G.W. Mercure is a singer-songwriter, guitar player, and writer from Providence, Rhode Island. He is a member of The Benedictions, winners of the 2010 Providence Phoenix Best Music Poll for Best Roots Act, and nominees in the category again in 2011 by The Phoenix and by Motif Magazine. Mercure appears on the band's debut full-length, The Benedictions Play Devil Music, released in June, 2010, to critical acclaim, landing on the Providence Phoenix's list of the year's ten best albums and lauded by The Noise-Boston. The band was also featured on a 2010 compilation album by Essente Music Group, and are currently the subject of a music business course at Bryant University.

 

Mercure and The Benedictions have performed extensively, including headlining dates at the Block Island Music Festival, the ALCO Outdoor Concert Series, Rhode Island's AS220, Local 121, The 201, Jerky's Pub, Tazza Caffe, The Waterstreet Cafe in Fall River, and many others. Solo, Mercure has been performing for over ten years, including dates at Rhode Island’s influential Stone Soup Coffeehouse, AS220, the Brooklyn Coffee and Tea House, The Mediator Stage, and at numerous benefits. Before a brief performance hiatus, Mercure performed twice at the Newport, Rhode Island, Sunset Music Series as part of a duo with singer-songwriter Tracie Potochnik. The Benedictions' second album, American Wasteland, was released in 2012, and Mercure's debut, Kitchen Hymns, was released in October, 2013. G.W. is continuing a residency at The Greenwich Hotel in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, will release a live album in September, and is working on his second solo studio album.