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Red Molly, the
brand new NYC-based Americana/Roots Female Trio came
into being in the wee hours of a summer night, at a
hilltop campsite at the 2004 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival.
Not yet ready to sleep, these women, who had long
admired each other’s solo work, began sharing favorite
songs by other
songwriters. Before long, Laurie MacAllister, Abbie
Gardner and Carolann Solebello were singing in
three-part harmony on songs by contemporary writers,
bluegrass standards, old-time southern gospel, and
classic American tunes. By sunrise, Redy Molly was born!
Since that pivotal night,
Red Molly has performed at a number of excellent venues
in the northeast and is steadily garnering a devoted
regional fan base. They have opened shows for artists
such as Aztec Two-Step, Catie Curtis, Jonathan Edwards,
Jeffrey Gaines, John Hammond, Johnsmith, Michael Smith,
Bill Staines and David Wilcox.
The magic of Red Molly
likely stems from the richness and diversity of each
member's "pre-Molly" experiences. Laurie (vocals,
guitar, banjo) left a career in psychology to pursue
music. She worked for several years as a backup singer,
and also released two solo albums, These Old Clothes
(1999) and The Things I Choose To Do (2004). Abbie
(vocals, Dobro, guitar) studied classical flute as a
child and directed/arranged a cappella music at Boston
University. In 2004, she released her first solo album,
My Craziest Dream, with her father (jazz pianist Herb
Gardner), and is influenced by her mother’s longtime
love of bluegrass music. In 2006, Abbie released a
second solo album, Honey on My Grave. Carolann (vocals,
guitar, bass, mandolin) spent several years as a
professional theatre actor before releasing her solo
album, Just Across the Water, in 2000. She went on to
release two albums with power folk quartet CC Railroad,
Smile Whatever (2001) and Black Horse Motel (2004).
"Everything Red Molly
sings is delivered with tick-tight arrangements,
crystalline vocals, and caramel harmonies. But what is
most striking is the ardor they bring to everything they
do, whether snuggling into the sweet parochialism of an
old spiritual, or the gritty pathos of a Gillian Welch
tune. They come on less like stars strutting for their
minions than pals sharing their favorite songs. In the
friendly world of the coffeehouse, that remains a
starmaking quality."
-Scott
Alarik, The Boston Globe
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