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To call Lucinda Williams' music "wallflower moping" is puzzling given the
vast range of her work; it also does a disservice to readers who might not
be familiar with her. Certainly you can pick a few songs where the label
could apply: "Right in Time", "Still I Long For Your Kiss" from "Car Whells On A Gravel Road". But what about the three-lead-guitar jam of "Joy" or the amazing roots vocal performance on "Can't Let Go" from the same CD? I wonder if the reviewer formed his opinion based on the first track.
Or consider her latest studio CD, "World Without Tears", that I've been listening to over and over again. The emotional range is huge; this is not a mopy woman.
