteen and scialfa also contributed vocals. says williams, “having bruce and patti on these songs feels really great. it’s just so cool!” as she promises on the powerful last track of of this record –one of the best albums of her career – lucinda williams is “never gonna fade away".
let's get the band back together
new york comeback
last call for the truth
jukebox
stolen moments
rock n roll heart
this is not my town
hum's liquor
where the song will find me
never gonna fade away
I finally got around to listening to this one. As expected, I was nto disappointed. A great record.
Here's to the survivors.
Cannot argue with your assessment, Lucinda just bleeds into your soul.
In case you did not know, Lucinda is the special guest on The Bob Harris Country Show on BBC Radio 2 at 21:00 on 3rd August.
Cannot argue with your assessment, Lucinda just bleeds into your soul.
In case you did not know, Lucinda is the special guest on The Bob Harris Country Show on BBC Radio 2 at 21:00 on 3rd August.
Definitely a grower. 1st listen response was meh, a further 4 listens on the bounce and I'm loving it. Thematically works and lyrically there are some absolute beauties. If there are 1001 ways to break your heart this woman must know every one.
1st side tracks 3 thru 5 and Song Will Find Me on the flip are currently blowing me away.
Buy it for the (pretty minor) Bruce connection maybe, but listen to it because it's another great Lu Williams record.
Enjoying the new album, like most of Lucinda`s work is is a real grower, 3 tracks co-wrote with Jesse Malin, Bruce and Patti guesting in some tracks escpecially strong on "Rock N Roll Heart"...early favourite for me is "Last Call For The Truth".
3 2024 dates announced: O2 Indigo, Birmingham Town Hall and Holmfirth.
Disappeared from the Blackdeer acts. 🤞OK, but did think it odd that there didn’t appear to be any other European shows over the summer. Long way to travel for just the 1.
For those interested - I’m looking at you @alistair.webster1 !
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jun/01/lucinda-williams-reader-interviewer
https://www.nme.com/news/music/lucinda-williams-shares-new-york-comeback-with-bruce-springsteen-3427804?fbclid=IwAR0zoflA5ecP4uhzZfBT7wWJtcF46jA0hZag5INCyEs7tz2HX7MMslHhyss#lgak2q1dxqdg2p4c6do
You just beat me to it sir, something great to look forward to this summer, I understand the release date is 30th June.