Bettye LaVette’s new record, The Scene of the Crime, is an autobiographical look at the long hard road the artist has traveled. Collaborators the Drive-By Truckers (complete with new member Spooner Oldham) help to make the music raw and direct.

The album was recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, where Bettye recorded a 1972 album, Child of the Seventies, that was shelved for 30 years. In this video, she tells her story and lets us know how she’s gotten to where she is now.