Natalie Merchant: Loneliness is My Signal to "Get Busy" and Create
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Singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant shot to fame as the lead vocalist for the indie-folk band 10,000 Maniacs, then left the band at the height of their popularity to build a successful solo career. She sits down with Guy to talk about the political concerns that animate her work; what a dinner with Allen Ginsberg and Philip Glass taught her about creativity; how a degenerative spinal disease almost ended her artistic career; and her newest project honoring a late Italian poet who’s been nearly erased from history.
Natalie’s ninth studio album is called Keep Your Courage.
Links from the Show
01. These Are Days by 10,000 Maniacs
02. Carnival by Natalie Merchant
03. It’s A-Coming, the song Natalie sings in this episode
04. Buy Keep Your Courage
