unhinged
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Record Label: mary liz mcnamara
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MARY LIZ MCNAMARA - Mary Liz's song "Bacon" won the 2004 Manhattan Association of Cabaret award for best special material, and her song "Haiku" was a finalist for the same award in 2003. Backstage Magazine describes her as "...one part Christine Lavin, one part Randy Newman, one part Beatrice Lillie, and all parts herself." She has performed nights of original music at The Duplex, Don't Tell Mama's and Danny's, in New York, and at The Gardenia in Los Angeles, and was featured at the 2004 Chicago Humanities Festival as part of the ASCAP songwriters' evening. Mary Liz's songs are being sung by cabaret and theater artists across the country, including notably Sharon McNight, who performs an absolutely bang-up version of "Bacon." Mary Liz last performed as an actor in her own play, "Why I Quit the Theater," playing the role coincidentally named "Mary Liz." She is currently working on a musical version of the play and hopes to be considered for the same role.
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Wicked Good!!
author: Al Cerkan
I had the special pleasure of seeing Mary Liz live at the Chicago Humanities Festival and bought her CD on the spot. If you can imagine a slice-of-life, Norman Rockwellian, Tom Waits, Ertha Kitt, Sondheim/Newman, "I've-lived-a-full-life-but-I-could-stand-some-more", blues/broadway/cabaret-fusion, you're on the right track... only it's more. One wicked good album!
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This is a GREAT collection!
author: Bob Stumpf
This is an absolutely wonderful collection of very original, very witty, very poignant songs. It's the best I've run across in a long time.
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Love this CD!
author: Diana Jones
I was introduced to this CD by a friend of the artist. I love it. It is relaxing to just listen to in the background but when really listening to it can be nostalgic and make you laugh. I love the creativity of the music and lyrics not to mention the quality of the vocalist voice.
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Fine 'neo-cabaret' stuff!
author: Ed Goodstein
I hadn't heard McNamara before, but I'm very glad I got this record. She's definitely influenced I think by Sondheim and
Broadway, but also elements of Randy Newman, Carol King and blues. Some very clever songs-- some with odd twists like "Friday Night" (about a Satanist boyfriend) or an 'update' of "Oedipus," akin to & worthy successor of Tom Lehrer IMO. She does some interesting plays on words too. Overall, the ballads move me a little less, except the kinda Sondheimish "I Remember the Lake," but still good songwriting. MLM has a really pretty voice that's very expressive, but can also kinda wail blues (if in a reserved way). If (like me) you like cabaret,& stuff like Dave's True Story or Lascivious Biddies, you'll probably like this.
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