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'A Distinctive Voice': Tracey Thorn Goes On 'Record'

In addition to making music, Tracey Thorn also writes a column for the British publication New Statesman. Edward Bishop/Courtesy of Merge Records hide caption

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'A Distinctive Voice': Tracey Thorn Goes On 'Record'

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The Everything but the Girl singer stepped away from performing two decades ago in order to start a family. Now, she sings about the different stages of women's lives on her latest solo album, Record.

'A Distinctive Voice': Tracey Thorn Goes On 'Record'

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Tracey Thorn Finds Joy And Angst In Christmas Songs

Tracey Thorn's new holiday-themed album is called Tinsel and Lights. Molly Bloom/StateImpact Ohio hide caption

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Tracey Thorn Finds Joy And Angst In Christmas Songs

The English singer and songwriter, formerly of the dance-pop duo Everything but the Girl, confronts the mixed blessings of the holiday season on her new album Tinsel and Lights.

Tracey Thorn Finds Joy And Angst In Christmas Songs

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First Listen: Tracey Thorn, 'Tinsel And Lights'

Tracey Thorn's album Tinsel and Lights was released Oct. 30. Edward Bishop/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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First Listen: Tracey Thorn, 'Tinsel And Lights'

Not since Aimee Mann's One More Drifter in the Snow has a collection of seasonal music been so finely engineered to locate the holidays' melancholy side. But Tinsel and Lights is as warmly rendered as it is achingly bittersweet.

Tracey Thorn, 'Tinsel And Lights'

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Ken Tucker's Top 10 Albums Of 2010

Tracey Thorn's third album focuses on the small details in life: weddings, singles bars and the size of one's jeans. Edward Bishop hide caption

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The Best Music Of 2010

Ken Tucker's Top 10 Albums Of 2010

Fresh Air

Fresh Air's pop music critic, Ken Tucker, picks the best music of 2010, including albums by Tracey Thorn, Kanye West and Arcade Fire. He also pays tribute to Kate McGarrigle, the Canadian singer who died of cancer last January.

Ken Tucker's Top 10 Albums Of 2010

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An Invigorating Tonic About 'Love And Its Opposite'

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An Invigorating Tonic About 'Love And Its Opposite'

Fresh Air

Tracey Thorn is best known as half of the British duo Everything but the Girl, in which she performed with her husband, Ben Watt. But since 1999, Thorn has spent much of her time raising her three children with Watt. Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews Love and Its Opposite, her third solo album.

An Invigorating Tonic About 'Love And Its Opposite'

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