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SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: That was “Every Single Line Means Something” from Marnie Stern’s first album, “In Advance of the Broken Arm.”

It is a good example of her powerful guitar playing and sharp voice. The drummer Zach Hill adds to the fiery sound of her music.

Marnie Stern at Abbey Pub in Chicago, Illinois

Marnie Stern came to music relatively late in her life. She had a few guitar lessons when she was fifteen, but rarely played. Later, she studied journalism at New York University. In her twenties she decided to pay more attention to guitar playing and making music. She retaught herself to play the guitar and spent several hours a day working on her skills and writing songs. She released her first album in two thousand seven when she was thirty years old.

Marnie Stern’s second album has a strikingly long name: “This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That.” Here is “The Devil’s in the Details” from that album.

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Marnie Stern has said that she only likes to listen to music in which risks are being taken. She says this music pushes her to do new things. Her most recent album is called “Marnie Stern.” We leave you with “Transparency is the New Mystery.”

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DOUG JOHNSON: I’m Doug Johnson. Our program was written by June Simms, Dana Demange and Caty Weaver who also was our producer.