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.
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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: American Idol's Carrie Underwood can sing –
If anyone saw the Super Bowl – what a great great game that was – they would have heard American Idol winner and country superstar Carrie Underwood sing the National Anthem. Underwood did with her voice what Kelly Clarkson did last week with her written words – give it to Scott Borchetta, the head of Big Machine Records,, who tried defending Taylor Swift by knocking American Idol performers. »»»
Concert Review: McBride, Adkins shine sometimes –
As Martina McBride pointed out, the pairing of the country singer with Trace Adkins on their current jaunt was surprising. After all, she's of diva-quality voice, petite, non-controversial unless you call singing songs that empower women controversial. Adkins, on the other hand, has not been afraid to speak his mind with a kick butt attitude.... »»»
Concert Review: Eilen Jewell wears her musical hats well –
Eilen Jewell wears a lot of musical hats. The Idaho native, who now lives in Boston, fronts the Eilen (ee-lin) Jewell Band, a pretty much traditional country band. She's a member the Sacred Shakers, an octet doing gospel country with a country beat. And she has yet another project, Butcher Holler, covering Loretta Lynn songs.... »»»
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