Lucy Dacus: The Accidental Star Who Clangs Along

Rolling Stone named Lucy Dacus one of the greatest guitarists of all time, and she cheerfully calls her playing clanging along. This episode explores how a Richmond songwriter went from editing school photos to Grammy-winning member of boygenius by refusing to do things the conventional way.We look at her unconventional writing process, the physical roots of her signature sound, and the trauma and values that shape her fierce boundaries.Dropping out of film school to avoid student debt and writing songs while walking around RichmondA college homework project becoming No Burden and sparking a 20-label bidding warOpen tunings born from knuckle pain that created her droning, atmospheric chord voicingsThe near-fatal car crash and betrayal that led her to never drive againboygenius Grammy wins, the hiatus at their peak, and the loved-up solo album Forever Is a Feeling