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Apr 26, 2023It’s typical of Merchant’s trademark lyrical articulacy, her passion and poetic vocabulary illustrating how she remains powerfully evocative writer over a 40-year career peppered with high watermarks.
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Apr 21, 2023Where her peers have scaled down their ambitions, she's reaching for grand ideas and emotions on Keep Your Courage, turning her personal journey into something universal.
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MojoApr 14, 2023Her most beautiful [music] in decades. [May 2023, p.87]
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Apr 14, 2023The timeless appeal of Carnival is echoed in Keep Your Courage, which speaks volumes for the cohesive, eternal quality of Merchant's ability to weave romantic, folk-rock ballads rich with organ, brass, and tidal waves of strings all anchored to simple piano melodies.
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Apr 27, 2023There is something to be said for alchemy, but Keep Your Courage would be better if Merchant lightened up a bit. ... The beauty of the songs here offers solace more than anguish. The fact that everything changes can be hopeful.
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UncutApr 14, 2023Wittily expressed and beautifully sung. [May 2023, p.31]
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Apr 14, 2023There are a couple of tracks that veer towards the forgettable, and the overall downbeat tempo of the album as a whole may test the patience of some listeners. ... Yet even on the less memorable songs, Merchant never sounds anything less than completely captivating.