Red Molly
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Red Molly is a folk trio consisting of Laure MacAllister (vocals, guitar, banjo), Abbie Gardner (vocals, guitar, Dobro), and Carolann Solebello (vocals, guitar, precision acoustic bass, mandolin). They perform original works and covers of other songwriters including Hank Williams, Gillian Welsh and Ryan Adams.
History
Red Molly was formed late one night at the 2004 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival. Abbie, Carolann, and Laurie were solo singer/songwriters were the last ones left at a song circle and liked the way they sounded together and decided to form a band. There are many theories of where the name comes from but on their website they state that it has nothing to do with the character from the Richard Thompson song 1952 Vincent Black LightningHorvendile (talk) 16:28, 28 January 2008 (UTC) but was inspired by Emmylou Harris's album Red Dirt Girl.
Their career started to take off in 2006. They were the top vote getters in the 2006 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Emerging Artist Showcase. WUMB in Boston named them Top New Artist of the Year and picked their Album Never Been to Vegas one of their [Top 10 Albums of 2006]. They appeared in John Platt's Under the Radar series in New York a showcase for up and coming musicians.
In 2007 they toured with Pat Wictor and Ellis the other winners of the Falcon Ridge Emerging Artist showcase on the Falcon Ridge Preview tour and performed with them in the Most Wanted Song Swap at the Festival itself.
Discograph
- Red Molly 4 song EP 2005
- Never Been To Vegas Live Album 2006