| Member Since | 9/14/2006 | | Band Website | mollyandrews.com | | Band Members | at the very last of 2007, and after more than a year
of letting this site lay fallow, i'm just now paying some
attention to it. it's either that or delete it, so i'm trying it.
among other things, i'm working in equity theatres around the country.
along with tina chancey, bruce hutton, and zan mcleod, i'm a member of 'hesperus'; an early/traditional music ensemble, bringing the past alive through collaborations between early music and film, theatre, dance and world music. we'll be recording an album of old time and blues music in 2008. and it's about time for another solo project.
it's been a very interesting year, and i'm thankful for so much.
and - wow - at the end of october i was the recipient of chicago's theatrical 'jeff' award. .........
here's wishing everyone joy, health, love, and peace in the new year.
.........ps/ that quote at the top of the page "be joyful tho.." is a favorite
by way of the great wendell berry of henry co., kentucky. it's from a poem of his -
.........Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front.........
Love the quick profit, the annual raise,
vacation with pay. Want more
Of everything ready made. Be afraid
to know your neighbors and to die.
And you will have a window in your head.
Not even your future will be a mystery
any more. Your mind will be punched in a card
and shut away in a little drawer.
When they want you to buy something
they will call you. When they want you
to die for profit they will let you know.
So, friends, every day do something
that won’t compute. Love the Lord.
Love the world. Work for nothing.
Take all that you have and be poor.
Love someone who does not deserve it.
Denounce the government and embrace
the flag. Hope to live in that free
republic for which it stands.
Give your approval to all you cannot
understand. Praise ignorance, for what man
has not encountered he has not destroyed.
Ask the questions that have no answers.
Invest in the millennium. Plant sequoias.
Say that your main crop is the forest
that you did not plant,
that you will not live to harvest.
Say that leaves are harvested
when they have rotted into the mold.
Call that profit. Prophesy such returns.
Put your faith in the two inches of humus
that will build under the trees
every thousand years.
Listen to carrion—put your ear
close, and hear the faint chattering
of the songs that are to come.
Expect the end of the world. Laugh.
Laughter is immeasurable. Be joyful
though you have considered all the facts.
So long as women do not go cheap
for power, please women more than men.
Ask yourself: Will this satisfy
a woman satisfied to bear a child?
Will this disturb the sleep
of a woman near to giving birth?
Go with your love to the fields.
Lie easy in the shade. Rest your head
in her lap. Swear allegiance
to what is nighest your thoughts.
As soon as the generals and the politicos
can predict the motions of your mind,
lose it. Leave it as a sign
to mark the false trail, the way
you didn’t go. Be like the fox
who makes more tracks than necessary,
some in the wrong direction.
Practice resurrection.
- wendell berry -
from - the country of marriage
1973 -
| | Influences | my family, singing in church, ada miller, doc watson, the beatles, george gershwin, blind joe death, hank williams, chuck berry, carter family, elvis’ sun sessions, whfs ~ 102.3 fm, dick lillard’s roots of rock and roll, leo kottke, robert johnson, martin carthy, sir francis child, cecil sharpe, woody guthrie, johnny cash, soul of a city boy, les paul, , jeanette cooke, sister rosetta tharpe, lata mangeshkar, judy garland, ella johnson, jantina noorman, musica reservata, gregorian chant, post war english folk revival, british folk rock, early american hymnody aka shapenote music,
jean ritchie, the seeger family, alan lomax, hobart smith, eric burdon’s house of the rising sun, honey west, chain of fools, dock of the bay, heard it through the grapevine, laura nyro, joni mitchell, bonnie raitt, willie nelson, charles edward ives, the miracle worker 1962, mr. jelly lord, nina simone, george jones, duck baker, curliemae, brother ray, bessie smith, lady day, annette hanshaw, guillame de machaut, poulenc, chopin, thelonious monk, thomas waller, hoagy carmichael, country blues musicians, horton barker, almeda riddle, sarah ogan gunning, brian wilson, thomas wolfe, buster keaton, daniel johnston, james brown, ruth brown, talking heads, led zep, bert jansch, easley blackwood, sneeps, mountains, oceans, bells, birds, trains, clocks, rocks, rills, and more.. later...
| | Sounds Like | molly andrews -
"Andrews is a quintessential roots vocalist. She is not in this for a star turn; this music is her life. Her roller-coaster voice is pure down-home country. "Miner's Prayer" left me so inadequate to express her ability
that I asked an expert in the field, "What comparable contemporary bluegrass vocalist does her voice make you think of?"
"Hers," I was told. "That's a one-of-a-kind."
- John Moore, Denver Post 2005
| | Record Label | pneumuse | | Type of Label | Indie |
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