Her music simultaneously follows in the footsteps of traditional folkdom, modern surrealism, and the Romantic classical. Treading a path between them and creating a sound Mollie calls “Symphonic Folk”. She draws on influences from the dusty warmth of Bob Dylan, to Nick Drake, the Spaghetti Western sounds of Ennio Morricone, to the ethereal music of Puccini, Verdi, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, and to the more modern sounds of The Cocteau Twins, Richard Aschcroft, T Rex, Trash Can Sinatras, The Cure, The Smiths, Embrace, David Bowie, Radiohead, Massive Attack, Portishead, The Sundays, Sigur Ros, and Rufus Wainwright.
   New York City is Mollie’s home for inspiration and for experiencing life in a different mode from her Colorado upbringing where her first forays into musicianship began. She grew up listening to the sound of an old Martin guitar belonging to her father and the warm singing of her mother. Both musicians, Mollie’s parents met in a folk band called ‘the Penny Ante Band’, playing local venues throughout Colorado. Her parents brought John Denver, the Beatles and an appreciation and respect for nature, which comes from being raised backpacking, scuba diving and spending time on the family farm with Arabian horses against a Rocky Mountain backdrop. Mollie’s family history is one filled with music, extending to her grandfather singing opera at the Cheeseman Opera House and her great-great grandfather performing on the famous Vaudeville stages in the late 1800’s up until the 1930’s. It’s no wonder that Mollie can’t remember a time when music wasn’t apart of her life.
   Mollie’s career has always been a little backwards. Her first live solo performance (besides singing at age 2 for church and with The Colorado Children’s Chorale) was opening for an artist at Denver’s Paramount Theatre with full symphony for 1800 people at age 15. While in high school she was one of four singers who were selected for the Youth Pops Orchestra, which awarded her a performance with The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, a scholarship to her University of choice and two hours of free studio time, which she used to recorded a demo that landed in the hands of John Denver’s producer Kris O’Connor. Her first record was with O’Connor in Nashville collaborating with John Denver’s musicians who also had recorded and performed with artists like George Harrison, Barbara Streisand, Frank Sinatra, the Rolling Stones, Ray Charles and many more. Even though she sang mostly covers, writing only one song on the album, Mollie describes her experience as “priceless and the beginning of many dear friendships”, all of whom remain artists Mollie sings with every year. Even before graduating with a degree in vocal performance from one of the top three music conservatories in the country, she had already recorded four albums; (with most songs from Emmy and Grammy winner Joe Henry) two of them live concert recordings. She has performed with entertainers like Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Kathy Mattea, Jay Leno, Tracy Byrd, Gary Mule Deer, and Noel Paul Stookey. Mollie also sang at stadiums for as many as 60,000 people including Kauffman and Arrowhead stadiums in Kansas City, Magness Arena, the Pepsi Center in Denver, the Denver Coliseum and on local Denver television and radio.
   While singing classical music at the conservatory Mollie realized her desire to merge her love for a lush symphonic sound with modern rock and folk compositions. A unique combination of emotive vocals, classical arrangements, electronic sounds, and captivating rock and folk instrumentation provides a rich soundscape for audiences. This amalgam of sound is the result of Mollie’s upbringing, classical training and musical vision.
   Lyrically, Mollie is drawn to writers who often write poetry as song that deals with the human condition like the writing of Bob Dylan, Martin Gore, Bjork and poets like Gerard Manly Hopkins and Arthur Rimbaud. Her desire is to provide songs for healing, hope and understanding to the wounded, the lonely, the unwanted.
   With her musical vision in mind, Mollie traveled to the music cities of Nashville and Los Angeles where she was offered a country deal with DreamWorks records in Nashville, singing only country music. Mollie decided it best to stick to the desires of her heart. Knowing that, she instead took an offer to connect with DreamWorks in Los Angeles, which after a long internal debate was not the exact path she was looking for at the time. While deciding where to pursue her career she returned to Kansas City for eight months to sing the only woman’s role in a percussion show not unlike ‘Stomp’ or ‘Blue Man Group’ called Sticks of Thunder, which performed in the city’s Union Station. It wasn’t until a Warner Brothers executive heard Mollie sing during a John Denver Tribute concert in Austin, Texas that New York City became an option. He forwarded her information to producer Elliot Scheiner, a five time Grammy winner, who after hearing a recording of Mollie singing ‘Con Te Partiro’ asked to meet her and introduce her to friends around the Big Apple. Those connections and the vibrant energy of the city persuaded Mollie to make a move cross-country. “I knew I would miss the Rocky Mountains and the easy Colorado living, but something about the experience of New York City was strangely enticing to me.”
   Since her move Mollie has been well received by New York audiences. She has performed on the stages of Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Kitchen, and Joe’s Pub. You can hear Mollie’s voice and compositions on many national television networks including the Oxygen network, MTV, Fox and The WB. Mollie also performed in two avant-garde rock operas, “The Rosenbach Company” and “The Slug Bearers of Karol Island” written by cartoonist Ben Katchor and singer-songwriter Mark Mulcahy. Plus, on March 3rd, 2007, Mollie along with friends Chris Nole and Pete Huttliger will be performing at the legendary Carnegie Hall.
   Mollie can be seen regularly performing in and around the continental United States. She is also really excited about performing for her family, friends and fans at Carnegie Hall this March. Keep your ears open for Mollie’s new music and performances in your area.

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