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Ep532: Lucinda Williams in a World Gone Wrong

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Lucinda Williams says her father edited her lyrics line by line and taught her the 'economics of writing.'

1. The Vinyl Guide episode centers on Lucinda Williams and the album World's Gone Wrong, which she says is available January 23. 2. Host Nate Goyer interviews Lucinda Williams, a singer-songwriter-poet, and Tom Overby is repeatedly named as her husband-manager and creative push. 3. The episode asks how Williams has kept writing, recording, and releasing music after a stroke while moving through tribute albums, covers, and new originals. 4. Williams says her recent pace changed because Tom Overby kept booking shows and pushing her back into the studio after her stroke. 5. She says creativity feels therapeutic and adds that having new musicians in the band made working out songs more fun. 6. She describes wanting a quiet space to write, usually alone in a hotel room where she can sing, try ideas, and not be interrupted. 7. Williams says songs can come out partly formed, but she still goes back to edit, refine, and 'trim the fat.' 8. She names 'We've Come Too Far to Turn Around' as one of the first songs from the new batch and says she co-wrote several songs with Tom Overby. 9. She explains that the album was recorded at Ray Kennedy's Studio Room and Board, where she had worked before and where Steve Earle had also recorded. 10. She says the new record was cut analog, and she prefers the warm sound even when digital tools can imitate it closely. 11. Williams says she used to spend money digging through record-store bins for obscure blues albums and older covers. 12. She says she still likes the covers on old records enough to buy an album for the artwork alone. 13. She says Thievery Corporation is one of her favorite modern acts and praises their mix of world music, hip hop beat, and strong lyrics. 14. She also names Atmosphere, Tricky, and M.I.A. as artists she listens to now. 15. Williams says she would try a hip hop tribute album, and she points to 'Righteously' and 'How Much Did You Get for Your Soul' as songs where that influence has already crept in. 16. She talks through the Beatles tribute project recorded at Abbey Road, including how she expected more 1960s artifacts in the studio and instead found a basic room with good sound. 17. The interview stays conversational and detailed, with Nate Goyer prompting long stories about writing, recording, and record collecting. 18. Williams answers in a reflective, unhurried style and often shifts from concrete memories to small technical notes about songs, tapes, and arrangements. 19. Listeners who like Lucinda Williams, songwriting process, and record-collector talk. 20. Skip if you want short answers and no deep catalog history.

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