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Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Gayl Williams is an American singer-songwriter and a solo guitarist. She recorded her first two albums, Ramblin' on My Mind (1979) and Happy Woman Blues (1980), in a traditional country and blues style that received critical praise but little public or radio attention. In 1988, she released her third album, Lucinda Williams, to widespread critical acclaim. Regarded as "an Americana classic…
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Born 26 January 1953 · Q256813
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2026· 6 entries
The New York Times named Williams one of the "30 Greatest Living American Songwriters", as part of a project compiled with input from hundreds of music industry experts and critics
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Published video “Lucinda Williams "How Much Did You Get For Your Soul" (Performance Video)”.
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Published video “Lu's Worldwide Listening Party”.
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Released album “World’s Gone Wrong”.
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Published video “Lucinda Williams "The World's Gone Wrong" (Official Music Video)”.
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2025· 9 entries
Published video “"Good Souls Better Angels" by Lucinda Williams”.
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Published video “"Big Black Train" by Lucinda Williams”.
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Published video “When the Way Gets Dark”.
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Published video “"You Can't Rule Me" by Lucinda Williams”.
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Published video “Lucinda Williams performs Johnny Cash’s ‘I Still Miss Someone’”.
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Published video “Runnin' Down a Dream”.
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Published video ““Something” - Lucinda Williams”.
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Williams announced her 16th studio album, World's Gone Wrong, which was released on January 23, 2026
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“s Gone Wrong, which was released on January 23, 2026. In an article published by the Oxford American, writer Jim Beaugez commented,”
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2024· 2 entries
Released album “Lucinda Williams Sings the Beatles From Abbey Road”.
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That the seventh volume in Lu's Jukebox series, Lucinda Williams sings the Beatles from Abbey Road, would be released on December 6, 2024
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2023· 4 entries
Released album “Stories From a Rock n Roll Heart”.
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Williams announced that her 15th studio album, Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart, would be released on June 30, 2023
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Williams was honored with the AMERICANAFEST Pre-Grammy Salute to Lucinda Williams, which was held at the Troubadour and live-streamed on Mandolin
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Williams released her autobiography titled Don't Tell Anyone the Secrets I Told You: A Memoir
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2022· 2 entries
Williams was the recipient of the BMI Troubadour Award
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Released album “2022-04-26: Kessler Theater, Dallas, TX, USA”.
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2021· 1 entry
It was announced that Williams would receive the Americana Music Association-UK International Lifetime Achievement Award in January 2022
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2020· 11 entries
Released album “Lu’s Jukebox Vol. 6 - It’s Only Rock and Roll: A Tribute to the Rolling Stones”.
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Released album “Lu's Jukebox Vol. 5 - Have Yourself A Rockin' Little Christmas With Lucinda”.
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Released album “Lu's Jukebox Vol. 4 - Funny How Time Slips Away: A Night of 60's Country Classics”.
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Released album “Lu's Jukebox Vol. 3 - Bob's Back Pages: A Night of Bob Dylan Songs”.
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Released album “Southern Soul: From Memphis to Muscle Shoals & More”.
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While at her home in Nashville, Williams suffered a stroke
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Released album “Lu's Jukebox Vol. 1 - Runnin' Down a Dream: A Tribute to Tom Petty”.
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Released album “Good Souls Better Angels”.
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Williams released a song she wrote for the Netflix movie Lost Girls, titled "Lost Girl"
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Released album “Lone Star Memories (live 1995)”.
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Williams announced her album Good Souls Better Angels would be released on April 23
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2019· 1 entry
Williams produced New York City singer-songwriter Jesse Malin's eighth studio album Sunset Kids, which was met with widespread critical acclaim
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2018· 2 entries
Blue Note Records released Vanished Gardens, a collaborative album by Charles Lloyd & the Marvels and Williams, who performed on five tracks, including "Dust" from The Ghosts of Highway 20, "Ventura" from World Without T
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Released album “Vanished Gardens”.
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2017· 5 entries
Released album “This Sweet Old World”.
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Released This Sweet Old World, a re-recorded and expanded version of her 1992 album, Sweet Old World
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Released album “2017-08-25: Fabrik, hamburg, germany”.
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Williams was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music Degree from Berklee College of Music during the 2017 Commencement Concert
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Received the Berklee College of Music Honorary Doctorate of Music Degree, and ranked No
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2016· 4 entries
Released album “Side Of The Road (Live, Kpfk Studios La. Feb 26 1989) [Remastered]”.
