Amy Speace, Red Molly double up

I caught Amy Speace at a little club in Nashville during the September Americana Music Association conference and she was absolutely one of the highlights.

I knew she was based in New York, but imagine my surprise when I noted a listing for Speace and her band at the catchily named Mo Pitkin's House of Satisfaction on Avenue A in NYC on a rare free night.

(With a name like that, you might expect a massage during the show, but I digress.)

There are a couple of performance spaces in Mo's, and Amy cranked up in an upstairs room around 9:30. I got to hear some of the great songs I had liked from her CD, "Songs for Bright Street."

At one point, she was joined on some harmony by two singers from Red Molly. I had arrived too late to catch their opening set, and hadn't heard of them before. But I bought a CD, which now has a prime position on my CD player.

I also signed up for their mailing list and you can hear the rest from them directly. -- MichaelK/TBPAC

Hi everybody:
2006 has been an amazing year for Red Molly! We released our first
full-length album, we broke into the top 30 on the Radio & Records
Americana Chart, we won the Emerging Artist Showcase at the Falcon
Ridge Folk Festival (which is where we formed the band two years
ago).

Also, we were featured in Bicycling Magazine's Annual Buyer's
Guide, we got our butts into the Naked Folk Calendar, and we met all
of you nice folks, too! We couldn't be happier. THANK YOU so much
for your support all year. It means the world to us.

1. TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2006
We are psyched that "Never Been to Vegas" has been selected as one of
the top 10 albums of 2006 on the Online Folk Festival. We're in very
good company, including Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan! Check out
the whole list here: http://folkblog.onlinefolkfestival.com

2. JANUARY SHOWS
Red Molly is starting off 2007 with a bang. We've got shows at the
Howland Cultural Center (Beacon, NY), the Warwick Valley Winery
(Warwick, NY - indoors and cozy), Rosie's Cafe House Concert (Brick,
NJ), the Parkside Lounge (our NYC home), the Golden Apple (Mt. Kisco,
NY), and the New Legacy Concert Series (Ringwood, NJ). Rock on,
friends!

See you soon,
Laurie, Abbie and Carolann
Red Molly
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