Labels:text | screenshot | font | document OCR: LORI CARSON: A GOLDEN PALININO RUNS WILD about the melancholy nature of her work, she still hates answering the question-saying it's like "being ordered to smile by a stranger on the street." But if she had to explain the discrepancy between her upbeat self and downbeat lyrics, it would be simply this: writing sad songs makes her happy. And it's this sort of contradiction that makes Carson's music so engrossing. While the idea of listening to a bunch of songs about tainted love and broken dreams may sound rather unpleasant, Everything I Touch is as compelling and painfully satisfying as popping a blister. Carson upholds the venerable tradition of such songwriters as Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Rickie Lee Jones delivering bald emotions in a gorgeous, affecting and often fragile voice. M ...
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