Lucinda Williams West 2LP

The eighth album from Grammy® Award-winning artist Lucinda Williams finds her reflecting about heartbreak & the loss of her mother. Although this collection deals with painful subjects, it's also about hope for the future.

With West, a disc that may well be Lucinda Williams' most personal work to date, the singer-songwriter channels both her emotion and restive creative energy into a startling set of songs that touch on both darkness and redemption. At turns strikingly spare and compellingly muscular, the album's 13 cuts attest to her willingness to stretch as a musician - and to put herself on the line as a chronicler of life.

"The songs deal with a chapter in my life...there's a lot of pain and struggling, but it ends with a look towards the future." - Lucinda Williams

"It is my belief that Lucinda is the closest living counterpart to Hank Williams, when it comes to writing from the heart with absolute economy. It is a bonus that her rock and roll vocal style will shake up any band in a fashion that I can only compare to Keith Richard's guitar playing." - Elvis Costello