On February 13th Lucinda Williams will be releasing a new album "West" on Lost Highway Records. It's exciting to get some new material. I didn't care for a lot of the new stuff I heard a couple years at her show in Seattle but I'm sure that it's ripened since then.
The record has a really exciting cast of characters working on it. It was produced by Hal Wilner and Williams. Wilner was the musical director of SNL and has been the captain on several very creative/star littered tribute albums to Monk, Disney, Mingus, Edgar Allen Poe,etc. He has produced Lou Reed, Bil Frisell,Elvis Costello. Gary Louris(Jayhawks) is a featured member of the crew. I think his "Rainy Day Music" -Jayhawks is one of the best American records of the last ten years. Lucinda's longtime guitarist Doug Pettibone is on the record. The rhythm section is great as well with the legend Jim Keltner( the best in the business) on drums and Dylan's bass player Tony Garnier who played on "Essence". Looks good on paper , we'll have to wait to hear the results.
It's been almost for years since her last studio album I hope "West" is worth the wait.
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