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Doc about asinger songwriter @ismaymusic tracing the roots of Lucinda Williams, companion podcast w/ @thebluegrasssituation 🎥

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✨THANK YOU @rollingstone for the incredible feature! Excited to share this exclusive clip with Lucinda ahead of the Finding Lucinda film debut on Sept 9 🎬 streaming on Video on Demand.

The official live film screening tour kicks off this October 🎟️ Check out the full article on Rolling Stone to watch the exclusive clip + see all tour dates.

🍎 Be sure to pre-order Finding Lucinda now on Apple TV!

#FindingLucinda #LucindaWilliams #RollingStone #FilmPremiere by @findinglucindafilm

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Exclusive trailer: ‘Finding Lucinda’ shows a journey through music, soul, and self-discovery, following aspiring artist aspiring singer/songwriter Ismay as she travels the South, uncovering the roots of Lucinda Williams’ rise to fame. by @findinglucindafilm

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A new chapter is brewing, and today with a tad bit of wistfulness I share the very last episode of this season, 14: An Epilogue, a New Chapter ft. Richard “Hombre” Price.
After getting a surprising message from Lucinda’s former bass player Richard “Hombre” Price, I traveled to Sarasota Florida to talk about his memories of playing on Car Wheels on a Gravel Road. We watched rare home movies from the 90s of Lucinda and the band. This episode is about what it means to face your fate as an artist and as a person. You can hear a teaser of what is coming next for this project.
Go check out the podcast

#findinglucinda #thebluegrasssituation by @findinglucindafilm

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Our show tomorrow in Point Reyes has a limited number of tix, and it’s going to be a lovely night of Lucinda songs, and a screening of our doc about @ismaymusic ‘s trip across the United States to trace the roots of Lucinda Williams
Special guests are some incredible local singer songwriters @mcfarflung and @jacobarandaguitars
Tickets at dancepalace.org taken in Point Reyes Station, California by @findinglucindafilm

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If you’re joining Saturday in Pt Reyes, we will have posters by the amazing printmaker @ssataman for sale! Celebrating the documentary and project, they even have this really magical disappearing ink effect! Join us at @thedancepalaceptreyes with special guests @jacobarandaguitars and @mcfarflung and of course your old friend @ismaymusic
If you can’t make it, you can still order prints at our store ismaymusic.com/shop taken in Point Reyes Station, California by @findinglucindafilm

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Portland show tonight is sold out, but you can still come see @findinglucindafilm and hear some Lucinda songs in Seattle @tractortavern Sunday afternoon for a matinee with @margocilker @ethanlawton
Here’s a clip from the film with an extended interview with @lostexmaniacs
#findinglucinda #lostexmaniacs #lucindawilliams #texmex #ismay by @findinglucindafilm

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In honor of the screenings in Portland and Seattle next weekend, I’ve decided to share this extended interview with @millerbudmusic from Finding Lucinda. He talks about how he met Lucinda in San Francisco early on, and how she defined her music on her own terms
Join us @cravingravysocialclub March 21st
@tractortavern March 22nd (matinee)
Special guests will include @margocilker @thelottiedoddies @patirojasmusic @jshepski_fng @corinne.sharlet and more 💫
#lucindawilliams #findinglucinda #buddymiller #tractortavern #cravingravy by @findinglucindafilm

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First essay everrr! I was honored that @thebluegrasssituation invited me to write this intro to their artist of the month Lucinda Williams, as she celebrates the release of her latest album ‘World’s Gone Wrong’. Go to their site to read the full article, here’s a little preview
“Among the 78 bands performing for thousands of fans at San Francisco’s 25th annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, our nation’s foremost Americana festival, in October of 2025, one of the largest audiences had gathered for Lucinda Williams. She took the main stage in the afternoon clad in a leather suit, studs on the hem of her pants. The groove from the band and her lyrics landed with resonant pounding, like the drop of a heavy set of books on a table. After more than 50 years of performing, her sound still hits.
Lucinda Williams grasped brilliance in 1998 with Car Wheels On A Gravel Road, but this was not some isolated incident. She has pursued the craft of album-making expertly for her entire career, and fans flock to her because there is always something more to scratch up. The singularity of her writing rings at a higher frequency today in our shallow digitized world. I see her current position in our culture to be similar to that of poet-songwriter Leonard Cohen in his final chapter. When she sings, we listeners get to grasp at something real, and we crave what Lucinda offers; intimate corporeal love, the palette of Southern backroads alongside broken-down juke joints, honest bewilderment at the state of the world while still loving it…”
#lucindawilliams #findinglucinda #carwheelsonagravelroad #thebluegrasssituation #bgs by @findinglucindafilm

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We are thrilled to present FINDING LUCINDA in our church space ! Join us for a film screening, Q and A with the filmmaker, and a special tribute performance of Lucinda Williams music from @ismaymusic @mcfarflung and more! Saturday May 16 - get tickets NOW! At the link in our bio. taken in The Dance Palace by @findinglucindafilm

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We are back! Music lovers and Lucinda Williams fans are invited to this event that’ll include a live performance of Lucinda songs with special guests, a screening of our documentary @findinglucindafilm and conversation.
March 21st at @cravingravysocialclub with special guests @margocilker @patirojasmusic @corinne.sharlet @jshepski_fng and more
March 22nd (matinee) @tractortavern with special guests @margocilker and @thelottiedoddies
Tix at FINDINGLUCINDA.COM
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Finding Lucinda follows singer-songwriter ISMAY (Avery Hellman) on a transformative road trip through the American South, exploring the early life and enduring legacy of three-time GRAMMY-winning artist Lucinda Williams. Along the way, the film features never-before-seen footage, rare recordings, and interviews with Charlie Sexton, Buddy Miller, Mary Gauthier, and Lucinda herself.
#lucindawilliams #findinglucinda #cravingravysocialclub #margocilker #thelottiedoddies by @findinglucindafilm

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I’m on my way home after concluding the @findinglucindafilm Lucinda release tour. These last 7 weeks stuffed my brain so full, my head is like one of the turkeys so many are soon to consume. I wanted to share some last memories with you before I go on a hiatus to work on a new album. Plus, I want to share my plans for this project for the future.
Memory 1, Looking for Miller’s Rare Books: One thing that kept me grooving forward through the stress of tour was my desire to find treasures from Lucinda’s life. So I made a point to visit the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Her father Miller spent most of his career teaching poetry there. As I arrived, it was clear I’d found the southern latitude of peak fall leaf peeping. Students were taking group photos in that temporal moment where the reds and yellows tickle under the chin of our ephemeral nostalgia. As I trotted along to the library, I was somewhat embarrassed to realize that since I had a backpack, someone might mistake me for a undergrad student. I’m 33 and take pride in my age, so I tried to avoid eye contact as I kicked leaves from the walking paths. Does this backpack mean I’ve remained in some sort of arrested development? Should I act my age and get a briefcase? Probably not. At the assistance desk, I asked where I could find Miller’s books. The student working hadn’t heard of him. I wasn’t surprised. It is a big school and he’s been gone for decades. The student couldn’t help, so I had to make my own way to the stacks to search. At last, I found the Miller Williams section…

Read the rest of this post at substack ismaymusic.substack.com

Special thanks to @richlynngroup @jonathanqmchugh Molly Foehl, Brian Leung, to the artists who played the shows, and the venues who welcomed me in
Photo by @jennaestelle by @findinglucindafilm

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