Terry Staunton - 04.05.2010  Cred poets society On her first record for seven years Merchant has opted to leave the lyrics to others, fashioning fresh tunes around poems by wri...
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Jason Lipshutz - 30.04.2010 For her first release since "The House Carpenter's Daughter" in 2003, Natalie Merchant has crafted an ambitious double-album that draws upon multiple ...
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Jennifer Cooke - 27.04.2010  “Leather-bound treasure books / Up to the ceiling / Gold spine upon spine” —10,000 Maniacs, “Arbor Day” Natalie Merchant has used her abiding bibliop...
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Mark Saleski - 15.04.2010 On paper it looks like a mess. A mess that has been done before. For lyrical source material, take a bunch of words written by a cast of poets both fa...
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WILL HERMES - 13.04.2010  As a member of 10,000 Maniacs and a solo artist, Natalie Merchant showed that her best traits were her refined taste and fetching, earthy voice. This ...
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Robert Ferguson - 13.04.2010  It’s tempting to think there is something up with America’s musical ladies. Last month Joanna Newsom releases a long-awaited triple album, this month ...
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Dave Adair - 12.04.2010 A wandering poetic, seeping loneliness cries out from the shadows of opening track, ?Nursey Rhyme of Innocence and Experience?. Signalling the start o...
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Andrzej Lukowski - 12.04.2010 Though it’s possibly a bit mean to suggest that Natalie Merchant has the hallmarks of a reformed junkie, it’s true to say that while strident-borderin...
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Dave Adair - 12.04.2010  A wandering poetic, seeping loneliness cries out from the shadows of opening track, ‘Nursey Rhyme of Innocence and Experience'. Signalling the start o...
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Neil McCormick - 09.04.2010 Level" content="4" />...
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