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Tuesday 29th October, Bush Hall, London. Molly Tuttle. It’s a chilly October night in old London town but we made sure we got here early for support act Emily Mae Winters. To be honest I didn’t know a lot about Emily beforehand but have certainly left the thirty minute set as a fan. What a wonderful voice.
Next up is Molly Tuttle, originally from California but now Nashville via Boston. However, if you listen to some of her songs I would swear she hails from somewhere in deepest Shropshire leading the English folk scene there. Whats interesting with Molly is her seamless shift between styles such as folk, straight country and Bluegrass which I guess is largely down to her father, a Bluegrass music teacher.
What shouldn’t be underestimated is her guitar pickin. I compare her as a female version of Richard Thompson, again an underrated guitarist and like Thompson she has at times a classic folk voice with some great traditional tunes to back it up. This style I think is highlighted especially on the older tunes tonight and certainly on one of my favourites ‘Friend and a friend’. There is a more rounded sound on her latest release this years’ ‘When You’re Ready’ and her voice moves somewhere between Suzanne Vega and Sheryl Crow.
Molly is supported tonight by her band which adds depth to the songs with their close harmonies and especially the addition of Christian Sedelmyer on fiddle taking a key spot in moving the songs to the next level.
The set tonight cover all bases from her first EP, the new album, covers and even time for some traditional Swedish folk music which further highlights the on stage dynamics of the acoustic guitar and fiddle showdown. The finger work is so quick that the amount of notes played in that one track must have run into the many hundreds.
We are watching an artist certainly at the top of their game with a faultless performance of a folk, country, Bluegrass mash up. Tricky to pick highlights but let’s go with ‘When You’re Ready’ and ‘Rain and Snow’ with a special mention for the finale of The Band’s ‘Cripple Creek’.
Great night, great voices, great band.
Keep on folkin country rockin’ y’all.
garyw66
I felt so lucky to have come across Molly Tuttle when listening to new music some months ago. Even more fortunate to get to see and hear her her band in Oxford. Brilliant musicianship from all and wonderful original songs. I am a sucker for a great melody and she produces so many for her first album 'When you're ready'. Her voice is pure and clear and St. Barnabus Church provided a perfect soundstage.
I hope she gains more exposure and hence fans over here in the UK as she is a class act.
Mikegroberts
A really great evening. The bonus for us was she came with her band, so we got the benefit of a full sound which showcased her songs, especially from her recently issued cd.
She's such a talent - a wonderful guitarist, writing some lovely songs and I urge people to (a) buy the cd (DO NOT STREAM) and go see her as soon as you can!
p.s. Anyone who encores with 'Werewolves Of London' for Halloween has to be respected!
Mick & Katherine
mickphew
Somewhat disappointed. I expected her to do SOME of her older material but none was there. No White Freightliner, no banjo and very little guitar flat picking. I understand she is promoting her own songs, which are good, but I would have liked to have seen and heard some of her great flat picking of her traditional music and her fantastic banjo picking. To me the opening act was more entertaining.
theduckett90
5 Stars - Molly Tuttle+band with Magpies support at Brudenell Social Club Leeds 28/10/19
Loved Molly at Caroline St Social Club Saltaire (fab venue) earlier this year when solo. This time she brought her band - fiddle, bass, drums which was even better - a real treat. All excellent, fantastic performance - fab 5 star gig!
stevens.tribe
