From: owner-jangle-poets-digest@smoe.org (jangle-poets-digest) To: jangle-poets-digest@smoe.org Subject: jangle-poets-digest V3 #148 Reply-To: jangle-poets@smoe.org Sender: owner-jangle-poets-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jangle-poets-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk jangle-poets-digest Wednesday, September 5 2001 Volume 03 : Number 148 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [jangle-poets] MST review ["jvotel" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 12:54:05 -0500 From: "jvotel" Subject: [jangle-poets] MST review This appeared in The Washington Times Saturday. Sorry I'm late posting it, but hey, we just got back from an incredible four days at Kerrville - -- so I'm not THAT sorry. :) On the main stage, among the 24 acts over four days: Pierce Pettis, Tish Hinajosa, Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer, Small Potatoes, Chuck Pyle, Karen Taylor-Good and the Joel Rafael Band. Here's the review. MARY SUE TWOHY The Risk Involved (Azalea City) Artists have come to dread their sophomore efforts, for good reason. A second record separates the sheep from the goats. It's a true test of someone's ability to come back with something listenable after a memorable first record. Takoma Park songwriter Mary Sue Twohy, however, selected songs that showcase her airy voice and she wrote or co-wrote four of the 11 tracks on her second studio effort, "The Risk Involved." It doesn't hurt that this disc was produced by Pete and Maura Kennedy, who lend backing vocals and instruments. Mr. Kennedy also produced her debut recording, "Training Butterflies," in 1998. She won the Washington Area Music Association award for best new artist in 1999. Miss Twohy and her voice, however, remain in crisp focus on this record that celebrates innocence and strength, not only in the lyrics and song selection, but also in their delivery. The songs Miss Twohy wrote stand out, although she does a credible job with Si Kahn's "Luray Women," Richard Thompson's "How Will I Ever be Simple Again" and Nanci Griffith's "Old Land (You Are Holy)." With Darryl Purpose, Miss Twohy wrote "Gift of the Magi," which was taken directly from the famous O. Henry short story. She co-wrote a song about a hope chest called "Box in the Closet" with Mary Gordon Hall. Miss Twohy's own composition, "The Song of the Lark," deals with fear and the heartbreak of a young woman's failure to be open about her feelings from the start. The title track, co-written with Franklin Taggart, about the transcience of of love, is possibly the most poetic effort on the disc. Expect to hear more of Mary Sue Twohy. - -- Jay Votel "Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice." - --H.L. Mencken (1880-1956) ------------------------------ End of jangle-poets-digest V3 #148 **********************************