Lucinda Williams is 'really angry.' She's channeling it into protest songs on 'World's Gone Wrong'

Lucinda Williams has always been an activist. And she's not done fighting yet. On her Jan. 23 album "World's Gone Wrong," ...

Lucinda Williams gives new voice to protest music on 'World's Gone Wrong'

Singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams tapped into America's current period of struggle on her latest album, a collection of ...
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Born on This Day in 1953, the Grammy-Winning Alt-Country Trailblazer Who Wrote Major Hits for Mary Chapin Carpenter and Tom Petty

Seventy-three years ago today, a critically-acclaimed and Grammy-winning alt-country trailblazer was born in Louisiana.

Lucinda Williams: Still singing, still fighting, still setting America to music

Ahead of her UK and Ireland tour—including a much-anticipated Belfast date—Americana trailblazer Lucinda Williams talks about her powerful new album World’s Gone Wrong, performing on her birthday, and ...
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Lucinda Williams: “I didn’t realise I was writing about myself”

The story behind Lucinda Williams' The making of an Americana classic "Car Wheels On A Gravel Road" and its parent album ...

New Music Friday: The best albums out Jan. 23

Lucinda Williams. Julian Lage. The debut from rising Americana star Kashus Culpepper. Stephen Thompson from NPR Music chats ...
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Lucinda Williams Is Still Busy, Still Opinionated, Still Caring About the Human Experience

Lucinda Williams has known strange times before these. When she thinks back to her days as a teenage antiwar activist in late ...

Norah Jones and Lucinda Williams team up on social justice anthem

Now it’s back in the spotlight with an assist from Grapevine-raised singer-pianist Norah Jones. The two artists teamed up for ...