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Американская исполнительница Люсинда Уильямс родилась в 1953 году в штате Луизина. Ее отец был поэтом и увлекался игрой на фортепиано, что во многом предопределило судьбу Люсинды, ведь с самого детства она была неразлучна с музыкой. Так, следуя примеру отца, юная Уильямс начала писать в шесть лет, а в двенадцать уже училась играть на гитаре. Дебютное выступление певицы прошло в Мехико Сити, когда ей было всего семнадцать лет. Талант исполнительницы не остался незамеченным, и количество поклонников Люсинды, которые по достоинству оценили ее искренность и мастерство, постепенно увеличивалось.
Уильямс продолжала много выступать, и со временем ее стиль окончательно сформировался: неизменные элементы фолка, рока и кантри стали фирменной чертой певицы. К концу семидесятых она была готова попробовать свои силы в студийной работе. Так, альбом кавер-версий различных блюзовых и кантри композиций, получивший название Ramblin', увидел свет в 1979 году. Спустя год состоялся релиз пластинки Happy Woman Blues (1980), на которую вошли уже оригинальные песни Люсинды. Лонгплей привлек внимание слушателей, а следующего студийного альбома Уильямс им пришлось ждать долгих восемь лет. Тем не менее, вышедший в 1988 году одноименный альбом Lucinda Williams полностью оправдал все ожидания меломанов. Более того, третий лонгплей оказался настолько сильным, что в 1998 году он был переиздан и получил несколько бонус-треков. Многие критики сошлись во мнении, что Lucinda Williams стала одной из самых сильных работ певицы, а к 2000 году в США было продано более ста тысяч копий пластинки.
В 1994 году исполнительница удостоилась награды Грэмми за песню Passionate Kisses в номинации Лучшая Песня В Стиле Кантри. Престижная награда стала лучшим доказательством того, что творчество Люсинды пришлось по вкусу не только ее поклонникам, но и членам жюри премии Грэмми. А это, согласитесь, многое говорит о качестве материала, представленного Люсиндой. В девяностых годах двадцатого века певица порадовала меломанов такими сильными студийными работами как Sweet Old World (1992) и Car Wheels On A Gravel Road (1998). Стоит отметить, что последний занял достойное место в дискографии Люсинды. В двадцать первом веке она порадовала своих поклонников традиционно сильными лонгплеями: Essence (2001), World Without Tears (2003) и многими другими. В 2005 году состоялся релиз первого концертного альбома певицы, получившего название Live @ The Fillmore. Отличная подборка композиций и невероятная атмосфера пришлись по вкусу не только старым слушателями Уильямс, но и всем ценителям живого звука.
В 2007 году вышла студийная работа West, занявшая третью строчку Кантри-Чарта в Канаде, а в следующем году лонгплей Little Honey (2008) сумел добраться и до самой вершины того же хит-парада. Эти успешные работы доказали, что у Уильямс по-прежнему есть масса свежих идей, которыми она с удовольствием делится со слушателями. Искренность – вот за что меломаны так полюбили творчество Люсинды, и эта открытость и стала визитной карточкой певицы. В 2011 году исполнительница выпустила свой новый лонгплей под названием Blessed, ставший логичным развитием ее предыдущих работ. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
Уильямс продолжала много выступать, и со временем ее стиль окончательно сформировался: неизменные элементы фолка, рока и кантри стали фирменной чертой певицы. К концу семидесятых она была готова попробовать свои силы в студийной работе. Так, альбом кавер-версий различных блюзовых и кантри композиций, получивший название Ramblin', увидел свет в 1979 году. Спустя год состоялся релиз пластинки Happy Woman Blues (1980), на которую вошли уже оригинальные песни Люсинды. Лонгплей привлек внимание слушателей, а следующего студийного альбома Уильямс им пришлось ждать долгих восемь лет. Тем не менее, вышедший в 1988 году одноименный альбом Lucinda Williams полностью оправдал все ожидания меломанов. Более того, третий лонгплей оказался настолько сильным, что в 1998 году он был переиздан и получил несколько бонус-треков. Многие критики сошлись во мнении, что Lucinda Williams стала одной из самых сильных работ певицы, а к 2000 году в США было продано более ста тысяч копий пластинки.
