Press
Praise for The Wildness of Living & Dying (2025)
“With a dreamy darkness and choir-like harmonies framing Mary’s rich vocal storytelling, ‘Bedding Down With the Deer’ confronts trauma with a haunting sequence that leads to strength and empowerment. ‘I feel safer with the deer, safer than my own damn bed.’”
~ Americana Highways
“...honors the comfy vibes of Aimee Mann with her glossy alt-rock touch that shimmers with a vibrant sense of hope and redemption.”
~ Glide Magazine
“Mary Bue does a wonderful job of exploring the human condition.”
~ 89.3 The Current
“I don’t let myself be lifted by just anyone, but I can trust Mary. She means it.”
~ Alan Sparhawk (LOW)
“Every scene has its bright fleeting highlights, its fickle wave of each generation, and its longtime anchors, but through the scene, I’ve known and loved, in Duluth MN, Mary Bue has been the thread that runs so effortlessly through its heart, hands, and soul. She arrived boldly and prolific. I have heard her piano climbing out the window and cascading down the central hillside neighborhood in the summer and the howl of her guitar muffled in the basement in winter. Her new recording is a triumph not only as a reflection and victory over adversity but as architecture for healing and change.
— Alan Sparhawk (LOW)
Best Songwriter 2020
“Duluth-based for most of her prolific career, Bue moved to Minneapolis in 2017 and released a near-perfect EP, The Majesty of Beasts. After a three-year wait, a full-length follow-up, The World Is Your Lover, is due out this August, and it expands on everything that Bue does so well. Her lyrics are free-spirited but wary, resolute in the aftermath of failed and sometimes abusive love affairs, and her singer-songwriter’s sense of hooky structure gives her band a solid base to work up some sharp arrangements. How good is Bue? If you didn’t know the Tom Petty song on the new album was a cover, you’d think she wrote it.”
— City Pages
Minneapolis Rocker Mary Bue Is In Love With The World (Yes, Despite Everything)
“Mary Bue’s journey from Duluth to Minneapolis, New Mexico and India culminated in her best album yet, “The World Is Your Lover.” Produced by Suburbs bassist Steve Price — with a cast of local all-star backers including Jeremy Ylvisaker, Molly Maher, Richard Medek and Cloud Cult’s Shannon Frid-Rubin — the ambitious 14-song collection veers between fiery ’90s fuzz-rock, bittersweet melodic pop and intimate, Stevie Nicks-ish gypsy musing. Beneath it all is a lyrical and spiritual base that could be expected from a songwriter who’s also a dedicated poet, meditator, yoga instructor, world traveler and all-out mystic.”
— Chris Riemenschneider, Star Tribune
2024-2025 Press for The Wildness of Living & Dying
Haiku Reviews: review of first single “Right Now”
No Depression: Chris Griffy included in his October 2024 Crowd Funding column
Americana Highways: 11/11 premiere of "Bedding Down With The Deer"
The Indy Review: 11/15 inclusion in NMF playlist for "Bedding Down With The Deer"
Music For All: 11/17 blog review + “New Release For All” Spotify Playlist add for "Bedding Down With The Deer"
Caesar Live N Loud: 11/17 blog post/review of “Bedding Down With The Deer”
Beats Per Minute: 11/17 blog review of “Right Now” and “Bedding Down With The Deer”
Roadie Music: 11/18 blog review + “Female Voices” spotify playlist of “Bedding Down With The Deer”
Women Folk Radio (KFAI 90.3 FM): 11/20 played “Bedding Down With The Deer” on show
ParaPOP: 11/21 blog review + “Indie Rock: Something New Every Day” Spotify Playlist + YouTube + SoundCloud add for "Bedding Down With The Deer"
Adobe & Teardrops: 11/21 Q&A feature posted
Wildfire News + Music: 11/22 posted news item about “Bedding Down With The Deer”
Beats Per Minute: curated November 2024 playlist picks includes “Right Now”
At The Barrier: 12/5 post/review of “Bedding Down With The Deer”
Blackbird News: 12/9 posted interview on site + socials
American Pancake: 12/9 blog review/post + Facebook social share of "Bedding Down With The Deer"
Aldora Britain Records: feature in issue 242
Americana UK: post of “Right Now” video on 12/13
UNSHUT Podcast: episode live on 12/30
Heart Songs | The Podcast: 1/10 episode aired on all platforms
Glide Magazine: 1/13 premiere of “Trying To Fight The Wind” single Femmusic.com:
1/17 post of “Trying To Fight The Wind” single
Vox Wave: 1/17 post/review + IG share of “Trying To Fight The Wind” single
Grateful Web: 1/17 post of “Trying To Fight The Wind” single
Haiku Review: 1/17 review of “Trying To Fight The Wind” single
Oleada Indie: 1/17 blog post review + "La Nueva Ola Indie" Spotify playlist + YouTube playlist of "Trying To Fight The Wind" single
Sisters in Song Podcast: IG story share of “Trying To Fight The Wind”
Indie Dream: 1/18 blog post/review + Facebook post of “Trying To Fight The Wind” single
Music For All: 1/19 blog post/review of “Trying To Fight The Wind” single
Women of Americana: 1/21 NMF Spotify playlist add of “Trying To Fight The Wind” single
ParaPOP: 1/22 blog review + Spotify,+ YouTube playlist for “Trying To Fight The Wind”
At The Barrier: 1/22 review of “Trying To Fight The Wind”
Stereogum: 2/4 “notable albums of the week” included The Wildness of Living and Dying
KFAI: “Desert Islands” mixtape #337 on 2/5/25
No Depression: 2/7 featured in NMF post on IG
Melodic Magazine: 2/7 album review published
We Heart Music: 2/8 Minnesota show preview live
Bring Me The News: 2/10 included in upcoming Minneapolis shows
Star Tribune: 2/11 previewed show with a pick.
Cleveland.com: 2/11 included in new release picks
Star Tribune: 2/12 featured show pick in Big Gigs
The Racket: 2/12 show pick
Women Folk Radio (KFAI): interview aired on 2/12
MPR/ The Current: 2/13 featured in Cross Current newsletter as featured gig list pick
MPR/ The Current: published interview on 2/14, live on-air on 2/16
Americana UK: 2/14 published album review
Adobe & Teardrops: 2/17 reviewed in Best Americana Albums
INTO Music: episode posted on 2/21
At The Barrier: 2/24 album review posted online
15 Questions Blog
Sisters In Song podcast: episode live May 19th, also featured on YOUTUBE channel
Press archive
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