Mary Lou Lord: an appreciation

All of these singer-songwriter playlists got me thinking about Mary Lou Lord, a Boston-based singer and guitarist who has several albums available through Rhapsody.

After putting out several singles (most notably 1993's "Western Union Desperate") and a highly-recommended self-titled EP through the Kill Rock Stars label (where her acoustic strumming stood in stark contrast to the punk stylings of her labelmates), Lord was the subject of a major label bidding war. Ultimately, Sony's WORK Group won the bidding, and the label released Lord's debut album, Got No Shadow in 1998. In time, Lord was dropped from the label and returned to the indie world, releasing several albums on Rubric Records.

This playlist includes some of my favorite Mary Lou Lord songs from her later releases; her first EP and early singles are, sadly, not available yet through Rhapsody.