Thea Gilmore - Murphy's Heart (CD)

2010 release, the 10th album from the British singer/songwriter. Gilmore is an artisan songwriter, blessed with an unerring skill set for bittersweet songs of both melodic heft and lyrical edge, genuine emotion that prevails through an understated style, a blend of stark sepia tones and muted colors. Gilmore speaks of the "bleak optimism" in her songs, a slant that has become richer and deeper with each new year, each new album. It's part of growing into adulthood, becoming both a wife and a mother while maintaining the itch to write, sing, connect.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. This Town
2. God's Got Nothing on You
3. Due South
4. Jazz Hands
5. Love's the Greatest Instrument of Rage
6. Automatic Blue
7. Coffee and Roses
8. You're the Radio
9. Teach Me to Be Bad
10. Not Alone
11. How the Love Gets in
12. Mexico
13. Wondrous Thing