Lucinda Williams Debuts a Politically Charged Album, Worlds Gone Wrong

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Lucinda Williams Debuts a Politically Charged Album, Worlds Gone Wrong
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Lucinda Williams discusses her first explicitly political album, Worlds Gone Wrong, a fiery critique of Trump-era chaos that situates current events in American history. Inspired by Bob Dylan and the Staple Singers, and recounting a meeting with Dylan, the record includes a Big Thief collaboration on 'Low Life' and a Marley cover featuring Mavis Staples, with Williams insisting the songs are messages she’s compelled to deliver onstage.

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