Twang Tuesday – Part 1 – Red Molly
So what do you get when you put together three super talented women with great voices and musicianship? You get a group whose new CD James is No. 10 on the Americana Music Chart and #1 on the Folk-DJ chart for March! That group would be Red Molly! Individually, they are Laurie MacAllister (vocals,bass,banjo and guitar), Abbie Gardner (vocals,dobro and guitar) and Carolann Solebello (vocals, guitar, bass and mandolin) and together, as they say they make beautiful music. I first heard Red Molly last year when they were playing cuts on The Village on XM Radio from their album Love and other Tragedies and after listening over several weeks I went and downloaded the album and became a fan. All three of the women had careers prior to their forming of Red Molly in 2004. Laurie MacAllister and Abbie Gardner had both released two albums and Carolann Sollebello had released one. (She just released a second in 2009). I listened to albums by all three and enjoyed them but bring their voices and musical talent together and you have something extra special. In an interview on their website they say this about their music: