If you were afraid wed have a shortage of gravel-voiced, heart-wrenching folksy blues in 2016, you’ve got the option to stop your worrying.
Lucinda Williams has announced that she will release her twelfth studio album,The Ghosts of Highway 20, Feb. 5, 2016.
Per a release, the legendary singer was inspired by the experiences shes had along Interstate 20, which runs along the American southeast from Texas to South Carolina.
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The places along the highway have been formative for Williams, a Louisiana native, and this album will pay tribute to the experiences or inspirations that these areas have given her.
The 16-track album will include predominantly original music, but also feature two covers: a version of Factory originally by Bruce Springsteen, and House of Earth, a song Woody Guthrie wrote lyrics for but Williams added music to.
Williams previously released the critically acclaimed albumDown Where the Spirit Meets the Boneat the end of 2014, and is currently on a worldwide tour.
