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Mary Lorson | |
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| Born | Mary Lorson New York City, U.S. |
| Genres | Alternative rock |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar, piano |
| Years active | 1991–present |
Mary Lorson is anAmericanwriter,musician andcomposer. Best known as the lead singer ofalternativepop groupsMadder Rose andSaint Low, Lorson has gone on to release albums with The Piano Creeps and Mary Lorson & the Soubrettes. She lives inIthaca, New York.
Lorson was born and raised in the suburbs ofNew York City[1] and formed Madder Rose withBilly Coté in 1991 inGreenwich Village.[2] When Madder Rose disbanded in 1999 she foundedSaint Low with bassist Stahl Caso, violinist Joe Myer, pianist Michael Stark, vocalist Jennie Stearns, and drummer Zaun Marshburn. Lorson and Coté toured withTanya Donelly from 1996-7.[3]
Lorson and Coté have collaborated on film scores including the original score for "What Remains: The Life and Art of Sally Mann" forSteven Cantor andHBO. She and Coté have a son, Roman. A breast cancer survivor and high school English teacher, Lorson is the author of "Freak Baby and the Kill Thought," an original screenplay about the life ofvaudeville singer and actressEva Tanguay.[4] The album "BurnBabyBurn," released by Mary Lorson & the Soubrettes in 2011, features a version of Tanguay's 1922 song "I Don't Care."[5]
Lorson's projects also have included developing a television series, "Old School"; scoring the independent web series "The Chanticleer"; a multimedia performance memoir, "Signal"; and setting a chapter ofJames Joyce'sFinnegans Wake to music, for theWaywords and Meansigns project.[6] Her 11th full-length album, "Themes From Whatever," was released in November 2017.
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