Thanks to our friends at Designing The Row for featuring me on the Stories and Songs Podcast!
“This episode kicks off a new series on the Stories and Songs podcast called the Designing the Row Client Sessions. Mary Gauthier was one of my first DTR website clients back in 2016 and I still remember putting together the Lyrics and Behind the Songs pages on her website. Not because she was one of my first clients, but because her words and stories are SO moving. When I started this podcast, Mary came to mind immediately as someone I would want to feature. When I asked her, she sat down to record these story intros for me immediately.
The first song you’ll hear is called “Mercy Now.” Not only has Mary recorded this song, but it’s been cut by multiple other artists as well. It’s the title track of her 2005 album that No Depression Magazine voted the No. 6 Record of the Decade. That same year she was named New Artist of the Year by The Americana Music Association, hit Top 10 Lists for the year in New York Times, LA Times, The Daily News, and Billboard Magazine. And more recently, Rolling Stone Magazine named it One of the Saddest 40 Country Songs of All Time. I’m tellin ya - Mary knows how to tell a story that hits you right in the feels!
The second song you’ll hear is from her latest GRAMMY nominated release, Rifles & Rosary Beads. It’s a song called “Stronger Together.” Every song on the album was co-written with or for wounded veterans. This one she wrote with a group of wives about the bond they share together.”
- Katherine Forbes, Designing The Row
