A Nice Pair: Lucinda Williams

It’s Sunday and we’re back with A Nice Pair – our weekly book and vinyl series. Today we’re pairing Lucinda Williams’ memoir Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You with her latest album World’s Gone Wrong.

Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You is the story of a fighter. Growing up in an unsteady home with early health challenges on top of it all, Lucinda Williams went against the grain and came out on top. Putting in the hard work to pursue her dream, it all paid off as she went from living room and high school performances to a sold-out Radio City Music Hall show. Inspiration for her lyrics include doomed love affairs and the gothic southern landscapes of the many different towns of her youth. She earned seventeen Grammy nominations and is known as one of the greatest and most influential songwriters of our time.

Released in January 2026, World’s Gone Wrong is her sixteenth studio album. It features nine original songs composed by Williams, a cover of Bob Marley and the Wailers’ So Much Trouble in the World and collaborations with Mavis Staples, Brittney Spencer and Norah Jones.