Mary Gauthier, Mercy Now - 50m 22s

Tracks & Durations

1. Falling Out Of Love	5:57
2. Mercy Now	5:50
3. Wheel Inside The Wheel	6:34
4. I Drink	4:31
5. Just Say She's A Rhymer	4:17
6. Prayer Without Words	6:09
7. Your Sister Cried	5:00
8. Empty Spaces	3:44
9. Drop In A Bucket	4:11
10. It Ain't The Wind, It's The Rain	4:02

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Review

A spark of redemption illuminates even the darker songs on Mercy Now, the fourth album by Mary Gauthier (pronounced "go-shay"). 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. --Don McLeese

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Mercy Now

Tracks: 9 (-1 tracks), Disk length: 46m 35s (-4m 13s)

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