Molly Maguires
PUBLIC ENEMIES (LP)
2-year anniversary show
w/ very special guest: BIG LUX
Saturday, April 9
Show: 8p | Doors: 7p
Tickets: $15 ($2 Service Charge Included With Online Tickets. All sales are final, no ticket refunds or exchanges. Seats are on a first-come, first-serve basis, and seats are not guaranteed with ticket purchase.)
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Molly Maguires is an indie rock & roll band from New England. The group’s debut album Public Enemies was released on April 7th, 2020.
“kicks and stomps with a righteous rock underbelly . . . punk anguish and folk gallantry” –Glide Magazine
“heartfelt and rousing” –Rebel Noise
“grooving riff rock, singer-songwriter honesty, and traditional country and folk” –V13
In the summer of 2009, founding member JJ Sorensen began conceptualizing and writing music for Molly Maguires. in 2010, while attending framingham state university, Sorensen met vocalist Meghan Earle, and the pair would eventually launch a failed attempt to start Molly Maguires in 2014 with other musicians they had met at FSU. After this near-immediate disbandment, Earle went on to front the popular Boston-area cover band the road dawgs while Sorensen mostly abandoned music, occasionally working as a live guitarist for lifelong friend and pop/r&b artist Laura Dowding in their native westerly, rhode island.
In late 2018, Sorensen was encouraged by then-coworker and entertainment industry veteran Kent Jordan to attempt another start at forming Molly Maguires. Earle, who had begun looking for original projects, agreed to join. after the duo recorded an acoustic demo in Earle’s apartment in early 2019, Sorensen began assembling a band. Jordan would go on to serve as production manager for the group’s debut album public enemies, which was recorded in November and December of 2019 and released on April 7th, 2020. the 8-track concept album was produced by Sorensen and Bradford Krieger and released to widespread acclaim, with singles “October Sky” and “for a few $ more” receiving frequent airplay on college and indie radio.
After the covid-19 pandemic prevented Molly Maguires from touring to support the album, the group instead began writing and production for their second full-length lp that’s my story, which is tabbed for release in 2021. the first single “soul searching” is scheduled for a February 12th, 2021 release date.
Big Lux is a larger-than-life musician changing the way people see the Violin, and the world. His music reflects a life spread across five continents and multiple war zones, with original compositions taking audiences from Baghdad to Seoul to his hometown of Westerly, RI. Classically trained as a child, he blends Hip Hop, Blue Grass, Jazz, and personal life stories to create an experience for his audience instead of a show. Whether he’s playing a nightclub, a corporate event or a wedding, Big Lux delivers a musical performance you can feel.
As much as he loves performing, Big Lux is also passionate about advocating for human rights. Having immersed himself in South American, Asian and Middle Eastern cultures, his love for people is rivaled only by his desire for us to do better as a whole. Both his music and his speaking events are socially conscious, personal and authentic, with an eye always toward a better tomorrow.