The F Word. An online column for Frank De Blase to pontificate, ruminate, placate, and salivate. We’ll have reviews and previews, we’ll discuss trends in local and national music scenes, and we’ll try to do it as reverently as possible. Yup. Let’s get started. This F word is gonna deal with lyrics, real and non-existent. […]
Mary Gauthier
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Mary Gauthier finds the deeper meaning of service, sacrifice, and love
Every track on Mary Gauthier’s new album, “Rifles & Rosary Beads,” is a gut-punch. The album is rife with the sound of genuine heartache. And while this singer-songwriter has an amazing grasp of the darkness that we are all susceptible to and the inevitable yet elusive light on the other side, she didn’t cut this […]






