West

After a pair of back-to-back releases in 1979 and 1980, Lucinda Williams only made three albums between 1988 and 1998, but she made each of them count. Her fifth, 1998's Car Wheels On A Gravel Road, sounded like a summation of everything she'd done before, mixing blues, folk, and country, then blowing it up to the…

Check out our album review of Artist's West on Rolling Stone.com.

The title of West reflects the change in Lucinda Williams' life as she moved to Los Angeles.

<p>Bereaved Stetsoned songstress details the 'scars on my heart'.</p>

We have memorized America, how it was born and who we have been and where.

<p>(Lost Highway)</p>