Hi Matai,
I understand what you say about Lucinda Williams' music coming 'from a much deeper place'. That's almost inevitable I guess, given the age difference, but I wasn't really trying to compare her with Joss Stone. The track Atonement just reminded me of Joss Stone, is all.

I've had a second listen to some of LWs' tracks and would say I was being a bit tight by describing her voice as 'quite good'..it's very good, but the songs, musically, still dont do much for me. Just my humble opinion though!

As for JS pulling gum from her hair, well...she got alot of hair, and I think on stage she still feels very shy and awkward, and simply can't understand why people are raving about her. She says she just opens her mouth and that voice comes out, so give her 10 years and a few of lifes little knocks and I'm sure we'll be hearing real passion in there.

Thanks for doing the blickey thing open mike