{"id":9730,"date":"2015-06-23T13:52:36","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T17:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/?p=9730"},"modified":"2015-06-23T13:52:36","modified_gmt":"2015-06-23T17:52:36","slug":"lucinda-williams-jason-walker-prospect-park-bandshell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/lucinda-williams-jason-walker-prospect-park-bandshell\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucinda Williams \/ Jason Walker @ Prospect Park Bandshell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #262626;\"><strong>When:<\/strong> Thurs. June 25 &#8211; Gates Open 6:30 PM<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #262626;\"><strong>Location:<\/strong> Prospect Park Band Shell (9th St &amp; Prospect Park West)<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #262626;\">Last year\u2019s\u00a0<em style=\"font-style: italic;\">Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone<\/em>, \u201ca career highlight,\u201d (<em style=\"font-style: italic;\">Pitchfork<\/em>) solidified\u00a0<a style=\"color: #007f64;\" href=\"http:\/\/lucindawilliams.com\/?fp=true\">LUCINDA WILLIAMS<\/a>\u00a0as perhaps America\u2019s greatest barroom storyteller\u2014a singer-songwriter of fierce honesty and conviction, articulate and rough in equal measure. She was born in Louisiana but moved frequently throughout the south as a kid as her father, a literature professor and published poet, took teaching positions at different schools. He introduced her to Delta Blues and Hank Williams; her mother, to Joan Baez and Dylan. She found Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell in college. These and other influences coalesced; she began as a folk singer but soon developed a sound that incorporated a wide swath of American roots music. Her records, from her 1979 debut\u00a0<em style=\"font-style: italic;\">Ramblin<\/em>, to an early high point with 1984\u2019s\u00a0<em style=\"font-style: italic;\">Lucinda Williams<\/em>, and on through a succession of perfectionist gems have, along with live performances of burning intensity, won her a deeply devoted following. It took a while for the general public to catch on, but she\u2019s now revered as an icon\u2014and rightly so. If her knockout show at the Beacon earlier this year is any indication, expect a set that careens from stripped down acoustic ballads to rambling electrified country-blues stomps.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #262626;\">The powerhouse local singer\u00a0<strong>JASON WALKER<\/strong>\u00a0comes from a multi-generational gospel music family\u2014he was cradled in the arms of Mahalia Jackson as a child. In a career that has taken him through the worlds of rock, gospel, classical, jazz, sacred music, and opera he has shared the stage with Mick Jagger, Bono, Angelique Kidjo, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Macy Gray, Lou Reed, Dr. John and many others. He was a featured soloist and ensemble leader of Robert Wilson and Bernice Johnson Reagon\u2019s\u00a0<em style=\"font-style: italic;\">Temptations of Saint Anthony<\/em>\u00a0and toured with Phillip Glass and Robert Wilson\u2019s\u00a0<em style=\"font-style: italic;\">Einstein on the Beach<\/em>. His own music, beautifully captured in his 2008 release\u00a0<em style=\"font-style: italic;\">Just Like You<\/em>, is a sublime gospel-infused soul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When: Thurs. June 25 &#8211; Gates Open 6:30 PM Location: Prospect Park Band Shell (9th St &amp; Prospect Park West) Last year\u2019s\u00a0Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone, \u201ca career highlight,\u201d (Pitchfork) solidified\u00a0LUCINDA WILLIAMS\u00a0as perhaps America\u2019s greatest barroom storyteller\u2014a singer-songwriter of fierce honesty and conviction, articulate and rough in equal measure. 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