Ep532: Lucinda Williams in a World Gone Wrong
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 19 January 2026
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Lucinda Williams discusses her recent creative surge with multiple tribute albums, paying homage to the masters, Folkways days, post-stroke recovery and the new album World's Gone Wrong
Topics Include:
- Lucinda announces her 18th album "World's Gone Wrong" releasing January 23rd
- Reveals dramatic shift from releasing albums every 3-8 years recently
- Credits husband-manager Tom Overby for keeping creative momentum going post-stroke
- Explains how new band members made working out songs fun
- Describes creative process challenges between inspiration and studio deadlines
- Shares need for quiet, private spaces to write freely
- Reveals hotel rooms as unexpected creative sanctuaries like John Prine
- Discusses how songs emerge either formed or requiring detailed work
- Explains editing process of refining and "trimming the fat"
- Details collaboration with Tom Overby on "We've Come Too Far"
- Talks recording at Ray Kennedy's Room and Board studio
- Shares Steve Earle connection from Car Wheels on Gravel Road
- Laments losing song ideas when unable to record immediately
- Recalls taking control in studio despite band's initial surprise
- Tells sweet story of meeting Ringo Starr at Capitol Records
- Discusses transformative Beatles albums from early work to Sergeant Pepper
- Names Bob Dylan as her North Star musical mentor
- Explains The Doors' influence especially their dark poetic imagery
- Connects tribute album work to preparing for original songwriting
- Previews future projects including Neil Young tribute and stroke treatment
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Vinyl Guide, the podcast for record collectors and music nerds. |
| 0:10.0 | Here's your host, the biggest record nerd of them all, Nate Goyer. |
| 0:13.0 | Oh, well, hey, everyone, it's Nate. |
| 0:16.0 | Welcome to episode, was it, 532? |
| 0:19.0 | Episode 532 of the Vinyl Guide, the podcast for record collectors and music nerds. |
| 0:25.6 | And dear people, today we are absolutely thrilled to be welcoming to the show Lucinda Williams, who I'm sure you all know. |
| 0:32.7 | I'm singer, songwriter, poet, I mean, just a remarkable artist. |
| 0:37.4 | And Lucinda is absolutely brilliant, |
| 0:40.1 | very talkative on today's episode. We discuss her remarkable creative surge in recent years, |
| 0:46.4 | including multiple tribute albums, paying homage to the masters. We go all the way back to her |
| 0:52.5 | folkways days, up through present day. |
| 0:55.3 | Lucinda shares all about her post-stroke recovery and this musical momentum wave she's been on, |
| 1:01.1 | including her new album, World's Gone Wrong, available January 23rd, lucinda Williams.com. |
| 1:08.7 | That's where you can get vinyl and everything else. |
| 1:12.4 | And while you're there, I also recommend grabbing the abbey road album uh this is where lucinda recorded a bunch of beatles |
| 1:19.0 | classics in abbey road studios where they were originally made so yeah that's a big one uh that's on |
| 1:25.6 | vinyl as well grab that and the new album world World's Gone Wrong, lucinda Williams.com. |
| 1:31.4 | And before we get to the interview real quick, you know, you could follow this podcast for |
| 1:35.5 | free anytime in your smartphone and hear other interviews, literally hundreds of other |
| 1:41.4 | interviews with amazing artists, including Jack and Tommy Pryne. |
| 1:45.8 | We talked to Bootsie Collins recently. |
| 1:48.1 | Film director Kevin Smith, alternative MTV legend Matt Pinfield. |
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