{"product_id":"mary-gauthier-reckoning","title":"Mary Gauthier - Reckoning","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date 25th September 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReckoning\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a dense, carefully nuanced, profoundly complex text, though all nine songs are presented as directly as possible: Mary's voice, her guitar, bits of harmonica. Folk music, of a kind, but not a broadside. Nothing so easy as that. Topical songs with a long view, because she's seen and lived too much of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMary's most celebrated songs — “I Drink,” “Mercy Now,” “Drag Queens in Limousines” — are confessional stories, closely observed, clear-eyed and compassionate. She sings with the unmistakable languor of her native Louisiana, writes with the bluntness of Boston, where she was once a successful restauranteur, and rewrites with the fierce precision of Nashville, her home for many years. Her 2018 release,\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eRifles and Rosary Beads\u003c\/em\u003e, co-written with wounded Iraq war veterans, received a Grammy nomination for Best Folk Album, and an Americana Music Association nomination for Album of the Year. During Covid she wrote and saw published (by MacMillan) Saved by a Song: The Art and Healing Power of Songwriting, part memoir, part reflection on songwriting, through the lens of her most impactful songs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A reckoning,” Mary Gauthier writes on the outer sleeve to her newest album, “can be personal, political, or spiritual. These songs inhabit all three realms at once.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hundred Records","offers":[{"title":"Black Vinyl LP","offer_id":57174209397116,"sku":null,"price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":57174209429884,"sku":null,"price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0283\/9012\/9750\/files\/int-09897f898efa22ba3b90bb8005e6669c-ms8bf8z3.webp?v=1784052065","url":"https:\/\/hundredrecords.co.uk\/products\/mary-gauthier-reckoning","provider":"Hundred Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}