"In another era, [she] might have been a behind-the-scenes songwriter in the famous Brill Building, that renowned stable of musical artisans that included Goffin & King, Laura Nyro, and a host of others. Instead, in this era, we are lucky to have singer/songwriter Mary Edwards in clear view."
-Popshifter Magazine
When it came to composing and arranging A Smile in the Mind (with influences ranging among Todd Rundgren, Steely Dan, Carole King, Burt Bacharach, Ennio Morricone, and Francis Lai), Mary Edwards—to paraphrase Bacharach—thought "in terms of miniature movies."
"Showers you with a warm feeling, like memories of endless summers
spent listening to the radio."
Corinne Drewery, Swing Out Sister
