Mark Mulcahy: A Musical Lifeboat

Published Sept. 17, 2009 at 11:13 p.m.
Mark and Melissa met in 1994, when she saw him performing at the Bay State Hotel in Northampton, Mass. "It was really simple. She said something to me and I looked at her," he says. "We just were very much together after that." It's possible Mulcahy wouldn't have a solo career without her. At the time, his indie band, Miracle Legion, had broken up. Melissa pushed him to start a record label—Mezzotint was born in their apartment, and Mulcahy still uses it. In his 1997 solo debut, , his songs retained their impishness, but they were also unaffectedly pretty. It's a testament to Mulcahy that the covers rarely match them. Though he undoubtedly wishes there had never been a need for this album at all.

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