Given that this is essentially a re-recording of Lucinda Williams’ 1992 album Sweet Old World, the two questions that those who know her music will be asking are a) is there any point to it, and b) is it worth buying (again)? […]
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If it is October, it’s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass time at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Once again readers of this column will be able to experience, up close and personal, that autumnal gathering via the photos and words of Peter Dervin, […]
When word broke Monday that Tom Petty was gravely ill, I poured myself a tequila sunset (a tequila sunrise, minus everything but the tequila) and played one of my favorite albums. It wasn’t a Hearbreakers album; it was Lucinda Williams’ […]
Lucinda Williams – This Sweet Old World (September 29) I always thought Sweet Old World never got enough love. While the critics took to it, the newly minted alt-country crowd not so much. Did they want Volume 2 of the Rough Trade album? Was it too […]
Once only used by independent bands looking to fund the creation of new music outside of the traditional label system, crowdfunding has become something much more, while still maintaining its independent roots. A look at any of the major crowdfunding […]
Lucinda Williams just announced plans to release a re-recorded version of her 1992 album Sweet Old World. Due out September 29 via Thirty Tigers, the updated collection celebrates the album’s 25th anniversary. Sweet Old World was Williams’ fourth studio album. Earlier […]
The best music takes on a life of its own, but it’s important for fans to ensure it doesn’t become a shut-in. Consider rock and roll’s recent slide in popularity (to some extent at the hands of the banjo). Rock may […]
Growing up in Westwood, Massachusetts, singer-songwriter Jenny Reynolds appreciated all of her mother’s records—except one. “Before I was old enough to go to school, my mom and I used to listen to her records, including the Kingston Trio, Bob Dylan, […]
Florida isn’t the armpit of America; it’s both armpits. Just look at the shape of it. The state’s perpetually balmy weather and endless beaches are effectively negated by hordes of pushy Northeast carpetbaggers who’ve come south to live the good […]
I was thumbing through the recent issue of New York magazine when I saw that they’ve made a Broadway musical from the 1994 film Groundhog Day. You know the story: Bill Murray plays Phil Connors, who goes to Punxsutawney, […]
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