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The Ocean 5:020:00/5:02
BIO
Mississippi native, Molly Thomas, is a songwriter & musician currently living in Point Clear, AL. Throughout her career, Thomas has released three acclaimed records and two singles as a solo artist, and one album, Honey’s Fury, and a single with her band, Molly Thomas & The Rare Birds. Her bandmate and guitarist, Rick Hirsch (Bonnie Raitt, Joan Armatrading, Gregg Allman, Wet Willie) co-produced Honey’s Fury with Thomas. Her music has appeared in three films and is building a portfolio of cinematic compositions for a future project. She is currently working with writer and producer Ken Rose (Marianne Faithfull, Sony/Atv, Warner Music, EMI) on her fourth album release.
Thomas has made her home in Point Clear, Alabama on the Mobile Bay, after living several years in Nashville, TN, where she performed as a side-person with many noteworthy artists. Thomas has recorded and performed internationally, including performances at The Ryman Auditorium, Los Angeles’ El Rey Theatre, late night performances on David Letterman and Jay Leno’s Tonight Show with folk icon Todd Snider. Her violin, string arrangements and vocals have been featured on recordings and/or performances with Guster, Todd Snider, The White Buffalo, Will Hoge, Tommy Talton, Atom Orr, Matthew Ryan, Mando Saenz, Amelia White, Abe Partridge among others. Her reputation as a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and collaborator speaks for itself.
While recording her upcoming album, Thomas was in a near fatal car crash. Thomas is making a recovery and prepares to release the new record in 2024.
PRESS
“Molly Thomas is no little lady, bemoaning her trials and tribulations at the hands of the wrong kind of man.
There's a streak of defiance a mile wide in her voice and, as a writer, she kicks where it hurts and
with unerring accuracy.”
Michael Mee - The Hawick News/UKnetrhythms.com
http://www.netrhythms.co.uk/reviewst.html#mollythomas
"The album has a slightly gauzy sound, but it's not the production haze often used to cover up the
limitations of weak vocalists. It's more the throwback resonance of projects like last year's
Jack White-Loretta Lynn album."
Lawrence Specker - Mobile Register
"Thomas was most effective, raising her voice in hymn-like fashion to stun the audience into reverential silence as
songs from her "Shoot the Sky" recording trippingly bounced around the interior walls of the historic building.
A seemingly natural musician, Thomas, who began playing violin at age 6, can switch from piano to guitar to violin,
writing and producing her compositions into a galvanizing form."
Bill Whiting - Honest Tune Magazine
www.honesttune.com/index.php
“Molly Thomas sings what my guts can’t find the words to say. She offers us the freedom to sit back and listen while she explores heartache on our behalf. I feel lucky I found her music. ” - Jason Segel (actor)
What other artists have to say about Molly...
they just have this witchy mysterious vibe to them that sounds so great when im cooking outside.
and with this batch of songs i really think molly has taken her art even further and opened her heart even wider.
you know its not easy to be a woman in this town or my band.
male songwriters think we know everything, i remember a particular night backstage listening to a male songwriter
giving molly a bunch of advice he probably shouldve been asking her for.....
she listened politely of course , and then she went out and let her music do the talking.
the guy had to follow her and it wasnt pretty.
with this album i feel like once again molly is proving that she lets her music do the talking.
good luck following this one fellas." ~ Todd Snider
"Thanks so much for recording my song, 'Tumbleweed.' You did such an incredible amazing job of getting it just right!!!
What an amazing band you have... really atmospheric and beautiful music... and you guys have your own sound. It's wonderful music
and yet still song oriented, it enhances the power and emotion of the songs. You are great."
- Jack Tempchin (songwriter for The Eagles)
“Molly Thomas is unfiltered ‘south.’ She is the feel and the sound of the southern United States. In an America where food chains,
homogenized broadcasting and department stores oppress the uniqueness of any time and place, Molly manages to sound untouched
and singular in her expression. She's vulnerable and stubborn while she honors the themes of loneliness, literature and that ethereal
humidity that comes with the southern perspective.” ~ Matthew Ryan