Rickie Lee Jones
Biography
Rickie Lee Jones is an American musician and storyteller who has been inspiring pop culture for decades, beginning with her first two seminal albums, Rickie Lee Jones and Pirates. Named the “premiere song-stylist and songwriter of her generation” (New Yorker), the two-time Grammy winner will release her first all jazz album in April 2023, produced by Russ Titelman. In 2021, Jones released her celebrated memoir Last Chance Texaco, named Book of the Year by MOJO and a Best Book of the Year at Pitchfork and NPR. The Independent writes, “There has always been something defiant about Rickie Lee Jones . . . a voice from a dream, elusive yet familiar, transcendent, a messenger from another place.”
Video & Press
For The Love of Lyrics: Rickie Lee Jones, Lucinda Williams
[New York Times] By Frank Bruni Although this feature of the newsletter began by showcasing Aimee Mann and has included shout-outs to Joni Mitchell, it has been a tad man-heavy of late: Leonard Cohen was the star of its most recent installment, and Jason Isbell got the spotlight in the edition before that. So today: women. A […]
Rickie Lee Jones Remembers Chuck E. Weiss: ‘He was a Svengali to Tom Waits and everyone who knew him’
[LA Times] BY RICKIE LEE JONES Musician and bandleader Chuck E. Weiss died on July 19 at 76, after an extended battle with cancer. Here, Rickie Lee Jones, who famously name-checked Weiss on her breakthrough 1979 hit “Chuck E.’s in Love,” recalls days and nights spent prowling L.A.’s hipster demimonde with Weiss and his partner-in-crime, Tom Waits. […]