John Jurgensen Interviewed Lucinda Williams for The Wall Street Journal on her process for writing & archiving works in progress

By JOHN JURGENSEN Sept. 24, 2014 Lucinda Williams has been writing so many songs, she recently put together a filing system to keep them organized. The 61-year-old singer stores the songs in a hot pink leather tote she had planned to use as a suitcase. Now the bag is loaded with dozens of file folders … Read moreJohn Jurgensen Interviewed Lucinda Williams for The Wall Street Journal on her process for writing & archiving works in progress

“Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone” is now available at iTunes and Amazon!

Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone, the first release on Lucinda Williams’ own Highway 20 Records label, is easily the most ambitious creation in a body of work that’s long on ambition. Over the course of two discs, Williams leaves no emotional crevice left unexplored, drinking deeply from a well of inspiration that culminates … Read more“Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone” is now available at iTunes and Amazon!

Stereogum premieres “Protection” from Lucinda’s upcoming release Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone” as an exclusive stream.

Stereogum’s Tom Brelhan turned 35 on Sept 11th and celebrated by premiering “Protection”, a new song off of “Down Where The Spirit Meets the Bone”, Lucinda William’s 11th studio album. Brelhan described the track as “…a tough and authoritative roadhouse jam”. Check out his post and listen to the full length stream of “Protection” at … Read moreStereogum premieres “Protection” from Lucinda’s upcoming release Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone” as an exclusive stream.

Listen to a nearly 10-minute cover of JJ Cale’s “Magnolia” from Williams’ forthcoming double album, premiering on Billboard.com:

By Gary Graff September 12, 2014 Lucinda Williams has raised some eyebrows by coming up with her first-ever double album, Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone, due Sept. 30. The kicker? There’s more where that came from. “We recorded enough stuff for three albums, actually,” Williams tells Billboard. “They weren’t all my songs. We cut a JJ Cale song, ‘Blond … Read moreListen to a nearly 10-minute cover of JJ Cale’s “Magnolia” from Williams’ forthcoming double album, premiering on Billboard.com:

Lucinda Williams Discusses the Music That Inspired Her New Double Album

BY WILL HERMES | September 4, 2014 Lucinda Williams’ new LP, Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone, is a generous, old-fashioned double album. It covers a lot of stylistic territory – blues, folk, country soul, jam-rock – with a lot of musicians, including journeyman jazz guitarist Bill Frisell, Louisiana swamp groove master Tony Joe … Read moreLucinda Williams Discusses the Music That Inspired Her New Double Album

Lucinda Williams Premiere: ‘East Side of Town’ From Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone

By Tom Finkel Thu., Sep. 4 2014 Lucinda Williams will release a double album, Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone, September 30, on her very own label, Highway 20 Records. She borrowed the title from a line in a poem by her father, Miller Williams, called “Compassion,” which she adapted into the lyrics of … Read moreLucinda Williams Premiere: ‘East Side of Town’ From Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone