click her name to visit her own website MaryMcBride.com
Coming close to the
Hailing from Lafayette, Louisiana, but ostensibly
based in new York, Mary treads a careful musical path best described as Roots
rock, with her Rock roots style comprising Country, Blues and even Pop.
On the opening aptly titled “Rev It Up” she kicks
out the jams in the company of guitarist Aaron Maxwell. Maxwell turns co writer
on the impressive tough rocker “Everything Seemed Alright”, and adds a brief
slide solo to the proceedings.
Only on the more acoustic efforts such as “Going
Down Fast” does her voice fall only slightly short
of what it should be…not that this is necessarily a criticism…..better a passionate
performer than a anodyne radio fodder. Mary adds a crackling emotive vocal to
the late night ballad “Bog Old Oak table.
But I suspect it’s on the up tempo rockers such
as “Boys” that both she and her potential cross over audience will be happiest,
for rocking is what Mary does best as this album nicely demonstrates.
Here are some audio clips: |
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| Rev It Up |  |
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| Boys | |
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