10,000 Maniacs

Lest 10,000 Maniacs be mistaken for members of the SoHo establishment, check your map:
the sextet's home base, Jamestown, New York, is roughly the same distance from the Big
Apple as Richmond, Virginia. And contrary to what some may think, parts of the vast Empire
State are profoundly dissimilar to Mayor Koch's domain. So when Natalie Merchant sings of
train tracks, sawdust and rusty barrels, it's not hick chic but the poetic expressi... More >