В 1994 году исполнительница удостоилась награды Грэмми за песню Passionate Kisses в номинации Лучшая Песня В Стиле Кантри. Престижная награда стала лучшим доказательством того, что творчество Люсинды пришлось по вкусу не только ее поклонникам, но и членам жюри премии Грэмми. А это, согласитесь, многое говорит о качестве материала, представленного Люсиндой. В девяностых годах двадцатого века певица порадовала меломанов такими сильными студийными работами как Sweet Old World (1992) и Car Wheels On A Gravel Road (1998). Стоит отметить, что последний занял достойное место в дискографии Люсинды. В двадцать первом веке она порадовала своих поклонников традиционно сильными лонгплеями: Essence (2001), World Without Tears (2003) и многими другими. В 2005 году состоялся релиз первого концертного альбома певицы, получившего название Live @ The Fillmore. Отличная подборка композиций и невероятная атмосфера пришлись по вкусу не только старым слушателями Уильямс, но и всем ценителям живого звука.
В 2007 году вышла студийная работа West, занявшая третью строчку Кантри-Чарта в Канаде, а в следующем году лонгплей Little Honey (2008) сумел добраться и до самой вершины того же хит-парада. Эти успешные работы доказали, что у Уильямс по-прежнему есть масса свежих идей, которыми она с удовольствием делится со слушателями. Искренность – вот за что меломаны так полюбили творчество Люсинды, и эта открытость и стала визитной карточкой певицы. В 2011 году исполнительница выпустила свой новый лонгплей под названием Blessed, ставший логичным развитием ее предыдущих работ. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
Lucinda Williams (born January 26, 1953) is an American rock, folk, and alt-country songwriter and singer. A three-time Grammy Award winner, she was named "America's best songwriter" by TIME magazine in 2002.
Williams has garnered considerable critical acclaim but her commercial success has been moderate. She has a reputation as a perfectionist and as a slow worker when it comes to recording; six years passed between the release of her second and third albums. However, she frequently makes guest appearances on other artists' albums and contributes to compilations and soundtracks. She has recorded with Elvis Costello, Nanci Griffith, John Prine, Leftover Salmon, and Steve Earle, among others. She has also opened concerts for artists such as Neil Young.
Early life
Williams was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, the daughter of poet and literature professor Miller Williams. Her father worked as a visiting professor in Mexico and Chile as well as different parts of the American South, before settling at the University of Arkansas. His daughter showed an affinity for music at an early age, and was playing guitar at 12.
Career
By her early 20s, Williams was playing publicly in Austin, Texas and Houston, Texas, concentrating on a folk-rock-country blend. She moved to Jackson, Mississippi, in 1978 to record her first album, for Smithsonian/Folkways Records. Titled Ramblin', it was a collection of country and blues covers. She followed it up in 1980 with Happy Woman Blues, which consisted of her own material. Neither album received much attention.
In the 1980s Williams moved to Los Angeles, California (before finally settling in Nashville, TN), where -- performing both backed by a rock band and in acoustic settings -- she developed a following and a critical reputation. Nevertheless, it was not until 1988 that Rough Trade Records released the self-titled Lucinda Williams. The single "Changed the Locks", about a broken relationship, received radio play around the country and gained fans among music insiders, including Tom Petty, who would later cover the song.
Its follow-up, Sweet Old World (Chameleon, 1992), was a melancholy album dealing with themes of suicide and death. Williams's biggest success during the early '90s was as a songwriter. Mary Chapin Carpenter recorded a cover of "Passionate Kisses" (from Lucinda Williams) in 1992, and the song became a smash country hit for which Williams received the Grammy Award for Best Country Song in 1994.
Williams had garnered considerable critical acclaim, but her commercial success was moderate. Emmylou Harris said of Williams, "She is an example of the best of what country at least says it is. But, for some reason, she's completely out of the loop. And I feel strongly that that's country music's loss."
Williams also gained a reputation as a perfectionist and slow worker when it came to recording; six years would pass before her next album release, though she appeared as a guest on other artists' albums and contributed to several tribute compilations during this period.
The long-awaited release, 1998's Car Wheels on a Gravel Road was Williams' breakthrough to the mainstream. Containing the single "Still I Long for Your Kiss" from the Robert Redford film The Horse Whisperer, the album received wide critical notice and soon went gold. It received a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album. She toured with Bob Dylan and on her own in support of the album.
Williams followed up the success of Car Wheels with Essence (2001). This release featured a less produced, more stripped-down approach both musically and lyrically, and moved Williams further from the country music establishment while winning fans in the alternative music world. She won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Female Rock performance for the single "Get Right With God", an atypically uptempo gospel-rock tune from the otherwise rather low-key release. The title track was co-written and co-recorded with alternative country musician Ryan Adams.
Her seventh album, World Without Tears, was released in 2003. A musically adventurous though lyrically downbeat album, this release found Williams experimenting with talking blues stylings and electric blues.
