Lucinda Williams

If we lived in a world withought tearsHow would bruises findThe face to lie uponHow would scars find skinTo etch themselves intoHow would broken find the bones If we lived in a world without tearsHow would heartbeatsKnow when to stopHow owuld blood knowWhich body to flow outside ofHow would bullets find the guns If we lived in a wold without tearsHow would misery knowWhich back door to walk throughHow would trouble knowWhich mind to live inside ofHow would sorrow find ... MORE

Come on, Come on, Come onKill the rats in the gutterSings the voice in the choirBring your Father and your MotherSing it higher and higherShake the clammy handRepeat the 23rd psalmMake you understandWhere it was you went wrong Voices from tapesShouting with twisted tonguesEmotional rapeHell fire scorched lungs Come on, Come on, Come onPay close attention to thisLet me give you something good to eatBite down hard 'til it sticks between your teethGlory, glory we've kille... MORE

Requested by fellow mogger cody b ( or was that just a bad dream?) my schedule has at last allowed

raw and exposed, beautiful and honesthumanity goes beyond genres and sex 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-an... MORE

The Soul of a Man, directed by Wim Wenders, is the second film (and thus far my landslide favorite) in the Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues series. Wenders's feature-length film takes as its focus three blues masters: Blind Willie Johnson, who only sang spirituals but with unmistakably blues stylings, Skip James, and my fave of the three, J. B. Lenoir. Blind Willie Johnson narrates much of the film as if from outer space (one of his records was among the musical selectio... MORE

On this track I believe she is, in a country kind of way..."Can't Let Go" from her Car Wheels On A Gravel Road LP.

LUCINDA WILLIAMS – WEST (2007) Lucinda Williams was born confronting demons, and her emotionally charged prose has been haunting listeners for 28 years with the type of gritty honesty few in her field could possibly replicate. Her ravaged, heartfelt musings are often far from comforting, and one could argue that the biting lyrics draw more similarities to the Blues than her gentle Alt. Country soundscapes. At 54, life’s turmoil’s have fueled her first release since 2003’... MORE

This week The Program has been all about Lucinda Williams and a record she wrote after four years away. Away from us, but not away from life; Williams' mother died in the hiatus between this record and Car Wheels. I had a lot to say about this record until I went looking for a picture of Lucinda and found a perfect review by Lonesome L.A. Cowboy on, of all frigging places, mySpace. Cowboy's review says everything there is to say about this record, but especially this: t... MORE

She is one of the greatest songwriter/singers around right now. I am not really a country fan- but what she does transcends labels. Yeehah!!

A roomate of mine played me a track off of "Car wheels.." and I've been a Lucinda fan ever since. I have to say I'm still partial to that album! There's something life-altering about that album when you're listening...still my favorite of hers