Angel Olsen Covers Lucinda Williams’ “Greenville”: Listen

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:

I recorded my version of “Greenville” in Los Angeles earlier this month with Kyle Thomas of King Tuff. We’ve known each other for a while, but never recorded music together. Kyle made this so fun to record and we had a great time goofing around. Meg Duffy also sang with me on this track. Meg showed me this song for the first time years ago and was the first one to introduce me to Lucinda’s music. It was very meaningful to have them on the track with me.

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.”