About Marion & Her Music
Marion Halliday - Photo by Lou Tingle
MARION HALLIDAY is a recovering lawyer, native Kentuckian, and now songstress and troubadour splitting her time between Louisville, Kentucky, and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. She has been a singer her entire life, and for several years she was lead singer of the regionally acclaimed trad Irish band, My Darling Asleep (see their album of the same name by clicking HERE). After establishing a home in Philadelphia, in 2012 she co-founded a Celtic band, The Molly Blooms (with Lisa Timmons, Rosie McNamara-Jones, and Donna Bostock).
In 2017, Marion got the writing bug and, in order to feature her original music, founded Trickster Sister with Donna Bostock (bass, percussion, backing vocals) and Sister Jane Halliday (violin, banjo uke and backing vocals). Over the years, the band has appeared in festivals and venues throughout the US, as well as in the UK and Mexico. They have also been featured in prestigious industry showcases including the Suzi Wollenberg Folk DJ Showcase; the juried NERFA 2019 Semi-Formal Showcase in Stamford Connecticut (both part of Folk Alliance International); and were finalist in the 2018 Best of Philly Live Performance. Marion's debut solo album Rings Around Saturn landed at #3 on the Folk Radio DJ charts as well as garnered Marion the #3 artist slot and has been played on over 70 public radio stations throughout the US as well as internationally.
Marion's EPK as well as press photos can be found HERE.
Marion has great breadth as a songwriter. She has found inspiration, for example, in the history of Philadelphia, where she lived for a number of years, writing a range of songs that touch on city's rich and varied past. This includes songs about an escaped convict from Eastern State Pen, the forlorn beauty of Laurel Hill Cemetery, the Statue to the Lenape in Wissahickon Park, and the revolutionary war memorial at Washington Square, among others. Click HERE for more information about the Philly Songs Project.
Marion has also written songs on more universal, contemporary topics such as domestic abuse, gun violence, suicide, and the scourge of heroin and meth addiction ravaging our country. Lastly, Marion’s music also includes amusing reflections on the challenges of relationships, as well as an abiding love of bourbon. To see the lyrics for Marion's recorded/released music, and learn a bit more about what inspired each song, click HERE.
About Sister Jane
JANE HALLIDAY (YouTube@JaneHalliday-Musician), is a versatile musician with extensive performance experience in a variety of musical genres. She studied violin with Paul Kling, Philipp Naegele, Peter McHugh, and Timothy Baker. She has a B.M. in music performance and an M.A. in Humanities & Civic Leadership, both from the University of Louisville, as well as a B.A. in English from Smith College. Jane’s performance experiences as a classical musician range from solo work to chamber and orchestral playing with ensembles throughout Kentucky. She also plays for productions of the Broadway Series at the Kentucky Center For the Performing Arts and special concerts by visiting artists such as Stevie Wonder, Kristin Chenoweth, and The Eagles. She is a founder of the Carnegie Quartet, an outstanding string ensemble based in Lexington Kentucky.
As a crossover violinist, she “fiddles” in Jane’s Jazz Addiction and collaborates and records original music written by her singer/songwriter sister, Marion Halliday. She is on the faculty at Bellarmine University where she teaches violin and coaches both the school’s Chamber Orchestra and “BUgrass” ensembles.