Songs & Stories - Music Nova Scotia Open Mic - Saturday, February 27th - 1 to 4 PM - FREE
Molly Thomason is our featured performer at this week's Music Nova Scotia Songs & Stories Open Mic at The Carleton Music Bar & Grill.
Molly officially played The Carleton in December, opening up for Dave Bidini and his Bidiniband. She not only impressed Dave, she impressed us at the club. We're looking forward to hearing a full set of material this time around! Talented beyond her years, Molly is one to keep an eye on as she grows as a player and writer - trust me on this one...
Here's Molly's self-written bio...
I was born in Sidcup, Kent, England, on September 29th 1994 but I moved with my theatre practitioner parents (my mom’s an actor/writer/director and my dad is director/artistic director/writer) to Wolfville, Nova Scotia, when I was 18 months old.
I’m bilingual; French immersion since I started school but now I’m in an English High School: I’m doing the IB program at Doctor John Hugh Gillis High School in Antigonish. I began teaching myself guitar when I was eleven – my first song was Iris, by the Goo Goo Dolls. I love that song…
My Mom says that I arrived singing, but I’ve been writing songs down since I was around eight. My first major public performance was when I played Jojo in Suessical the Musical, with Antigonish’s Music of the Night. Not long after that I got to front a French band from my school – Pomquet – in the French music competition “Frogstock”, in Sydney, Cape Breton. The band (L’Épicentre) won second place and we got to record one song at a Radio Canada studio in Moncton, New Brunswick.
In March 2008 I was fortunate to work with Scott McMillan and Brian Doyle on La Caravane, a French stage performance that travels around Cape Breton. The same year I fronted the band Kluzo at Frogstock (May 2008) and we won best original song, for “Risque”, that I wrote while working with Scott and Brian.
During the summer of 2008 I was a student at the Sherbrooke Village Songwriters Camp, and so got to play at Stanfest, as part of the Road to Stanfest. 2008 was a busy, exciting summer for me: I also opened for Liam Titcomb at Silver Glen and The Sons of Maxwell for the Music on Main concert series in Antigonish, and in fact Valdy said I could say I opened for him – as I played right before him at Sherbrooke!
In October 2008 I opened for Scott MacMillan and Brian Doyle at the Normaway Inn, and then for Andrea Wittgens (October 18th) at Immaculata Hall in Antigonish, and was the featured performer at the Wishing Well event, St. Andrews.
2009 started off busy and is getting busier, which is great! In January I started working with Tim Feswick on my first CD (supported by Nova Scotia Tourism and Culture’s Emerging Music Grant) and I have some amazing musicians playing on it: Dave Burton, Kris Richards, Carl and Jenn Laudadio, Anya and Kassia Gilbert from Drumlin, and Coco Love Alcorn, John Bird, Tim Feswick, Delia McPherson, and fabulous keyboard player Andre Surette. That CD is Through the Static, and is due for release… about NOW! (June 2009)
Recent concerts have included: the Woodpile in Liverpool (February), a house concert in Antigonish (Feb 6th) and loads of shows at my high school and at Friday Night Live, a regular Venue in Antigonish. Also: Lanes in Liverpool with Ryan Neilson, the Lennon McCartney show in Antigonish (March) and in Wolfville May 23rd; April 5th a Green Event on the St. FX campus – Landsong; April 24th, at the Bauer Theatre, Antigonish – the night was Molly Thomason and Friends and I had a great band: Greg Melchin, Greg Favaro, Donald MacLennan (amazing fiddler, vocalist and mandolin player!) and my special guest Ian Sherwood. My CD launches in June (Antigonish, 10th, Halifax 11th, Liverpool 12th, and Wolfville 13th) then in July I’ll be at Stanfest and Harmony Bazaar to name a few – see the upcoming Concerts page.
Thanks so much for visiting my site, and keep coming back! I’ll hope to see you at a show!
Thanks,
Molly
