A melancholy veil envelops much of this debut effort, though the sensuous destruction of "San Andreas Fault" and upbeat pop feel of "Carnival" suggest Merchant's solo career...
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During the hippy-trippy days of late '60s psychedelia came a young lass with long straight brown hair who sat cross-legged with an acoustic guitar and sang songs about world...
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No one could ever call Natalie Merchant a rock shouter. Since the debut disc by her former band, 10,000 Maniacs, her signature has been a wispy vocal technique that sounds...
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There is little question that Natalie Merchant has a devoted audience, yet it still is curious that she released Live in Concert as her third solo album. After all, two...
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Teaming up with T-Bone Burnett was a good, healthy move for Natalie Merchant. She had begun to sink into vaguely tuneless singer/songwriterisms with her second solo album,...
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