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Released album “2016-04-14: Breckenridge, CO, USA”.
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Williams released her 12th studio album, The Ghosts of Highway 20, and performed the track "Dust" on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on February 17, 2016
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Released album “The Ghosts of Highway 20”.
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2015· 3 entries
Released album “Live on Texas Music, Austin, Tx, 4th October 1981”.
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While the track "East Side of Town" was nominated for Song of the Year
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Rolling Stone ranked her the 79th greatest songwriter of all time
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2014· 3 entries
Williams released her 11th studio album, Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone, and performed the track "Protection" on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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Released album “Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone”.
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Robin Denselow called it "an Americana classic" in The Guardian, while Stephen M
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2012· 1 entry
And 2013, Williams toured the U
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2011· 4 entries
Awarded Americana Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting (2011).
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Released ep “iTunes Live: SXSW”.
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Williams released her 10th studio album Blessed
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Released album “Blessed”.
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2010· 1 entry
(the first year to feature this category)
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2008· 2 entries
Released ep “Lu In '08”.
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Released album “Little Honey”.
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2007· 2 entries
Williams released her eighth album, West, for which she wrote more than 27 songs
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Released album “West”.
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2006· 2 entries
Released album “2006-10-01: Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands”.
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Recorded a version of the John Hartford classic "Gentle on My Mind", which played over the closing credits of the Will Ferrell film Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
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2005· 4 entries
Released album “2005-09-12: Mountain Winery - Saratoga, CA, USA”.
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Released ep “Live @ The Fillmore EP”.
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Released album “Live @ the Fillmore”.
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Released album “Live From Austin TX”.
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2003· 2 entries
Released album “World Without Tears”.
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Rolling Stone magazine called the record an alternative country masterpiece and ranked it No
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2002· 3 entries
Williams performed with Elvis Costello on the inaugural episode of CMT Crossroads
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Williams is one of the most nominated artists in the awards history, with eleven
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While Williams won the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for the single "Get Right With God", an atypically up-tempo gospel-rock tune from the otherwise rather low-key release
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2001· 2 entries
Released album “Essence”.
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To further critical acclaim and commercial success, becoming her first Top 40 album on the Billboard 200, peaking at No
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1999· 4 entries
Released album “Live at The Orpheum in Boston, Nov 16 1999”.
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Williams performed the tracks "Can't Let Go" and "2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten" on Saturday Night Live (episode "Bill Murray/Lucinda Williams")
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Appeared on Return of the Grievous Angel: A Tribute to Gram Parsons, duetting with David Crosby on the title track
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And was named "America's best songwriter" by Time magazine in 2002
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1998· 2 entries
Released album “Car Wheels on a Gravel Road”.
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With Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, an album presenting a broader scope of songs that fused rock, blues, country and Americana into a distinctive style that remained consistent and commercial
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1997· 1 entry
Released album “Dark Side of Life: Loose Ends & Scattered Songs”.
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1996· 2 entries
On the soundtrack album to the Edward Burns film She's The One
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Williams duetted with Steve Earle on the song "You're Still Standin' There" from his album I Feel Alright
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1994· 1 entry
While it earned Williams the Grammy Award for Best Country Song
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1993· 2 entries
Awarded Grammy Awards (1993).
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Released ep “Something About...Lucinda Williams”.
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1992· 1 entry
Released album “Sweet Old World”.
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1991· 1 entry
The song "Lucinda Williams" appeared on Vic Chesnutt's album West of Rome
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1990· 1 entry
For her album On Down the Line, and "Passionate Kisses", later recorded by Mary Chapin Carpenter for her album Come On Come On (1992)
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1989· 2 entries
Released ep “Passionate Kisses”.
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Released ep “I Just Wanted to See You So Bad”.
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1988· 3 entries
Released album “Lucinda Williams”.
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Williams released her self-titled third album, on Rough Trade Records
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Released her third album, Lucinda Williams, to widespread critical acclaim
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1986· 1 entry
Williams married Long Ryders drummer Greg Sowders, but the couple divorced within eighteen months
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1980· 1 entry
Released album “Happy Woman Blues”.
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1979· 2 entries
And titled Ramblin' on My Mind, the album was a collection of country and blues covers
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Released album “Ramblin’ on My Mind”.
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1978· 1 entry
To record her first album for Folkways Records
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1953· 1 entry
Born 1953-01-26.
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