Grammy-winning singer Lucinda Williams to perform at Victoria Theatre

Three-time Grammy Award-winner Lucinda Williams, who is performing at Victoria Theatre on Tuesday, May 2, was home in Los Angeles when she took time for a brief telephone interview.

She discussed her current tour, working with her husband, Tom Overby, and the follow-up to her 12th studio album, “The Ghosts of Highway 20,” released in 2016.

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Q: Your last two albums were released on your own label. How is that?

A: “It hasn’t really changed my approach because I’ve always had the freedom I needed in terms of what I’m recording, how the songs go and the production. When you have your own label, the biggest change is it’s a little more open to how many songs you can put there or if it’s going to be a double album or not. You don’t have to worry about how long a song is. When I was recording the ‘West’ album I actually had enough songs to do a double CD but Lost Highway didn’t want to do that. We don’t have to deal with that now because we make all the decisions.”

Q: Did you plan on the last two releases being double albums?

A: “No, that’s just how they shook out. This last one was a double album really just because one track, ‘Faith & Grace,’ was so long. We didn’t want to make it any shorter because we thought it was amazing the way it is. Everything we do is very organic. I kind of go through spurts of songwriting and I come up with some songs. Then I might not come up with anything for a while and then I’ll write a couple of more. We were also going back and pulling from older material that hadn’t been released. That created a bigger catalog of material, too.”

Q: What’s up next, your third consecutive double album?

A: “No, the latest thing is we just re-recorded the ‘Sweet Old World’ album. That’s the biggest news and it sounds like a brand new album. I was hesitant at first to revisit all those old songs but I’m really excited about it. The keys of the songs have changed because my voice is different now than it was in 1992 but we ended up with some amazingly beautiful new arrangements.”

Q: What does Tom bring to the projects?

A: “He worked for record labels, mainly marketing and A&R, so he comes ups with really good ideas. He manages me and he also brings in a lot of creative ideas like re-recording the ‘Sweet Old World’ album.”


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WANT TO GO?

Who: Lucinda Williams

Where: Victoria Theatre, 138 N. Main St., Dayton

When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 2

Cost: $39.50-$49.50

More info: 937-228-3630 or www.ticketcenterstage.com

Artist info: www.lucindawilliams.com

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