Lucinda Williams righteous fury has never been more ignited that on her new album “Good Souls, Better Angels.” Her drawling vocals bringing chilling intensity to social and political diatribes as only the three time grammy winner can. 

This is the first album with her husband, Tom Overby credited as a co-songwriter and producer. She’s also reunited with Ray Kennedy who produced her most beloved album “Car Wheels on a Gravel Road.” But while that album was an Americana masterpiece, the new one is steeped in the blues with a raw, gritty guitar tone perfectly matching her feral vocal delivery.

The songs are the most politically overt she has released in years, commenting on domestic abuse, depression, media saturation and the dark state of the world. One is a powerful song of condemnation to a “Man Without a Soul” whose name isn’t given but it doesn’t take much to guess who the subject is.

On her 14^th studio album Lucinda Williams takes on the devil in at least three of the songs giving it a haunting, Armageddon-like feel. “Good Souls Better Angels” is dangerous, ferocious and exactly what Lucinda Williams is known for when she’s at her best.

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