Lucinda Williams webcasts Minneapolis show
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 – Lucinda Williams will webcast her Oct. 23 concert at the First Avenue in Minneapolis. Fans can chat live while listening to the show by going to www.lucindawilliams.com. Williams will perform her new album, "Little Honey," in its entirety, followed by a second set of songs from her catalogue.
"Little Honey," which rocks more than her other recent efforts, features guest vocals by Elvis Costello, Matthew Sweet, Suzanna Hoffs, Jim Lauderdale, Tim Easton and Charlie Louvin.
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LU in '08
Close on the heels of her excellent studio release "Little Honey," Lucinda Williams is out with a four-song live EP of political protest songs. Kicking off a trio of covers recorded in September 2007 in Greensboro, N.C. is the quintessential protest song of the 60's For What It's Worth , the Buffalo Springfield classic written by Stephen Stills.
Bob Dylan's Masters Of War begins with Williams accompanied only by an acoustic guitar as in Dylan's original, but other »»» |
Little Honey
Lucinda Williams displays her diversity as she smoothly navigates through rock, blues and country on her latest. Williams rocks hard on the opening Real Love, Honey Bee and the closing cover of AC/DC's It's A Long Way To The Top . The blues are in force on the ballads Tears of Joy and Heaven Blues.
Some of the highlights are the twangy duet with Elvis Costello Jailhouse Tears, and the country blues of Well Well Well and Circles and X's.
Among the more interesting tunes are »»» |
West
Some sorrows are almost beyond words. They're primal. If Lucinda Williams just hummed through "Unsuffer Me," for example, the pain would still be tangible. Perhaps more than any of her other CDs, the music on "West" dances with the words - often just simple phrases repeated - and sometimes the music carries the message.
Perhaps some of the credit for the powerful layers of sound goes to co-producer Hal Willner, who is known for his experimental work and jazz influences. »»» |
Editorial: A fine night for Taylor Swift –
Taylor Swift's showing at the Country Music Association awards Wednesday night was no surprise. In some respects, it was invigorating to see someone who was not male and not around umpteen years like some of her male counterparts take home the biggest prize of the night, entertainer of the year. »»»
Concert Review: Radney Foster sparks a revival –
Radney Foster told fans that he came home from the University of the South one weekend early in his college career and told his parents in the wee hours of the morning that he wanted to quit college and head to Nashville to pursue a music career. His parents agreed...fortunately.
Three decades later, that resulted in Foster playing songs on this... »»»
Concert Review: Neko Case overcomes obstacles –
The opening of Neko Case's show was unusual to say the least. "I'm angry right now," said the red head. "We just had a big fight with the promoter. We're going to sing weird, but we're actually very happy to be here."
Making quite clear that she was not a happy camper, Case still channeled her musical energies... »»»
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