Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Chris La Putt Lucinda Williams / Bettye LaVette @ Clearwater Fest 6/22/2014 Seeger began hosting "folk picnics" in the 1960s to pay for building a boat that would travel on the Hudson to highlight environmental issues. Seeger and... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Lucinda Williams at SXSW 2014 (more by Steven Noreyko) Alt-country vet Lucinda Williams mentioned when we caught her at SXSW that she'd be releasing a new album soon, and though that still hasn't been officially announced, Lucinda did announce some..... more info

USA Today Music — Gregg Allman, Lucinda Williams, Mavis Staples and Allen Toussaint join the bill more info

Aquarium Drunkard — When Lucinda Williams released her self-titled lp in 1988, it was the third album she’d ever released, only her second made up of completely original material and her first in eight years. Her first two albums, Ramblin’ and Happy Woman Blues, wer... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Songs For Slim compilation benefits the former Replacements guitarist and features music by Jeff Tweedy, Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, and many others. Cate Le Bon's Mug Museum, Josephine Foster's I'm A Dreamer, and Wooden Shjips' Back to Land..... more info

Starpulse — Tom Waits, Sinead O'Connor and Lucinda Williams have signed on to record tracks for a new Blind Willie Johnson tribute album - if fans fund the project online. The Blind Boys of Alabama and Rickie... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Stephen Stills' new blues band The Rides will headline the latest benefit concert for Cal State Northridge-based radio station KCSN FM (88.5) on Nov. 3 at the university's Valley Performing Arts Center. more info

Topix — The annual Americana Music Festival and Conference wrapped Sunday in Nashville, Tenn., with a performance by Lake Charles native Lucinda Williams , who was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame onstage at Tipitina's on Sept. more info

KEXP Seattle — Iron & Wine, aka Sam Beam, has graced us with a brand new song written especially for the upcoming movie, The Lone Ranger. “Rattling Bone” has a rugged and laid-back style that fits a western like a pair of skin tight Levis. The films soundtrack ... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and his wife take the reins in a benefit concert featuring pals Crosby and Nash, plus Lucinda Williams, Ryan Adams and others.On his own and as a member of Crosby, Stills & Nash (and sometimes Young), two-time Rock and... more info