The eighth album from Grammy Award-winning artist Lucinda Williams finds her reflecting about heartbreak & the loss of her mother. Although this collection deals with painful subjects, it’s also about hope for the future.

With West, a disc that may well be Lucinda Williams’ most personal work to date, the singer-songwriter channels both her emotion and restive creative energy into a startling set of songs that touch on both darkness and redemption. At turns strikingly spare and compellingly muscular, the album’s 13 cuts attest to her willingness to stretch as a musician – and to put herself on the line as a chronicler of life.

“The songs deal with a chapter in my life…there’s a lot of pain and struggling, but it ends with a look towards the future.” – Lucinda Williams