"Run Out of Darkness" Review by Rob Patterson, Texas Music Magazine, Spring 2007"Texas blues and country veteran Mercier finds her focus and hits a Joplinesque sweet-spot of raw power on this primarily bluesy set that finds her wailing on classics including Willie Dixon's 'Spoonful' and Big Mama Thornton's 'Ball & Chain.' She also gives Ray Wylie Hubbard's title tune a nice country-blues workout (with Hubbard himself as a guest singer)."Mandy Mercier"RUN OUT OF DARKNESS"Review by Freddy Cellis, ROOTSTIME The Netherlands, March 2007 issue.Some dream of doing it, some try it, but Mandy can really do it: make a beautiful cd that bares her soul, from the first song to the last. Few artists have this passion and soulfulness. Blues fans should love this cd (her fourth) that offers a mixture of her own work and covers. The titlesong"Run Out of Darkness" is from Ray Wylie Hubbard, who sings harmony. Big Mama Thorton's"Ball and Chain" gets a Janis Joplin treatment which is quite daring, but Mandy pulls i