{"product_id":"mary-gauthier-reckoning","title":"Mary Gauthier - Reckoning","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReckoning\u003c\/em\u003e is a dense, carefully nuanced, profoundly complex text, though all nine songs are presented as directly as possible: \u003cstrong\u003eMary's\u003c\/strong\u003e voice, her guitar, bits of harmonica. Folk music, of a kind, but not a broadside. Nothing so easy as that. Topical songs with a long view, because she's seen and lived too much of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMary's most celebrated songs — \u003cem\u003e“I Drink,”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003e“Mercy Now,”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003e“Drag Queens in Limousines”\u003c\/em\u003e — are confessional stories, closely observed, clear-eyed and compassionate. She sings with the unmistakable languor of her native Louisiana, writes with the bluntness of Boston, where she was once a successful restauranteur, and rewrites with the fierce precision of Nashville, her home for many years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer 2018 release, \u003cem\u003eRifles \u0026amp; Rosary Beads\u003c\/em\u003e, co-written with wounded Iraq war veterans, received a Grammy nomination for Best Folk Album, and an Americana Music Association nomination for Album of the Year. During Covid she wrote and saw published (by MacMillan) \u003cem\u003eSaved by a Song: The Art and Healing Power of Songwriting\u003c\/em\u003e, part memoir, part reflection on songwriting, through the lens of her most impactful songs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A reckoning,” Mary Gauthier writes on the outer sleeve to her newest album, “can be personal, political, or spiritual. These songs inhabit all three realms at once.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"In The Black","offers":[{"title":"Black Vinyl LP","offer_id":59282238013785,"sku":"SDZ-51664","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD Album","offer_id":59282238046553,"sku":"SDZ-51665","price":15.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/Reckoning_Mary_Gauthier.png?v=1788366981","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/mary-gauthier-reckoning","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}