Jazz, R&B, blues, gospel, southern mountain traditional — you name it. And Mollie O'Brien approaches each with an ease that makes you think she was steeped in the style since the first time a note left her throat.Mollie was exposed to music of every stripe at a young age, from performances by the Wheeling Symphony to concerts by Count Basie, Ray Charles, and the Beatles. She listened to singers — Joni Mitchell and Judy Collins, Bonnie Raitt and Dinah Washington, Streisand, Sinatra, and Betty Carter — and took voice lessons. Later, with her brother, Tim, she performed in church and at coffeehouses. Mollie moved to Boulder, Colorado in 1980, worked as a duo with Tim, and formed her own R&B band. Now, a couple of decades later, she’s married with two teen-aged daughters and a firmly established singing career.She has been called one of roots music’s best interpreters and singers, and her voice described as “smooth,†“smoky,†“powerful,†and “bright and bold as sheet lightning.†Once you’ve heard it, you’re hooked.There have been any number of collaborations, most notably the Grammy-winning True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe (Sugar Hill) with a stellar bunch of bluegrass greats. For the past few years, Mollie has worked with Garrison Keillor and Robin & Linda Williams as the Hopeful Gospel Quartet, with her own five-piece band, and as a duo with husband Rich Moore.Mollie has earned rave notices at major festivals and venues throughout the U.S. and in the United Kingdom, Europe, and South America.
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