07.09.2011.

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CAROLYN MARK AND THE ROOM-MATES - Terrible Hostess (2002)

In the self-penned press release accompanying her superb second album, Terrible Hostess, Carolyn Mark self-deprecatingly dubs herself "The Other Girl in the Corn Sisters," and while it's true she's never earned the notice or acclaim justly heaped on duet partner Neko Case, it's time people started paying closer attention. Mark's songs are boozy and brassy, and her voice sests a tough, salt-of-the-earth Natalie Merchant - moving deftly from the Red Bull-and-vodka bluegrass of the opening "Fuzzy Slippers" to the juke-joint torch balladry of "Inevitable," Terrible Hostess is both rooted in traditional country & western and a repudiation thereof, smarter and saucier than anything to come out of Nashville in eons. - cduniverse.com

TRACKS: 01. Fuzzy Slippers 02. Chumpville 03. Gopherville 04. After Bar Party 05. Terrible Hostess 06. Dirty Little Secret 07. Inevitable 08. Catscan 09. Port Moody 10. Country in the City