Lucinda Williams News

Can it really be possible to know exactly how someone else feels? It might just be one of the most oxymoronic emphasis on the moronic declarations in the English language.

Exit/In filled its vault to nearly full capacity Saturday night by scheduling Canadian singer-songwriter Kathleen Edwards, an early-Aughts SXSW sensation who wooed journalists and music execs alike in 2003 when they detected heavy traces of Lucinda Williams.

The possibility of Asbell Elementary School winning a $100,000 grant from Target and The Ellen Degeneres Show became a reality yesterday.

The weekly Pop & Hiss rundown of the weekend's top concerts, including Wilco, Lucinda Williams, the Secret Chiefs 3 and more.

Eddie Van Halen Age: 57 Occupation: Guitar God Known For: Being one of the most influential, original, and talented rock guitarists of the 20th century, co-founding the legendary band Van Halen, songs like 'Runnin' with the Devil,' 'Jump' and 'Right Now,' and a former marriage to lookalike actress Valerie Bertinelli Ellen DeGeneres Age: 54 ... (more)

Born January 26, 1953, Williams is feisty, uncompromising and the closest thing to an Americana insurgent the roots rock genre has to offer, at least from a female perspective.

Actress Anne Jeffreys is 89. Sports announcer-actor Bob Uecker is 77. Actor Scott Glenn is 73.

Today Amnesty International releases Chimes Of Freedom , a really, really huge compilation of bob Dylan covers by artists both canonized and obscure.

The Louvin Brothers were the greatest country sibling harmony act of them all. This odd duck of a two-disc reissue combines "Satan Is Real," the 1959 album famous for its cover shot of a 16-foot-tall plywood Beelzebub threatening the brothers from atop a raging fire pit, with a collection of Louvins favorites, including the simply perfect "When I ... (more)

I've got a story coming in Sunday's Inquirer A & E section about Linda Chorney, the Sea Bright, N.J. singer-songwriter whose album Emotional Jukebox is improbably up for best Americana album at the Grammy Awards next month in Los Angeles.

Songwriting has long been a source of therapy for Lucinda Williams. "All those songs are what helped me get through everything," she said.

Who: Lucinda Williams When: 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21 Where: MontBleu Theatre Tickets: $37 Purchase: www.ticket master.com or call the MontBleu box office, 775-588-3515 A singer with one of the most recognizable voices in music will perform Saturday in the MontBleu Theatre.

I had the distinguished honor of being invited to the Austin FOOD & WINE Festival Preview/Press Event.

Even though it's been six years since Robert Christgau got fired from The Village Voice , I remain positively giddy each January when his creation, the Pazz & Jop music poll, comes out.