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‘My life’s work was being delightful. That really hurt me’: breakout Americana star Brennan Wedl on freeing herself through song

With her roots stretching from the Catholic church to riot grrrl, the US singer-songwriter explains how sobriety and self-analysis powered her classic new Waxahatchee-produced album

The Guardian - UK

“There’s a lot of gear I had to get rid of because rent was due. I was always paid as a sideman – there were only a few moments where I was paid decent money”: Marc Ford’s life in guitars

The former Black Crowes and current Lucinda Williams blues-rocker talks shred-guitar mistakes and his love for custom Asher axes

Guitar World

“I found myself sitting next to Keith Richards – just two guys playing the guitar. Doesn’t get much better than that!” From Eric Clapton to Daft Punk and Avenged Sevenfold, Greg Leisz has played with everyone. But don’t call him a session guitarist

He says finding himself working with Matthew Sweet, k.d. lang, and Lucinda Williams has been a dream. But he still wants his stolen ’64 Strat back

Guitar World

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Kevin Morby: Little Wide Open review – midwestern elegist mulls over the mystery of life’s big questions

With help from Aaron Dessner, Bon Iver and Lucinda Williams, the Americana artist shares his uncertainties around his roots and relationships in unhurried, subtly melancholic songs

The Guardian - UK

“My friend’s mom told Harry Nilsson, ‘You gotta hear him play!’ I played and he asked, ‘What are you doing next Wednesday?’”: Val McCallum’s accidental introduction to session work

He’s worked with Jackson Browne, Sheryl Crow, Lucinda Williams, and others, but doesn’t regard himself as an in-demand studio guy. The gearhead lists some of his favorite tools, including a Tele Custom he didn’t expect to like

Guitar World

“I was 8 and Andy was my first guitar teacher – to me he was Mr. Summers with a funny accent!”Doug Pettibone on taking lessons from Andy Summers, touring with Jewel, and not getting fired by John Mayer

The first-call guitarist explains why he loved working with Lucinda Williams but had to leave, how he got the gig back, his chemistry with Marc Ford, and faking it on pedal steel until Mayer helped him make it

Guitar World

“He goes, ‘The audition is in Nashville tomorrow. Here’s 45 songs you’ve got to know by then’”: Her manager didn’t like him. But Doug Pettibone grinded to land his dream gig with Lucinda Williams

Pettibone cut his teeth playing with Jewel and Tracy Chapman – but when he heard Williams was looking for a new guitarist, he knew he had to get the spot

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“I can sing better; I can’t play guitar better”: Lucinda Williams on how her stroke has affected her guitar playing

Despite still dealing with the aftereffects of a stroke, Williams has just released her 16th studio album and is set to go on tour with her band, which includes two “brilliant” players who have taken on guitar duties

Guitar World

Primate to Tyler Ballgame: the week in rave reviews

Johannes Roberts directs a concise chimp-gone-wild shocker, and the critically loved crooner releases his debut album. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews

The Guardian - UK

Lucinda Williams review – Americana legend brilliantly rails against a world out of balance

At 73, the lodestar of Americana still writes with urgency, as the patient force of her band sends the music grooving skywards

The Guardian - UK

Hugh Bonneville 'feels blessed' with 'new chapter' after divorce

Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville has admitted he "feels blessed" to have "started a new chapter" by finding love again after his divorce from wife Lucinda Williams following 25 years of marriage.

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What to Stream: 'The Smashing Machine,' Louis Tomlinson, 'The Beauty' and Bruce Springsteen biopic

Dwayne Johnson transforming into MMA pioneer Mark Kerr for “The Smashing Machine” and Louis Tomlinson releasing his third solo album are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you

The Independent UK

Chrissie Hynde and k.d. lang hook up for smoky version of soul classic Me And Mrs Jones

Me And Mrs Jones comes from the Pretenders' singer's upcoming album of duets with Mark Lanegan, Lucinda Williams, Debbie Harry, Shirley Manson and more

Louder

Heart add more dates to Royal Flush tour

Lucinda Williams will join Heart for a run of shows next year

Louder

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Lucinda Williams: ‘My singing is better now than it was before my stroke’

The US singer-songwriter on whether she will pull her music from Spotify, her worst first date and why ‘being unique and original doesn’t always work in the record business’

Louder

Chrissie Hynde announces duets album with Mark Lanegan, Lucinda Williams, Dave Gahan and more

Listen to Chrisie Hynde's version of Always On My Mind featuring Rufus Wainwright now

The Independent UK

Flying with Angels reminds us that Suzanne Vega has always excelled at channelling life’s outsider observers

3/5 At times, Vega’s use of clunky rhymes undoes the elegance of her more literary lines, but it’s still lovely to have her back in action

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Vöid: In Love Again review – all of indie rock is here

This latest iteration of Lan McArdle and Owen Williams’s Joanna Gruesome turns their lush vocals, guitar heroics and recent heartbreaks into melodic gold

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"These eighteen months have been the hardest thing I've ever been through in my life": Jesse Malin on the spinal stroke that left him paralysed from the waist down and the long road to recovery

One spring day in 2023, Jesse Malin suddenly fell to the floor, and his life effectively fell apart

The Independent UK

No pressure: Singer Lucinda Williams records album of Beatles songs at famed Abbey Road

Lucinda Williams isn’t easily intimidated, but it would be hard for any musician not to shudder at the task before her

The Independent UK

Singer Paul Kelly: An Australian icon the country seems to be keeping for its own

Singer-songwriter Paul Kelly is an icon in Australia but a cult figure in the rest of the world

Guitar World

“We’ve had four days to learn these songs and we’re gonna play every single one of them tonight”: Eric Clapton, Trey Anastasio, Bob Weir, Van Morrison, Mike Campbell, Lucinda Williams celebrate Robbie Robertson at epic Martin Scorsese-curated tribute

The nearly five-hour tribute concert took place on October 17 at Los Angeles' Kia Forum and included tracks from The Band and Robertson's post-Band career

Louder

Lucinda Williams releases epic cover of The Beatles' classic While My Guitar Gently Weeps

While My Guitar Gently Weeps comes from the seventh volume of Williams' Lu's Jukebox albums

MusicRadar

"I had a remarkable cast of musicians to help me tell this story": Emmylou Harris, Noah Kahan and the Lumineers pay tribute to Springsteen’s Nebraska in new PBS documentary

New documentary to be aired on PBS about Springsteen's Nebraska

Guitar World

“It promises to be a night of electrifying performances”: Star-studded Robbie Robertson tribute show announced, featuring Eric Clapton, Elvis Costello and Lucinda Williams

The star-studded event is taking place on October 17 at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles

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