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I got the CD yesterday — all the tracks are pretty great (Lu’s are standouts, of course). Just in case anyone is curious, the band on both tracks is Doug Pettibone on guitar, along with David and Butch on the rhythm section. Tom and Lu produced and recorded it at Dave’s Garage with Dave Bianco engineering, so I imagine these recordings are of a fairly recent vintage.
One more review, a very nice one from the Dallas Observer:
http://www.dallasobserver.com/music/lucinda-williams-lends-a-poets-eye-to-the-south-on-the-ghosts-of-highway-20-8023507Lucinda is the cover story for the brand new issue of Acoustic Guitar magazine – you can read the article online here:
http://acousticguitar.com/lucinda-williams-the-ghosts-of-highway-20/
All Eyes Media’s page has a nice roundup of all the major recent press:
http://alleyesmedia.com/clients/lucinda-williams/DavidW,
I was just passing by my local Best Buy yesterday and checked the version of Ghosts that they had in stock. Exactly the same as other editions, no extra booklet, same SKU.
-DavidK
Happy Release Day!
Here’s a fantastic and insightful review of the new album, written by a friend of mine, Josh Hurst:
http://joshhurst.me/2016/02/02/ghost-stories/And yet another rave, this one from Something Else!:
http://somethingelsereviews.com/2016/02/04/lucinda-williams-the-ghosts-of-highway-20/UPDATE: And yet another fine review from Treble Magazine:
http://www.treblezine.com/reviews/27854-lucinda-williams-the-ghosts-of-highway-20-review/Interview with Rolling Stone:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/lucinda-williams-talks-meeting-dylan-southern-identity-shopping-online-20160204Long audio interview on WNYC’s Death Sex & Money podcast (also available as a podcast download from iTunes):
http://www.wnyc.org/story/lucinda-williams-death-sex-money/Interview with Vulture:
http://www.vulture.com/2016/02/lucinda-williams-interview-flannery-oconnor-dylan-highway-20.htmlRave review from Country Standard Time:
http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/cdreview.asp?xid=5874Review from Relix:
http://www.relix.com/reviews/detail/lucinda_williams_the_ghosts_of_highway_20More reviews…
A rave from Spin:
http://www.spin.com/2016/02/review-lucinda-williams-the-ghosts-of-highway-20/Slightly less rave-y from Consequences of Sound:
http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/02/album-review-lucinda-williams-the-ghosts-of-highway-20/UPDATE:
Four stars from Rolling Stone:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/lucinda-williams-the-ghosts-of-highway-20-20160203(This quote, in particular: “You may not hear a more satisfyingly generous display of guitar interplay this year. And that’s just the gravy.”)
Very nice review from Exclaim:
http://exclaim.ca/music/article/lucinda_williams-the_ghosts_of_highway_20(And kudos to critic Sarah Greene for actually reading the album credits.)
And unqualified rave (9 out of 10 stars) from PopMatters:
http://www.popmatters.com/review/lucinda-williams-the-ghosts-of-highway-20/You can watch all three performances, plus “21 Questions with…” between Nic Harcourt and Lucinda. This is the premiere episode of Harcourt’s new Transmissions series in conjunction with WorldArts Music.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAJ9y4JCdsFWtqA0VxhB4qY__bPrQnEqY
Interview with the Wall Street Journal’s Speakeasy:
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2016/02/02/lucinda-williams-ghosts-of-highway-20-interview/Here’s a nice feature from the Dec/Jan issue of Garden & Gun:
http://gardenandgun.com/article/lucinda-williams-memory-laneUPDATE: Pitchfork gives it an 8/10, and they don’t easily dole out high praise:
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21472-the-ghosts-of-highway-20/Available to hear in its entirety at NPR’s First Listen:
http://www.npr.org/2016/01/27/464433522/first-listen-lucinda-williams-the-ghosts-of-highway-20A few more reviews…
A 4.5-star rave from Slant Magazine:
http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/lucinda-williams-the-ghosts-of-highway-20Four stars from musicOMH:
http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/lucinda-williams-ghosts-highway-20Extremely positive review from For Folk’s Sake:
http://www.forfolkssake.com/reviews/32772/album-lucinda-williams-the-ghosts-of-highway-20Cleveland.com gives the album a “B” grade, but the review is quite positive nonetheless:
http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2016/01/lucinda_williams_ghosts_of_hig.htmlThe title track from Ghosts of Highway 20 is now available for download from iTunes – best $1.29 you’ll spend all day!
(Purchase is applied to full album, if you choose to complete the album upon its release)https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-ghosts-of-highway-20/id1061824040?i=1061824404
Here’s one more review. This one comes from Vintage Guitar magazine and is a little more guitar-centric than most:
http://www.vintageguitar.com/18850/lucinda-williams/Viv,
I suspect the reviewer is referring to this bio, which is likely sent out with any advance copies:
http://alleyesmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Lucinda-Williams-DWTSMTB-Bio.pdfThanks so much for the Garden & Gun link — I hadn’t ever seen that.
Here’s one more accolade to add to the pile, from Walter Tunis of the Lexington Herald-Leader:
http://www.kentucky.com/2014/10/08/3470123_critics-pick-lucinda-williams.html?rh=1A whole deck of acoustic performances can be found over at CMT’s Lucinda page:
http://www.cmt.com/artists/lucinda-williams/Excellent interview with Rolling Stone:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/lucinda-williams-where-the-spirit-meets-the-bone-album-interview-20141006And a 4.5 out of 5 star rave from MusicOMH’s Daniel Paton:
http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/lucinda-williams-spirit-meets-bone
