Lucinda Williams joins Brian Wise on Off The Record from Ray Kennedy’s studio in Nashville, where she is currently tightening up new songs while balancing recovery and physical therapy. With her unmistakable southern twang, Lucinda reflects on a career that began in the blues, drew inspiration from Hank Williams, and continues to evolve decades on.

She speaks about opening her New York honky-tonk Lucinda’s, the film Finding Lucinda, and the challenge of writing in turbulent times. Reflecting on why protest songs are often the hardest to get right, Lucinda explores Bob Dylan's Masters Of War, the challenge of timeless songwriting and looks close to home - describing America as 'making the same mistakes over, and over again.;

Those tensions feed into her forthcoming 2026 album World’s Gone Wrong, shaped by the political climate surrounding Donald Trump.

Lucinda Williams returns to Off The Record next week, tune in Saturday 7 February, 9am–12pm.