Mary Gauthier at FUSION 708

Mary Gauthier is one of the more unsparing songwriters working in American roots music, the kind who writes about addiction, incarceration, and grief with enough craft that the songs feel like relief rather than punishment. FUSION | 708 is a small room on Central, which means you are close enough to watch her face, and that matters with this material. Jaimee Harris opening is genuinely good news, not a throwaway slot.