Mary Gauthier took an unusual approach in writing and recording her ninth studio album, Rifles and Rosary Beads, a collection of songs co-written with military veterans and their families and inspired ...

Gauthier released her most recent new album, Dark Enough to See the Stars, in 2022. In 2024, she also reissued her 1999 debut ...

At 63, Mary Gauthier says that last year was the most successful year in her career to date. She was a late bloomer to begin with: She didn’t start writing songs until she was 35. “I’m still growing ...

Drag Queens In Limousines, the celebrated sophomore album by acclaimed, Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Mary Gauthier, turns 25 this year. To commemorate this milestone, Kill Rock Stars will ...

Mary Gauthier’s an improbable success story. An acclaimed singer-songwriter, Gauthier didn’t get serious about writing songs until her late 20s. A Grammy nominee who spent most of her early years in ...

Mary Gauthier's sixth studio release, 'The Foundling,' is the story of her life. Born to an unwed mother in 1962 and then adopted, Mary decided to musically explore the beginnings of her life almost ...

Embedded in a striking piano chord lurch, Mary Gauthier’s creaky cottonmouth cries out “Oh Lord, what have I done” on the opening track of her latest Lost Highway effort, Between Daylight and Dark. Ms ...

An old adage holds that a classic country music song must contain certain ingredients: a broken heart, a beat-up pickup truck, hard times and loss. Singer Mary Gauthier understands the formula well ...

Anyone familiar with the brilliant songs of lesbian singer/songwriter Mary Gauthier won't be at all surprised to learn that she also has an undeniable gift for writing prose. Her first book, Saved By ...

The traumatized U.S. military combat veterans soldiers whose stories are told in song by Mary Gauthier on her stirring new album, “Rifles & Rosary Beads,” had a uniquely qualified collaborator to set ...

Friday’s announcement of the latest round of Grammy Award nominations remind us once again that some popular music is smartly written, some of it is potently performed, meticulously arranged and ...

Lauded singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier says she's received as much or more from the Songwriting With Soldiers program as the combat veterans and their spouses she's collaborated with on songs about ...