Acoustic Shows with Lucinda Williams & Her Band:
Blues, Ballads & More: A Quiet Night with Lucinda Williams & Her Band
NOV 16 • 7:00pm Performance
Blues, Ballads & More: A Quiet Night with Lucinda Williams & Her Band
NOV 17 • 7:00pm Performance
“perfect… clearly in a league of her own” – Chicago Reader
“My dad, as a poet, always told me to never censor myself – that’s one of his cardinal rules of creative writing,” says multiple-Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams. “That became my motto which I’ve stuck by all these years.” Miller Williams’ advice clearly is borne out on Lucinda’s powerful eighteenth studio album, 2026’s provocative World’s Gone Wrong. “I felt a sense of urgency in making this record,” she adds.
Filled with gut-wrenching topical songs, the album’s ten tracks were written and recorded in a blast of collaborative creativity. There, Lucinda and her co-writers – primarily husband/manager/co-producer Tom Overby and guitarist Doug Pettibone – grappled with the events of spring 2025. Moreover, a whole other album had been in the works. However, the “urgency” to address our current cataclysmic situation motivated Lucinda and company to cut World’s Gone Wrong in direct response. “Music is a powerful weapon,” she points out. “I want this record to make people aware, wake them up. I like to push people’s buttons.”
And that’s what Lucinda fans have come to depend on over the past forty-five years. Her back catalog boasts remarkable albums, including 1998’s game-changing Car Wheels on a Gravel Road. Additionally, she’s earned three Grammy awards and countless accolades, including Time Magazine naming her America’s Best Songwriter in 2001. Here, Williams is one of our most revered artists, beloved for her singular vocals and extraordinary songs. And in these troubling times, we need the light she shines on World’s Gone Wrong more than ever before.
Recommended for fans of Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch, Steve Earle & Bob Dylan.
📸: Mark Seliger
