Angel Olsen has shared a new cover of Lucinda Williams’ song from 1998’s Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, “Greenville.” The Amazon Original song includes vocals from Hand Habits’ Meg Duffy and was engineered by Kyle Thomas (aka King Tuff). Listen at Amazon and below. (Pitchfork earns a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.)
“Before I wrote Big Time I found a new obsession and love for Lucinda’s body of work,” Olsen said in a statement. “There is no one like her out there. It’s clear to me that her songs come from a very real place, and that’s the only kind of writing I like.” She continued:
Olsen, who just released her new album Big Time, has also announced a livestream of a concert filmed at Topanga Canyon’s open-air Theatricum Botanicum. Atlas Obscura Day Tripper airs Tuesday, July 19 at 9 p.m. Eastern. Find more information at Veeps.
Read Pitchfork’s feature “Angel Olsen on Grief, Coming Out, and Making a Country Album.”
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