I was honored to be featured on Steve Dawson's "Music Makers and Soul Shakers" Podcast recently. 

"Songs have always been a way for me to create a connection with people, and I think connections are how we heal." – Mary Gauthier

I hope you are all staying warm! The Nashville blizzard came at the perfect time for me. Being snowed in provided me an opportunity to focus deeply on rewriting a chapter in my book called The Power and the Glory.

I am closing in on this chapter, and would like to share an excerpt with you.

As we turn the corner into 2016, I am already busy working on my book, The Art of the Song. I’m smoothing out sentences, shaping them into paragraphs, and stacking paragraphs into chapters.

Veteran Jamie Trent and I, in the back of Elvis’ 1963 Rolls Royce! Filmmaker Eugene Jarecki filmed us in the back seat, riding around playing "Bullet Holes," the song we wrote together.

Be sure to visit www.etown.org beginning December 2nd to watch Mary Gauthier's "On The Air This Week" podcast, taped September 27th in front of a live audience in Boulder, Colorado. The podcast will stream on the eTown website until December 8th, will be available on iTunes and will air on over 300 stations.

Friends, I am excited to announce that I have signed a book deal with Yale University Press!

Ryan recorded Taylor’s songs his own way, with his own band. The results are stunning.

Connection to community is important to me and becomes more so every year.

Forgetting my guitar presented me with an opportunity - to fine tune, to adjust, and to really think about work-life balance.

Trauma, at its core, is about disconnection. It’s the breaking of human bonds - physical, emotional and psychological.