NATALIE MERCHANT
Keep Your Courage
Nonesuch (16/44.1 stream, Qobuz). 2023.
Natalie Merchant, prod.; David Snyder, eng.
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, Natalie Merchant sounds like a 59-year-old woman who has been through some rough health. But that reflection of reality is what makes so good: Merchant refuses to hide her humanity and openly celebrates her distinctive, poetic mind while pondering the mysteries of love and the