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Hear a full concert online by Lucinda Williams from the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. Williams' full performance originally Web cast live on NPR.org as the latest in a series of live concerts from NPR Music's All Songs Considered.
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The daughter of a literature professor and blues enthusiast, Williams had been marked to write powerful songs about strong characters right from the beginning. Hear an interview and in-studio performance with the roots-rock songwriter from WFUV's Claudia Marshall.
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Though Williams has been showered with acclaim and awards in the past decade, she spent the first 20 years of her career toiling on music's margins. It wasn't until the late '80s that she began to win over tastemakers and develop her reputation as a go-to songwriter and performer.
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Lucinda Williams' ninth studio album, Little Honey, showcases her new perspective on the world. The album's mix of sad tunes and optimism leads to songs that demonstrate Williams' belief that "love is a mighty sword." Here, she discusses her career and the inspiration for Little Honey.
()Singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams is on the road with a different kind of concert tour. Williams plays for five nights in each city, each night performing one of her albums in its entirety.
()Though Williams has been showered with acclaim and awards in the past decade, she spent the first 20 years of her career toiling on music's margins. It wasn't until the late '80s that she began to win over tastemakers and develop her reputation as a go-to songwriter and performer.
()Lucinda Williams' latest album is full of love songs, but they're the kind you might play over and over after an ugly breakup. "I guess you could write a good song if your heart hadn't been broken, but I don't know of anyone whose heart hasn't been broken," Williams tells NPR's Bob Edwards. Hear samples from 'World Without Tears'.
()Scott talks with Lucinda Williams about her new CD, Essence (Lost Highway, 088 170 197-2). This is Ms. Williams' sixth major label recording. Her last release, Car Wheels On A Gravel Road, won a Grammy in 1998 for Best Folk Album.
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During a stellar career in which she's straddled the boundary between rock and country, Williams has often sung about love gone wrong. That's certainly the case in "Jailhouse Tears," only the bad-love scenario here comes with a twist: Her imperfect man, played by Elvis Costello, gets to answer back in the song.
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We asked NPR listeners to tell us their favorite love songs for Valentine's Day. They responded in droves, posting to the All Songs Considered blog. On this edition of All Songs Considered we share some of those songs and the stories behind them. Hear a mix of music to fall in love with, from the Magnetic Fields and Arcade Fire to the Temptations and Sam Cooke.
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Here's a look at the 10 CDs from the past year that are virtually guaranteed to impress friends, relatives and potential lovers. You don't even have to listen to them — just put them in your collection and memorize what's written here.
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Much of the material on Lucinda Williams' West was inspired by the death of her mother, as well as a bitter breakup. The album's heartsick "Are You Alright?" functions as either a post-breakup lament or a tribute to a lost loved one, or possibly both.
()New music by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah; Johnny Marr teams up with Modest Mouse; Country rock, folk poet Lucinda Williams; American Standards from Erin McKeown; The sad machinery of spring by Tin Hat; British folk from Carthy & Swarbrick.
()New music from Bruce Springsteen; Live from the Fillmore: Lucinda Williams; Joseph Arthur gambles on Tara Angell; The Irish folk group Altan; Celtic rockers The Young Dubliners; A Broadway musical from Monty Python; Mozart performed by Richard Goode; Pop producer and composer Jack Nitzsche; World jazz percussionist Jack DeJohnette.
()A new solo release from Daniel Lanois; The early demo sessions of Willie Nelson; A new look at Lucinda Williams; Gentle tunes from Mali: Boubacar Traore; Memphis bluesman Robert Belfour; World lullabies from Montserrat Figueras.
()The passionate sounds of Lucinda Williams; R.L. Burnside sings of hard times and bad luck; the crazy rhythms of Tuatara and Tortoise; the African group, Tarika; and the new pop of David Byrne.
()During a stellar career in which she's straddled the boundary between rock and country, Williams has often sung about love gone wrong. That's certainly the case in "Jailhouse Tears," only the bad-love scenario here comes with a twist: Her imperfect man, played by Elvis Costello, gets to answer back in the song.
()Much of the material on Lucinda Williams' West was inspired by the death of her mother, as well as a bitter breakup. The album's heartsick "Are You Alright?" functions as either a post-breakup lament or a tribute to a lost loved one, or possibly both.
()Grammy-winning singer and songwriter Lucinda Williams has released her eighth CD, West. The collaboration with producer Hal Willner is mostly a meditation on the death of Williams' mother, and the end of a turbulent love affair.
()Music reviewer Tom Moon looks at Lucinda Williams' new release Car Wheels on a Gravel Road . Fans have been waiting for the singer-songwriter to produce something new. Her last release was, Sweet Old World, in 1992.
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