MINNEAPOLIS - MAY 1986: Natalie Merchant of Ten Thousand Maniacs performs at First Avenue nightclub in Minneapolis, Minnesota in May 1986. (Photo by Jim Steinfeldt/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ...

Drew has seen well, not 10,000 but a number of Maniac musicians come and go over the decades, including the well-known, now-solo artist Natalie Merchant. Earlier today, I had a chance to chat with ...

Singer and songwriter Natalie Merchant sets poetry to music in her newest studio album, looking at childhood through the works of poets such as E.E. Cummings, Robert Graves and even Mother Goose.