Lucinda Williams
Also Known As: Lucinda Gayle Williams
Biography: Lucinda Gayle Williams is an American rock, folk and country music singer, songwriter and musician. She recorded her first albums, Ramblin' and Happy Woman Blues, in a traditional country and blues style and received very little public or radio attention.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
Birthday: January 26, 1953
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Gender: Female
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Return to Sin City: A Tribute to Gram Parsons
Overview: With a vision that took him far beyond the genre of country rock, singer-songwriter Gram Parsons left his mark in gut-wrenching sentiments of country music, burning melodies typical of soul music, sweet, uplifting harmonies of gospel choirs and the hand-clapping boogie of rock and roll. Gram's daughter Polly organized this amazing gathering of his close friends and biggest fans for a Sin City tribute honoring this prince of longhair country boys. A sampling of the live performances include Six Days on the Road Sin City All Stars; Big Mouth Blues Jim Lauderdale; Devil in Disguise Jay Farrar; Sleepless Nights Lucinda Williams; Love Hurts Keith Richards & Norah Jones; Sin City Dwight Yoakam, and more, including commentaries by Polly Parsons and Shilah Morrow.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-11-15
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Finding Lucinda
Overview: Setting off on a road trip of discovery across the southern United States, aspiring singer-songwriter Ismay leaves the isolated existence of the family farm in search of inspiration. Tracing the roots of music icon Lucinda Williams, Ismay seeks out the people and places that highlight parts of Lucinda's early career.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-08-27
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Two Trains Runnin'
Overview: The search of several young, white men for blues singers who have been missing for decades coincides with the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in the 1960s.
Genres: Documentary Music History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-08
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Country Queens at the BBC
Overview: Classic female country stars in action on a variety of BBC studio shows and featuring Bobbie Gentry, Anne Murray, Emmylou Harris, Tammy Wynette, Billie Jo Spears, Crystal Gayle, Taylor Swift, Lucinda Williams with Mary Chapin Carpenter and more. A chronological celebration of country queens at the BBC whether on Top of the Pops, OGWT, Later with Jools Holland, Parkinson or their own entertainment specials.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-11-07
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Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska: A Celebration In Words and Music
Overview: Join Eric Church, Emmylou Harris, Noah Kahan, Lyle Lovett, The Lumineers and Lucinda Williams for an in-depth exploration of the 1982 album. Hosted by famed music biographer Warren Zanes, the program features performances of Springsteen’s songs with spoken word storytelling.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-08-30
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Lucinda Williams - Live from Austin TX
Overview: A thrilling and often beautiful concert sitting unseen in a vault for a number of years, Lucinda Williams: Live from Austin, TX is the Louisiana-born singer-songwriter's complete, pre-edited performance from a 1998 appearance on Austin City Limits. With its 16 well-chosen songs, largely culled from Williams's most rewarding material since the 1980s, Live is indispensable for longtime fans and a great introduction to her unique artistry for the uninitiated.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-05-17
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The Life & Songs of Emmylou Harris
Overview: A once-in-a-lifetime concert celebrating 15 million record-selling 13 time Grammy Award-winning, three-time CMA Award recipient, and two-time Americana Awards winner, Emmylou Harris. Recorded at the famous DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. January 10, 2015.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-11
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Emmylou Harris Building the Wrecking Ball
Overview: In 1995, Emmylou Harris released "Wrecking Ball", which is considered to be her most experimental album. It featured songs by Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, and Neil Young. Harris and producer Daniel Lanois offer an inside look at the making of Emmylou's Grammy-winning album on this promotional VHS tape of the TV special, "Building the Wrecking Ball", which originally aired on PBS in December 1996.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-04
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We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash
Overview: Johnny Cash influenced a great variety of musicians and it was never more apparent than on Friday, April 20, 2012 at The Moody Theater in Austin, TX. The special concert and 80th-birthday tribute, We Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash, featured an all-star list of talent not only celebrating the life and legacy of Johnny Cash, but also paying tribute to Cash, his music, his roots and his heritage.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-08-20
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For the Sake of the Song: The Story of Anderson Fair
Overview: A devoted community of artists, volunteers and patrons transform a politically subversive little neighborhood coffee house and restaurant into a unique American music institution.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-03-17
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The Soul of a Man
Overview: In "The Soul of A Man," director Wim Wenders looks at the dramatic tension in the blues between the sacred and the profane by exploring the music and lives of three of his favorite blues artists: Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson and J. B. Lenoir. Part history, part personal pilgrimage, the film tells the story of these lives in music through an extended fictional film sequence (recreations of '20s and '30s events - shot in silent-film, hand-crank style), rare archival footage, present-day documentary scenes and covers of their songs by contemporary musicians such as Shemekia Copeland, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Garland Jeffreys, Chris Thomas King, Cassandra Wilson, Nick Cave, Los Lobos, Eagle Eye Cherry, Vernon Reid, James "Blood" Ulmer, Lou Reed, Bonnie Raitt, Marc Ribot, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Lucinda Williams and T-Bone Burnett.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-16
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Tom Waits: Tales from a Cracked Jukebox
Overview: Tom Waits is one of the most original musicians of the last five decades. Renowned for his gravelly voice and dazzling mix of musical styles, he's also one of modern music's most enigmatic and influential artists. Using rare archive, audio recordings and interviews, this film is a bewitching after-hours trip through the surreal, moonlit world of Waits' music - a portrait of a pioneering musician and his unique, alternative American songbook.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-02-19
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Life Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson
Overview: Robbie Robertson. Life Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson will take place on Thursday, October 17, 2024, at the Kia Forum, in Los Angeles, CA, featuring once-in-a-lifetime performances with an incredible lineup of superstar artists, including Trey Anastasio, Ryan Bingham, Mike Campbell, Eric Church, Eric Clapton, Elvis Costello, Warren Haynes, Bruce Hornsby, Jim James, Jamey Johnson, Noah Kahan, Daniel Lanois, Taj Mahal, Van Morrison, Margo Price, Robert Randolph, Nathaniel Rateliff, Allison Russell, Mavis Staples, Benmont Tench, Don Was, Bobby Weir, and Lucinda Williams.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
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