Lucinda Lane, Santa Barbara's premiere self-described “IndieBossaJazzTwang” band,
has been whittling away on its debut album for the past year and a half, in various Santa Barbara
studios and with a friendly posse of musical guests and friends. The finished 11-track product is
the fruition of a story going back a dozen years, when singer Nicole Lvoff and
guitarist/songwriter Joe Woodard knocked heads and formed a new kind of hybrid style project.
Putting that style council down into album form was always part of the agenda, but
interruptions--including the COVID-ized black hole--got in the way. Once in motion, a kind
congregation of helpful friends in the GoFundMe club helped make things a reality. Fast forward
to now and Summer is Over, on Household Ink Records, is public item number one in the
Lucinda Lane discography.
Lvoff’s clear and warm voice is a staple in the Santa Barbara jazz community. She
released her debut album, Here's That Rainy Day, in 2010, and will soon release her long-
awaited follow-up album. Guitarist/songwriter/situationist Joe Woodard’s musical projects
have included the “hopelessly eclectic” Headless Household, the “rock ‘n’ droll” band flapping,
Flapping and assorted solo wranglings. Together, the Lucinda Lane pair enjoy an empathetic
connection and a mission, still unfolding.
In the album’s gently mixed-up mix, the twang song contingent—the title track, “I Can’t
Fall” and “Pure Fun--” got sonic love from the likes of Zach Gill (Jack Johnson, ALO) on spinet
piano and squeezebox, recorded in his funka-delicious Goletan studio, the Creativity Lounge.
Pedal steel guitarist-to-the-stars Bill Flores and ace blues harp king Tom Ball also helped twang
up the tracks.