Artist: Mary Gauthier
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #75 May-June 2008
Mary Gauthier / Mark Olson – Lola’s (Portland, OR)
I’ve been pondering lately what it means for someone to be authentic, though it sure is evident when it’s not present (see ya around, Mitt). In music, as much as we might get off on an assumed persona like Ziggy Stardust, what lasts is the genuine article: Neil Young, John Lennon, Bob Marley come immediately [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #71 Sep-Oct 2007
Mary Gauthier – Between Daylight and Dark
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 without the corresponding commitment of will. Producer Joe Henry recorded these tracks in live takes, [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #58 July-Aug 2005
Kathleen Edwards / Mary Gauthier – Iron Horse Music Hall (Northampton, MA)
There were many clues that you had floated into an influential songwriters’ confluence on this bustling Monday night. First, there was the countless number of singer-songwriters in the crowd. You couldn’t walk more than a few feet without bumping into one; from Erin McKeown to Lori McKenna and many others, this was the place to [...]
The Long Way Around - Feature from Issue #55 Jan-Feb 2005
Mary Gauthier – Late train to mercy
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 all sides, dank smells and powerful sounds overwhelming the constant chatter of consciousness. Overwhelming every [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #43 Jan-Feb 2003
Guy Clark / Mary Gauthier – Old Town School of Folk Music (Chicago, IL)
With his grainy, agreeably aged voice and country gentleman looks, Guy Clark can seem like he’s from another day and time. When he sings of a Civil War combatant’s miseries on “Soldier’s Joy, 1864″, he has no trouble convincing you he’s singing from memory as much as invention. But don’t credit his time-traveling tricks to [...]
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