In 2006, Lucinda recorded a version of the John Hartford classic "Gentle On My Mind," which played over the closing credits of the Will Ferrell filmTalladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby
Williams was a guest vocalist on the song "Factory Girls" from Irish punk-folk band Flogging Molly's 2004 album, "Within a Mile of Home", and appeared on Elvis Costello's The Delivery Man. She duetted with Steve Earle on the song "You're Still Standin' There" from his album I Feel Alright from 1996.
Williams released the album "West" on February 13, 2007, to mostly good reviews. The material is highly personal, chronicling the death of her mother and the breakup of a turbulent relationship.
Lucinda released her ninth studio album, "Little Honey", on October 14th. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
Williams has garnered considerable critical acclaim but her commercial success has been moderate. She has a reputation as a perfectionist and as a slow worker when it comes to recording; six years passed between the release of her second and third albums. However, she frequently makes guest appearances on other artists' albums and contributes to compilations and soundtracks. She has recorded with Elvis Costello, Nanci Griffith, John Prine, Leftover Salmon, and Steve Earle, among others. She has also opened concerts for artists such as Neil Young.
Early life
Williams was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, the daughter of poet and literature professor Miller Williams. Her father worked as a visiting professor in Mexico and Chile as well as different parts of the American South, before settling at the University of Arkansas. His daughter showed an affinity for music at an early age, and was playing guitar at 12.
Career
By her early 20s, Williams was playing publicly in Austin, Texas and Houston, Texas, concentrating on a folk-rock-country blend. She moved to Jackson, Mississippi, in 1978 to record her first album, for Smithsonian/Folkways Records. Titled Ramblin', it was a collection of country and blues covers. She followed it up in 1980 with Happy Woman Blues, which consisted of her own material. Neither album received much attention.
In the 1980s Williams moved to Los Angeles, California (before finally settling in Nashville, TN), where -- performing both backed by a rock band and in acoustic settings -- she developed a following and a critical reputation. Nevertheless, it was not until 1988 that Rough Trade Records released the self-titled Lucinda Williams. The single "Changed the Locks", about a broken relationship, received radio play around the country and gained fans among music insiders, including Tom Petty, who would later cover the song.
Its follow-up, Sweet Old World (Chameleon, 1992), was a melancholy album dealing with themes of suicide and death. Williams's biggest success during the early '90s was as a songwriter. Mary Chapin Carpenter recorded a cover of "Passionate Kisses" (from Lucinda Williams) in 1992, and the song became a smash country hit for which Williams received the Grammy Award for Best Country Song in 1994.
Williams had garnered considerable critical acclaim, but her commercial success was moderate. Emmylou Harris said of Williams, "She is an example of the best of what country at least says it is. But, for some reason, she's completely out of the loop. And I feel strongly that that's country music's loss."
Williams also gained a reputation as a perfectionist and slow worker when it came to recording; six years would pass before her next album release, though she appeared as a guest on other artists' albums and contributed to several tribute compilations during this period.
The long-awaited release, 1998's Car Wheels on a Gravel Road was Williams' breakthrough to the mainstream. Containing the single "Still I Long for Your Kiss" from the Robert Redford film The Horse Whisperer, the album received wide critical notice and soon went gold. It received a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album. She toured with Bob Dylan and on her own in support of the album.
Williams followed up the success of Car Wheels with Essence (2001). This release featured a less produced, more stripped-down approach both musically and lyrically, and moved Williams further from the country music establishment while winning fans in the alternative music world. She won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Female Rock performance for the single "Get Right With God", an atypically uptempo gospel-rock tune from the otherwise rather low-key release. The title track was co-written and co-recorded with alternative country musician Ryan Adams.
Her seventh album, World Without Tears, was released in 2003. A musically adventurous though lyrically downbeat album, this release found Williams experimenting with talking blues stylings and electric blues.
In 2006, Lucinda recorded a version of the John Hartford classic "Gentle On My Mind," which played over the closing credits of the Will Ferrell filmTalladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby
Williams was a guest vocalist on the song "Factory Girls" from Irish punk-folk band Flogging Molly's 2004 album, "Within a Mile of Home", and appeared on Elvis Costello's The Delivery Man. She duetted with Steve Earle on the song "You're Still Standin' There" from his album I Feel Alright from 1996.
Williams released the album "West" on February 13, 2007, to mostly good reviews. The material is highly personal, chronicling the death of her mother and the breakup of a turbulent relationship.
Lucinda released her ninth studio album, "Little Honey", on October 14th. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.