Mary Gauthier calls herself a “songchaser,” adding that, “I’m always on the lookout for what I should be writing about.” “Mercy Now,” the title track from her 2005 release, is an excellent example of ...

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On Easter, Patti Smith says, “Those who have suffered understand suffering and therefore extend their hand.” Thibodeaux native Mary Gauthier’s art bring this thought to mind; on 2005’s Mercy Now, she ...

The road to mercy can be long and rough, but Mary Gauthier's fourth album suggests she's survived that journey intact. Autobiographical as ever, the singer-songwriter's new Mercy Now, which came out ...