
194: Mercy Bell
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08/23/21 • 67 min
On Episode 194, I'm joined by singer-songwriter Mercy Bell, who released Golden Child, her latest EP, this past August 6. During this conversation, we talk about some of the characters, themes, & late night qualities within Golden Child, how short story fiction has influenced her writing, growing up in California and Massachusetts, her love for '90s country music, and how she wrote the anthemic "All Good Cowboys."
This episode's presenting partner is Desert Door Texas Sotol, The Blue Light Live, and Charlie Stout Photography.
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On Episode 194, I'm joined by singer-songwriter Mercy Bell, who released Golden Child, her latest EP, this past August 6. During this conversation, we talk about some of the characters, themes, & late night qualities within Golden Child, how short story fiction has influenced her writing, growing up in California and Massachusetts, her love for '90s country music, and how she wrote the anthemic "All Good Cowboys."
This episode's presenting partner is Desert Door Texas Sotol, The Blue Light Live, and Charlie Stout Photography.
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*Pre-Order The Lubbock Way, the debut book by Thomas Mooney, here.
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This episode's presenting partner is Desert Door Texas Sotol, The Blue Light Live, and Charlie Stout Photography.
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New Slang - 194: Mercy Bell
Transcript
Thomas Mooney 0:01
Hello, welcome back to New slang. I'm your host and music journalist Thomas Mooney. We're kicking off the week being joined by singer songwriter, mercy Bell, earlier this month, August six, to be exact mercy released golden child. It's such an interesting and rewarding set of songs. These have been some of my favorite to unpack and explore from this past year, which this conversation with mercy was really no different. It's so insightful, and I absolutely loved hearing s
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