With the volume of books published every year, many books are forgotten almost as soon as they are published. This week’s column looks back at a handful of recent books that merit another look. Respect Yourself: Stax Records and the […]
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Early into their Sunday night show at City Winery Nashville, Mary Gauthier said that they would play some happy songs, but that they did not have any. She added, “We’re happy people.” Allison Moorer stated simply that she writes songs to […]
Mary Gauthier writes songs that elbow you in the gut, and then catch you as you are falling. They feel your pain. They’ve been there, and then some. Her beginnings are well documented already; but they are so fundamental to […]
Despite not knowing the format this show with Mary Gauthier and Allison Moorer would take, I was excited to see Mary for the second time and Allison for the first. I had no idea the audience would be treated to several […]
For someone on the verge of unleashing a vast reservoir of wrath for public consumption, singer-songwriter Allison Moorer sounded downright chipper, much like Rayna James on the night last year when the fictitious country music star of Nashville swept the imaginary version […]
Mary Gauthier’s ‘breakthrough’ album, Mercy Now (2005) was continuously “discovered” and lauded for the two years following its release, earning mentions on a score of year-end “best of” lists, including the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune and No Depression. […]
A lot of the music I listened to as I was “coming of age” I believed really meant something. I was fueled and fired with angst and passion and not any damn idea of what the hell to do with […]
With Between Daylight And Dark, Mary Gauthier continues to move away from biographical material drawn from her reckless youth, while retaining her empathy for down-and-outers. This time she also illuminates more of the exigencies of a committed heart, with and […]
Sometimes, for an instant or longer, when the music was just exactly right, it was possible to lose one’s self in the press of great punk rock. Whole seconds might pass in the pulsing crowd, strangers coiled and bruising on […]
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