At this juncture of Lucinda Williams’ career concerts afford not only a chance to hear her perform old favorites, but also the only chance to hear what she’s been up to since she released her last album five years ago. With a new disc delayed by her own insistence on re-recording material, and with her [...]

“I think I’m going stark, raving mad,” announced Townes Van Zandt by way of opening his portion of a double bill with old friend Guy Clark at Ann Arbor’s venerable folk music club. “For real.” Anyone familiar with Van Zandt knows the demons that have haunted him for decades are never far from the surface [...]