Outdoor Concert: Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore
Outdoor Concert: Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore
About the Event
Mollie & Rich were our last Thursday Night program before COVID-19 forced us to shut things down, so it’s only appropriate they kick things off with a special “return to normal” (fingers crossed!) concert. Between the two of them you’ll find: 15 recordings of American Roots Music, a Grammy win, an induction in to the Colorado Music Hall of Fame, worldwide touring, the essence of the art of musical interpretation, and a fun and engaging time while in their company.
Mollie O’Brien and her husband, guitarist Rich Moore, have for nearly 30 years quietly made it their mission to find, mine and reinvent other artists’ songs. They are geniuses at the craft of interpretation in the way that great singers, since the beginning of popular American music, have made the songs of their era their own. As songwriters they add their own tunes to the canon of American roots music they inhabit and show us they’re completely at home with their musical selves. Grammy winner Mollie has long been known as a singer who doesn’t recognize a lot of musical boundaries, and audiences love her fluid ability to make herself at home in any genre while never sacrificing the essence of the song she tackles. She is a singer at the very top of her game who’s not afraid to take risks both vocally and in the material she chooses. Rich, while known to produce some of the funniest onstage running commentary, is also a powerhouse guitar player who can keep up with O’Brien’s twists and turns from blues to traditional folk to jazz to rock and roll. He creates a band with just his guitar and, as a result, theirs is an equal partnership. Photo credit Amos Perrine.
About Thursday Nights @ the Museum
Spend your Thursday evenings from September 9-December 9 at the Longmont Museum for panels, lectures, conversations, and readings presented live from our Stewart Auditorium. View upcoming programs.