A spark of redemption illuminates even the darker songs on Mercy Now, the fourth album by Mary Gauthier. The influence of her native Louisiana pervades her Southern Gothic songcraft, which first won an audience in the folk clubs of Boston. After a series of releases on independent labels, her Lost Highway debut seems destined to expand that audience significantly. Within her mature, weather-beaten artistry, Dylanesque metaphysics go to Mardi Gras on "Wheel Inside the Wheel"; the naked emotion and eye for detail of "Your Sister Cried" and "Empty Spaces" conjure comparisons with Lucinda Williams; and the plainspoken "I Drink" and "Drop in a Bucket" have the bittersweet bite of the best of John Prine. The spare arrangements of producer/guitarist Gurf Morlix, punctuated by cello, organ, and harmonica, give the material plenty of room to breathe. Gauthier's vocals are half-spoken, half-sung, and all soul.(Full Covers)
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I dig your site- Have this but cant stroll by without commenting.This is such a great album probably her best. anyone who has not heard her should...This is a good place to start-she is smart, sometimes dark, funny-any fan of the blues should dig this. Mary is an American Treasure.Many of her songs will become standards.
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