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Between Daylight and Dark
by Mary Gauthier
from Lost Highway

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

• original
  Mary Gauthier is original, not a copy or derivative. She is also a poet, whose lyrics are spare and concise in the style of Hemingway. She draws pictures with words. Her music is simple, complimenting her lyrics, and her delivery is subtle and expressive. Most of her songs tell stories, nearly all of them sad and painful, with depth and honesty.

• Mary Gauthier's "Between Daylight and Dark"
  I first heard the song "The Last of the Hobo Kings" on a college radio station in my car. As soon as I got home, I looked it up and bought this CD.
  The song carries you through the kind of story everyone wants to be a part of. Other songs on this CD tell stories too. Theres a song that makes you really think about New Orleans, it's surrounding areas, and Hurricane Katrina. Mary Gauthier is from Baton Rouge, and you can hear the emotion in this song. It's very easy to relate to the songs on this CD, I... more info

• moving
  i do not think i can top anything that the other reviewers have said about mary g's musical genius and the haunting beauty of this cd. i can only add that as i listen to the lyrics embraced by the music i am moved to the depths of my soul and memories of darker times in my own life. i find in listening to this, a cathartic reaction that brings out the spectrum of emotions associated with those times. the sadness, loneliness and despondency of the past, but also the rising above and defeating those demons... more info

• Not just any artist/writer
  I first heard "I Ain't Leaving" on the radio while driving through Oregon and couldn't wait until the end of vacation to look up the station on the internet and research their programming. Gauthier, pronounced "Go Shay", I am sure is a hindrance to discovering her, but the only one and well worth the search. One cannot describe her. She takes you to places you don't want to go and her depth of lyrics introduces you to people you don't want to meet when you get there. As sad as their endings, I dare to say,... more info

Tracks:

1. Snakebit
2. Can't Find the Way
3. Between the Daylight and the Dark
4. Last of the Hobo Kings
5. Before You Leave
6. Please
7. Same Road
8. I Ain't Leaving
9. Soft Place to Land
10. Thanksgiving

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