Lucinda Williams writes raw, visceral songs filled with beaten-down people liberating themselves from bullies. “I changed the name of this town / So you can’t follow me down,” she sings on “Changed the Locks,” from her 1988 self-titled album. Her new record, Good Souls Better Angels, takes on similar demons, though its antagonists don’t just […]
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The Reader’s stay-at-home chronicles: day 53
What we’re reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.
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A trio of country outsiders keep tabs on each other on the LSD Tour
Under the moniker “the LSD Tour” (with the cheeky tagline, “It’s worth the trip”), raspy-voiced Americana singer Lucinda Williams, hard-core troubadour Steve Earle (with his band the Dukes), and spiritual son of Bakersfield Dwight Yoakam have been trekking across the landscape of North America this summer. The package tour—which hits Chicago near the end of […]
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Best shows to see: Ellie Goulding, Soundgarden, Jose James, and more
Ellie Goulding, Soundgarden, and Jose James are among Soundboard’s early-week highlights.
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My favorite albums of 2011, numbers 20 through 11
Peter Margasak’s 40 favorite albums of the year, part three.
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Soundboard: May 19-25
Recommended and notable shows, including Crystal Stilts, Benny Green Trio, Poirier, Lucinda Williams, Caitlin Rose, and more
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A New Documentary Shines a Welcome Light on Obscure Texas Songwriter Blaze Foley
A new documentary screening Sunday night at the Hideout details the gripping music and peculiar life of singer-songwriter Blaze Foley.
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Dead in concert: Lucinda Williams’s fatal flaw
For nearly two decades Lucinda Williams has traveled a twisted musical path. Too bluesy to be strictly folk, too folkie to be pure country, this Louisiana singer-songwriter sampled several genres before settling into an earnest hybrid of styles that garnered her a small, devoted following but was too much of a hodgepodge for broad commercial […]