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March 1, 2002

Mary Lou Lord's Got "Live"

New covers album recorded at subway stops
May 12, 1998

The Lucky One

Mary Lou Lord's candid talk about sobering up
April 16, 1998

Mary Lou Lord Postpones Tour, Enters Rehab

enters rehab
February 23, 1998

Live: Mary Lou Lord

Now that's a song

Baby Blue

Just as the Kodachrome nature studies in the CD booklet suggest, urban street singer, former subway busker Mary Lou Lord fits most comfortably surrounded in serene, bucolic wonder. Her voice is high and unmighty, naturally attuned to simple folk-pop melodies and lo-powered arrangements. Here, surrou...

2004 RS: 3of 5 Stars

Got No Shadow

1998

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As anyone who's spent much time in a major city can attest, street musicians are pretty annoying. For the early part of her career, Mary Lou Lord, who cut her teeth busking in Boston, recorded nothing that made her an exception. Her first batch of singles and EPs, on Kill Rock Stars, presented her as little more than an enthusiastic indie-rock fan (she had a particular weakness for the Bevis Frond...

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