Blog: State Magazine

"You've a magnificent brain, Moriarty. I admire it. I'd like to present it pickled in alcohol to the London Medical Society." Ok, wrong reference; we're not talking about Holmes' mad-cap nemesis. Instead, for those you not yet been acquainted let us introduce you to Moriarty ; a French-American folk roots quintet. The band are Rosemary, Arthur, Zim, Thomas & Charles Moriarty and they have been described as 'Billie Holiday fronting Calexico'. Now that's grabbed your attention hasn't it. The sound is a mix of folk, country, blues and cabaret fronted by Rosemary's strange but beguiling [...]