World debut of new CD—free CD with every ticket!
Goodnight Moonshine is the dynamic duo of singer-songwriter Molly Venter (of Red Molly) and guitarist/producer Eben Pariser (of Roosevelt Dime). Blending Molly’s soulful, literary songwriting with Eben’s imaginative guitar work, they create a rich, jazz-infused folk sound. Known for their emotional depth and musical intimacy, the pair brings years of performance, storytelling, and collaboration to the stage—offering songs that are both deeply personal and universally resonant.
In Celebration of their ground-breaking new release “Business Unusual” Goodnight Moonshine is gifting you a Free CD with your ticket purchase. This is the first time the music will be made available to anyone, anywhere! “Business Unusual” explores the difficulty of modern family life—which the couple experienced acutely by having twins in early COVID—and it tracks the transformation and spiritual awakenings that followed.
Molly and Eben spent 30 sweaty days in the studio, searching for magical live-takes. Jazz master drummer Ryan Sands and Upright bassist (& Eben’s childhood bestie) Adam Chilenski, added the finishing touches. The record was co-mixed by Grammy winner David Seitz, and Produced by Eben Pariser. After cutting several records, and experimenting with limitless creative possibilities of studio production, Goodnight Moonshine is now thrilling audiences as an acoustic guitar duo. The format allows them to focus entirely on each other’s gifts and enter a hypnotic trance, a cycle of responsive vocal inspiration and guitar improvisation that deepens throughout the show. It is a main-line of the very best that both artists have to offer. In 2023, they played Arts And Ideas (CT), Red Ants Pants (MT), and Sisters Folk Fest (OR). They have gone on to wow festival audiences at Black Bear Americana Fest (CT), Musikfest (PA), and Falcon Ridge Folk Fest (CT), and played to sold out audiences in New Haven, CT, and Rockport, MA in 2024.
ABOUT GOODNIGHT MOONSHINE
Molly is well known for her sublime singing in the prominent female-vocal-group Red Molly, while Eben cut his teeth as a street performer in New York City, playing guttural music of New Orleans with his band Roosevelt Dime.
Molly’s enviable voice, which can be called both “biker-chick smoky” (New Haven Register), and “like silk” (American Songwriter Magazine), has taken her career to highlights including Tønder Festival in Denmark, Kate Wolf Fest in CA, and multiple placements on television and film. In Goodnight Moonshine she is in full force as a songwriter. Her trance-induced stream-of-consciousness writing style results in compositions that probe the depths of her inner experience. Her hit song “Hold It All”, recorded with Red Molly and performed regularly with Goodnight Moonshine, questions the meaning of life, and grapples with acceptance, with honesty and heart usually reserved for literary writers- which she also is- she writes a weekly column on Patreon.com
Starting as a blues guitarist in his teens, Eben’s imagination was quickly captured by classic jazz, which he studied at the Oberlin Conservatory. “Pariser’s harmonic sensibilities are wide, imaginative” (NPR), and his career has involved singing lead and playing bass with Roosevelt Dime, playing drums and being musical director of Red Molly- but it is his love of guitar and improvising on display in Goodnight Moonshine. A natural producer, Eben has 8 studio records under his belt for himself and other artists. He conceived of and launched the record label, Equitone Records in 2023. He is currently building a progressive guitar driven jazz trio with Ryan Sands (Christian Sands) and Austin Phillips.
