Visceral, textured, lush, playful yet frank songwriting with a jazzy voice that'll melt your longing heart.

10 MP3 Songs
COUNTRY: Americana, ROCK: Folk Rock

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Some artist produce âAmericanaâ music in a spirit that is akin to a gumbo or a stew. A medley of accompanying flavors melding together into something that is definitely more than the sum of its parts. Dodge City, Kansas native and current Greensboro, North Carolina resident Molly McGinnâs pedigree through her musical career has covered everything from jam-band to ska and reggae, so itâs not surprising MS. McGinnâs take on Americana, âGirl with Slingshotâ utilizes these influences in a recipe that works to great and surprising effect.

Ms. McGinn is a vocalist with a style that is an equal blend of cool urbanite and earnestly sincere Southern girl. An example of the former is exhibited in the first cut Kill Devil Hills, a smooth folk-jazz snapshot of life which is delivered with a hep scat-like staccato and cloaked in a reverb drenched vibe. The latter comes though in the lovely slide guitar paired gospel-country tune âPreacher and Thievesâ which is a song that would have easily for in Neko Caseâs earlier Southern-gothic catalog.

âBad Jokes and Bluesâ takes me to a smoky L.A. beat-club circa 1967 and offers one of the best one-liners Iâve heard in a song about love âPlease donât dull my eccentricities.â âBeautiful Ugly Manâ sounds like a funky beat-box rave up with a Suzanne Vega at the helm. Intimate and literate lyrics wrapped in poignant and sophisticated arrangements that never leave you cold.

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