WASHINGTON POST - 5/1/04 "In some sort of magical kingdom, every dive bar, roadhouse or juke joint you walked into would have free peanuts, dollar drafts and Mary McBride performing with her band onstage. At Iota on Thursday, there were no peanuts and the beers weren't a buck, but McBride, a knockdown barroom belter, was singing her heart out. It turns out that one out of three is magic kingdom enough." (Buzz McLain)
NASHVILLE SCENE - 11/07/02 "McBride was born on the bayou and raised in D.C., but she has called New York City
home for the past 15 years. Her torn, frayed roots-rock evokes a heady cross between fellow well-traveled
Louisiana natives Lucinda and Victoria Williams, right down to its restless rhythms and Cajun accents.
Lou Whitney of The Skeletons produced McBride's recent Everything Seemed Alright, a twangy debut
steeped in vim, smarts and compassion driven home by Loaded -inspired rhythm guitar." (Bill Friskics)
AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN - 11/28/02 "NYC rocker Mary McBride is one of those acts out there on the road who always
feel at home in the roots haven of Austin. Produced by Lou Whitney of the Skeletons, McBride's rollicking debut
album, Everything Seemed Alright, bodes well for the live show. Let the Bonnie Raitt/Lucinda Williams
comparisons begin." (Michael Corcoran)
NEW ORLEANS TIMES-PICAYUNE - 12/06/02 "Mary McBride was born in New Orleans, raised in Washington, D.C., and has spent
the past 15 years in New York, where she's matured into a potent honky-tonk singer and songwriter, opening
for both Delbert McClinton and the Rev. Horton Heat. On her recent Everything Seemed Alright CD,
McBride's ample voice is set against a crisp roots-rock band. She comes across like a tougher, not quite
so heartbroken Lucinda Williams, wailing on the ballad 'Going Down Fast' and riding shotgun over the
roadhouse singalong 'If You Lived in My Town.'" (Mike Spera)
WALL STREET JOURNAL - 03/27/02 "Jukebox-worthy country songs coming out of middle Tennessee may not be too s
urprising, but country-tinged roots rock with lyrics about meeting up on Canal Street in New York do get
your attention. I came upon New Yorker Mary McBride playing in the parking lot of the Southwestern-fabulous
San Jose, Austin's hippest hotel, which showcases its own favorites every year. I can't wait for Ms.
McBride to find a label and get her CD out so I can hear her big, sassy voice and big-city lyrics in
our own town more often." > read the complete story
