Mary Sue Twohy: CDs

Songs to Hang on Stars, the new CD from Mary Sue Twohy (pronounced TOO-ee) will release January 1, 2006 from Azalea City Recordings. This third album from the acclaimed singer-songwriter is an eclectic mix of acoustic folk-pop (the graceful title track “Songs to Hang on Stars”) and traditional (the haunting civil war song, “Missionary Ridge.”)

Luminaries Jon Carroll (Mary Chapin Carpenter), Dede Wyland, Pete and Maura Kennedy, and Scott and Jen Smith (Naked Blue) bring instrumental virtuosity and angelic harmonies to Mary Sue’s new compositions. Tracks include love songs (“Whole New View”), fresh new settings of Emily Dickinson poems (“’Twas the Old Road,” and “Because I Could Not Stop For Death”), a capella (“The Ghost of Matt McCann”), and heartfelt meditations on loss and hope (“Baltimore”). Weaving through the album is the promise of new hope shining through even the darkest times.

The Risk Involved (2001) has successfully been reviewed by Dirty Linen, Sing Out! Folk Magazine, The Washington Post, The Washington Times and more. Folk Radio has picked the CD and run with it -- making it one of the top of CDs played in Feb 2002 on folk radio across the country. Christine Lavin says "'The Risk Involved' is stunningly gorgeous. [Mary Sue Twohy's] music is quietly hypnotic." If you like Nanci Griffith, Richard Thompson, Nick Drake - go ahead and buy it. Produced by Pete and Maura Kennedy!

"'The Risk Involved' is stunningly gorgeous. [Mary Sue Twohy's] music is quietly hypnotic." --Christine Lavin

Training Butterflies (1998) Produced by Pete Kennedy this CD carries the hope and sincerity one looks for in music. Great reviews on this one from PA to the NC border, including The Washington Post.

"As far as the Goosebump Meter goes, Mary Sue Twohy is up there with Nanci Griffith, Sarah McLachlan, Iris Dement." --David Richards, The Morning News