1996 – Sugar Hill Records

CD Universe
This wonderful album is peppered with excellent material, interpreted with style and grace. Some of Mollie’s best work is on her duet albums with Tim, but this album is a great place to discover this lady, who is actually confident enough to cover the ’80s classic “Sign Your Name” by Terence Trent D’Arby. Also features a great old Tin Pan Alley song, “Having the Time of My Life.”

Graham Weekly Album Review
The album ranges from very traditional material to contemporary songs, from gospel to jazzy to Western Swing, and even includes a wonderful acoustic treatment of a Terence Trent D’Arby pop song. .. virtually every one of the dozen tracks is a gem with either Ms. O’Brien’s vocal shining or the musical arrangements being brilliant, or both. The album provides some opportunities for instrumental solos, but the focus remains on Ms. O’Brien’s instantly captivating vocals.

Notes from PrairieHome.org
Her first solo CD for Sugar Hill Records, Tell It True was in the top 10 of Gavin’s Americana chart for six weeks and astounded her bluegrass fans and reacquainted her with R&B fans.