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March 29, 2005

Merchant, Panic on "Path"

Artists contributing tracks for landmine victims
June 30, 2003

New CDs: Merchant, AM Radio

Reviews of "The House Carpenter's Daughter," "Radioactive" and more
May 13, 2003

Natalie Merchant Folks It Up

New album to be offered through Web site
January 30, 2002

Merchant Roams Motherland

Singer to tour in spring

Recordings and Reviews

The House Carpenter's Daughter

Really, it's a good thing more than twenty years after she debuted as 10,000 Maniacs' frontwoman, Natalie Merchant still loves the sound of her own voice, that grainy alto redolent of countless Marlboros she never smoked. She still doesn't exhibit much of a sense of humor; she often seems on the bri...

2003 RS: 3of 5 Stars

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Biography

First as lead singer and songwriter of 10,000 Maniacs and then as a solo artist, Natalie Merchant tapped into a hunger for literate, sometimes mystical singer/songwriter music. Her songs exuded enough pop gloss to land on the radio, but they were also reflective and full of emotional nuance, a combination that established Merchant as one of the guiding lights of the sensitive-gal Lilith Fair explo...

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