{"id":2474,"date":"2014-11-04T13:07:08","date_gmt":"2014-11-04T18:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=2474"},"modified":"2014-11-12T12:19:52","modified_gmt":"2014-11-12T17:19:52","slug":"lucinda-williams-down-where-the-spirit-meets-the-bone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/lucinda-williams-down-where-the-spirit-meets-the-bone\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucinda Williams <br>Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/lucinda_williams-down_where.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2475\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/lucinda_williams-down_where.jpg\" alt=\"Lucinda Williams, Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/lucinda_williams-down_where.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/lucinda_williams-down_where-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Amazingly, Lucinda Williams\u2019 rambling, 20-track double-dose of Southern discomfort, <i>Down Where the Sprit Meets the Bone<\/i> (Highway 20 Records), is her most cohesive statement since 1998\u2019s <i>Car Wheels on a Gravel Road<\/i>. Since that landmark album, she\u2019s released several strong collections, each with a few standout tracks that support the argument that she\u2019s one of America\u2019s greatest living songwriters. None of those albums, however, articulated a vision as compelling as this one. Her subjects range from brutal injustice (\u201cWest Memphis\u201d) to crass politics (\u201cFoolishness\u201d) to fruitless religiosity (the forceful anger of \u201cEverything But the Truth\u201d). But the theme, even of those topical songs, is always heartache. She approaches it head-on in the tired and tender \u201cCold Day in Hell,\u201d in which she inhabits a character both determined and wistful. The angry words of the refrain eek out tinged with regret, embodying the contradiction of the woman at the heart of the song.<\/p>\n<p>The album opener, \u201cCompassion,\u201d based on an empathic poem by Lucinda\u2019s father, advises, \u201cFor those you encounter, have compassion, even if they don\u2019t want it.\u201d It\u2019s a mission statement that sets the stage for the tiny dramas of the album\u2019s 19 remaining songs, in which Williams attempts to excavate (as the opener describes them) \u201cwhat wars are going on, down there where the spirit meets the bone.\u201d The other end of the album is a 10-minute cover of JJ Cale\u2019s \u201cMagnolia,\u201d with a lyric so simple, the broken yearning is unmistakable: \u201cWhippoorwill&#8217;s singing, soft summer breeze makes me think of my baby I left down in New Orleans.\u201d She stretches the short verses out, inserting quiet, considered guitar solos and intoning the title again and again as the song slowly cracks into pieces, almost disappearing before a triumphant crescendo in the last moments. It might seem like an epic reverb-saturated guitar jam would be an indulgent way to close a double-album, but in fact, this expansive outpouring is the perfect ending, a release for all that feeling she\u2019s imparted over the previous two hours.<\/p>\n<p>Williams\u2019 rusty, quivering voice and its deep well of emotion bring something special to even her most middle-of-the-road material. When she\u2019s dealing with something truly exceptional, though, a deceptively simple song might get elevated into the rarefied sphere of the masterpieces. This double album more than justifies its length and breadth with a generous helping of such unforgettable moments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazingly, Lucinda Williams\u2019 rambling, 20-track double-dose of Southern discomfort, <i>Down Where the Sprit Meets the Bone<\/i>, is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[34,967,966],"class_list":["post-2474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-album-review","tag-highway-20-records","tag-lucinda-williams"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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