Victoria Williams

While Victoria Williams' gifts as a singer and songwriter have been vividly documented on two previous albums --Happy Come Home and Swing the Statue--ironically, the work that introduced her to a great many listeners barely featured the Louisiana-born artist at all.

Sweet Relief, released in 1993, was a collection of Victoria's songs performed by more than a dozen of rock's most respected performers: Pearl Jam, Lou Reed, Soul Asylum, the Waterboys, Matthew Sweet, Evan Dando of the Lemonheads, Lucinda Williams, Maria McKee, Michael Penn, The Jayhawks, Michelle Shocked, Giant Sand, Shudder to Think and Buffalo Tom.

What those artists knew--and more music listeners soon discovered--is that Victoria Williams is a writer of craft and talent, an artist who, with vivid words and melodies, paints unforgettable pictures. Now, driving that point home even more forcefully is Loose., a collection of songs which for many will serve as the real introduction to her remarkable talent. With Victoria performing her own material, the album offers more of her visionary songwriting.