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Mary Sue Twohy
Songs to Hang on Stars
ACCD-0601

This third album from the acclaimed singer-songwriter, Mary Sue Twohy is an eclectic mix of acoustic folk-pop (the graceful title track "Songs to Hang on Stars") and traditional (the haunting civil war song, "Missionary Ridge.") Luminaries Jon Carroll (Mary Chapin Carpenter), Dede Wyland, Pete and Maura Kennedy, and Scott and Jen Smith (Naked Blue) bring instrumental virtuosity and angelic harmonies to Mary Sue's new compositions. Tracks include love songs ("Whole New View"), fresh new settings of Emily Dickinson poems ("Twas the Old Road" and "Because I Could Not Stop For Death"), a capella ("The Ghost of Matt McCann"), and heartfelt meditations on loss and hope ("Baltimore"). Weaving through the album is the promise of new hope shining through even the darkest times.

"Mary Sue Twohy's airy soprano is well suited to material that straddles the fine line between traditional and contemporary folk; on the latter front, she's like a graceful, guitar-strumming Sarah McLachlan"
- Richard Harrington, The Washington Post, 2005

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