Well, I got my flyer for this year's Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, and it looks like an off year. In fact, if you take out Gandalf Murphy, The Kennedys, and The Nields you ain't left with much, as far as I'm concerned. Even Jimmy LaFave can't save it.
But I did see Red Molly are playing there, a bit of a homecoming for them (they met in the campground in 2004). So I thought I'd post some pics of Carolann Solebello playing mandolin. Little did I know what such a seemingly simple task would entail. An hour later, after scanning through their recent "Tour Photos" albums and coming up empty - even the folder of pics from a recording session showed only some GUY playing mandolin (yes, a human being with XY chromosomes) - I grew disheartened. Then I started going through their photo archives from 2005 - 2007. Before my eyes glazed over at the prospect of having to scan through 7 pages of 131 folders containing 2358 photos, I did find these. I have to wonder, though, as I haven't seen them play - Does Carolann play mandolin live? Much? Any more? Because I haven't seen much evidence in my searching, and none since 2007. If anyone has some input, I'd like to hear it.
BTW & FWIW, Laurie MacAllister plays banjo and fiddle, but not mandolin (and oddly, her fiddling isn't mentioned in their bio). I also included an artsy photo of Abbie Gardner's much-worn polka dot dress, matching shoes, and dobro.
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