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Red Molly Returns to Westfield

Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 8:00 PM (ET)

Westfield, NJ

Red Molly Returns to Westfield

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Ticket Type Sales End Price Fee Quantity
Advance Purchase Discount Ended $19.00 $1.47
Children 12 and under
Children 12 and under get in free. Let us know if you're bringing any.
Ended $0.00 $0.00
General Admission
This is the "at the door" price. Please get your tickets in advance (above) by 3:30 PM the day of the show, to benefit from the discount.
Ended $23.00 $1.56
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The show is still on despite the weather!


The online box office closes at 3:30.  There are plenty of seats left, so come on down and join us!

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The Coffee With Conscience Concert Series

Proudly presents...

Red Molly

in Concert!

 

Sample their music here:  http://www.myspace.com/redmollyband

 Robby Hecht - winner of the 2010 Telluride Troubadour Competition -- will be opening!


This show will benefit:

The Keith Knost Special Needs Fund

About Red Molly...

Red Molly 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).

Scott Alarik, of the The Boston Globe writes:

"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."

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When & Where



1st United Methodist Church
1 East Broad Street
Westfield, NJ 07090

Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 8:00 PM (ET)


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Ahrre Maros is the owner of Ahrre's Coffee Roastery in Westfield & the Fair Trade Coffee Company on line. He has been presenting live musical events since 1992, when he first opened the Common Ground Cafe in Summit. The Cafe is gone now, but Ahrre continues bringing Professional Touring Musical Artists to the area for the benefit of the local community and several local Charities.

Currently, Ahrre presents the Coffee With Conscience Concert Series in Westfield, which is a Seven-show Series which acts as a fund-raiser—raising much needed funds for worthy causes—while providing the participants with the opportunity to attend quality performance events near their homes, providing an audience with a cultural experience, providing artists with a venue to display their talents, and generally strengthening the local community by bringing a group of people together for an evening of music in a comfortable setting.