ALAMOSA — Society Hall is thrilled to welcome back the superb sounds of Mollie O'Brien and Rich Moore on Friday, March 22, at 7:30 p.m. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. The concert will also stream live on the Society Hall Facebook page and You-Tube channel.
Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door and are available at the Society Hall website at www.societyhall.org or at the Green Spot, at 711 State Ave. in Alamosa.
Mollie O'Brien and her husband, guitarist Rich Moore, have for more than 30 years been one of the most beloved and best-known musical acts in the Colorado music scene and are also respected and revered both nationally and internationally. Their blend of acoustic blues, folk, jazz and Americana, all delivered through the powerful, fluid, and seemingly boundary-less voice of Mollie and the impeccable guitar accompaniment and interplay of Rich’s guitar work regularly leave audiences with that, “It just doesn’t get any better than this” feeling.
Grammy Award winner Mollie O'Brien became known to the rest of the world as a singer's singer when, in 1988, she and her brother Tim O’Brien released the first of three critically-acclaimed albums for Sugar Hill Records (Take Me Back, Remember Me and Away Out On The Mountain). Eventually, Mollie recorded five equally well-received solo albums (Tell It True, Big Red Sun and Things I Gave Away for Sugar Hill Records, and I Never Move Too Soon and Everynight In The Week for Resounding Records). Additionally, she was a regular on the nationally-syndicated radio show, “A Prairie Home Companion” from 2001 through 2005. She's 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. O’Brien has focused her efforts on the fading art of interpretation, and the result is a singer at the top of her game who is not afraid to take risks both vocally and in the material she chooses.
Husband Rich Moore has busied himself in the Colorado music scene for many years. While staying home with the kids when Mollie & Tim toured, he held a day job and continued to perform locally with a variety of Colorado favorites, including Pete Wernick and Celeste Krenz. Not only is Moore known to produce some of the funniest onstage running commentary, he's 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. Their latest release is Love Runner on Remington Road Records.
The Society Hall board, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing a place for community celebrations of all kinds, invites everyone to join them in the hall for another great evening of music with Grammy Award winning Mollie O'Brien and Rich Moore at Society Hall, at the corner of 4th Street and Ross Avenue in Alamosa, Friday, March 22, at 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 6:30.
