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Sunday November 25, 2012

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'

November 25, 2012 • 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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Thursday December 23, 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

December 23, 2010 • 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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Wednesday May 26, 2010

An Invigorating Tonic About 'Love And Its Opposite'

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An Invigorating Tonic About 'Love And Its Opposite'

Fresh Air

May 26, 2010 • 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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Sunday May 9, 2010

First Listen: Tracey Thorn, 'Love And Its Opposite'

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First Listen: Tracey Thorn, 'Love And Its Opposite'

May 9, 2010 • Thorn's third solo album focuses on the big topics outlined in its title, but it does so in miniature. Both lyrically and musically, it's a record about the small details that make up the most mundane and wrenching moments of a person's day-to-day life.