Molly Thomas:  

Life In a recent London Times article about the surplus of non-country music talent in Nashville, the author recalled visiting a Music City rock club and happening upon a young female violinist backing up an unknown singer-songwriter on a weekday night. The violinist’s compelling voice and stage presence, even in a side musician’s role, proved to the author that Nashville was simply overflowing with artists on the verge. That violinist, Mississippi-native Molly Thomas, has since moved to center stage, having now released a gripping full-length solo LP, Shoot The Sky. The album, mostly recorded in Thomas’ Nashville home, features twelve tracks and Thomas herself on vocals, violin, guitar, cello, bass, piano, moog, Hammond organ, mandolin, assorted percussion and, on the oddly buoyant “Crack Cocaine,” some wonderfully trashy drumming. The album’s title is a nod to an unnamed lover whose self-destructive nature also destroys those who love him - even those who wish they did not. “Another wasted dream, another wasted man, another wasted day with you,” Thomas sings, resignedly, on “Blueprint,” the album’s haunting, reverb-laden opener. Thus the stage is set for this emotional, at times bitter, but ultimately triumphant album. Thomas, who continues to be an in-demand live and session player, most recently for the likes of Todd Snider, Will Kimbrough, Matthew Ryan and Mindy Smith, gets some assistance from some of her peers on Shoot Th...Expand for more