Artist: Marlee MacLeod
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #40 July-Aug 2002
Marlee MacLeod – Like Hollywood
Marlee MacLeod’s resonant voice is reason enough to lend an ear to these eleven originals (and one cover), but her songwriting and lead electric guitar playing are two more reasons. We may as well throw in her mandolin, banjo, Wurlitzer and piano while were at it, as there is very little here not to like. [...]
Town and Country - Shorter Artist Feature from Issue #28 July-Aug 2000
Marlee MacLeod – Couldn’t get arrested
One wall in Marlee MacLeod’s home office is dominated by a large, laminated map of the United States. Black, green and red markered paths denote tours. Self-stick stars adorn cities MacLeod has played; there are veritable constellations, the vast majority of which rest in the musician’s native Southeast. Atop the map, on the ledge of [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #12 Nov-Dec 1997
Marlee MacLeod – Vertigo
Marlee MacLeod’s third album, Vertigo, careens through an array of guitar-driven songs jammed with wry, sardonic lyrics, with deadpan delivery so engaging that you might overlook how good the music sounds. Vertigo opens at full tilt with “Mata Hari Dress”, an anticipated clandestine meeting of two spies that would make a great movie plot. The [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #7 Jan-Feb 1997
Marlee MacLeod – Abbey Pub (Chicago, IL)
When No Depression last visited with Marlee MacLeod back in the second issue, she spoke of “playing for six to 10 people a night” and “converting the nation three people at a time.” She was still at it on this Saturday night gig at the Abbey Pub, a neighborhood tavern in a very untrendy neighborhood [...]
The Long Way Around - Feature from Issue #2 Winter 1995
Marlee MacLeod – Miles and miles of music, far from the maddening crowd
It’s a warm September evening in Minneapolis. Because of the surprising resurgence of disco music, the famed First Avenue club has started to book their weekend live shows in the early evening, and it’s barely dinnertime when Marlee MacLeod hits the stage opening for Wilco. As a result, less than 10 percent of the sellout [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #1 Fall 1995
Marlee MacLeod – Favorite Ball and Chain
From Tuscaloosa to Athens to Minneapolis, Marlee MacLeod has covered a lot of ground in recent years. The road has made her music stronger for the wear: Like the frequent relocations of fellow singer-songwriters such as Lucinda Williams (Los Angeles, Austin, Nashville), Shawn Colvin (South Dakota, Austin, New York) and Lisa Mednick (New York, New [...]
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