Matches
Words and music by Carolann Solebello (c)2015

Another breaking news flash
Another crowded place
Another bitter, twisted soul puts on the devil’s face 
Another town is crying
Another town begins
Another day to wash away the bloodstains and the sins

Another grim analysis
Another talking head
Another unmarked county van arrives to count the dead
Another day of candles 
Another day of names
Another day of photographs of lives gone down in flames

Oh, Brother, what have we done?
Ignorance and hatred consume us one by one
Oh, Mother, when will we learn?
When everyone has matches
Everyone gets burned

Another wall of innocents
Another tolling bell
Another childless mother takes her turn in hell
Another brother’s sister
Another father’s son
Another heart stops beating at the wrong end of a gun

Another breaking news flash
Another day in fear
Another day to bow before the freedoms we hold dear
Another town is bleeding
Another bleak amen
Another day we all forget until it comes again

Oh, Mother, what have we done?
Rage and isolation destroy our wayward sons 
Oh, Brother, when will we learn?
When everyone has matches
Everyone gets burned

DEMOS 2017                    

Matches

From Steel and Salt (2013). Words and music by Carolann Solebello.

Steel and Salt

River

Golden Boy

Grounded in American roots music, Glass of Desire is modern folk for grownups that takes a hard look in the spiritual rear-view mirror: there’s more in the frame than is evident at first glance, and things are much closer than they appear.

Genre: Folk: Modern Folk
Release Date: 2009

01 Home

04 Shibboleth

Americana with a New York accent...

"Threshold" is Carolann Solebello’s third solo album, and her first since parting from celebrated female trio Red Molly in August 2010. Exploring the sonic landscape of American folk music from Appalachian ballads to honky-tonk barnburners, Solebello gracefully melds old and new in this 12-song collection. Producer Fred Gillen, Jr. complements each track with arrangements that blend American roots and contemporary edge with ease. In addition to Gillen (electric guitar, vocals), the "Threshold" band includes Cheryl Prashker (drums), Mike Weatherly (bass), Sara Milonovich (violin), Mark Allen Berube (banjo, vocals), Steve Kirkman (electric guitar), and Catherine Miles (vocals). Solebello plays acoustic guitar, mandolin, and even a little resonator guitar.

CarolannSolebello.com

Genre: Folk: Appalachian Folk
Release Date: 2011

01 Hound Dogs In August

07 Empty House

CAROLANN SOLEBELLO is a performing songwriter born and bred in New York City.  Best known to folk audiences as a founding member of Americana trio Red Molly, she now tours both as a solo act and with modern folk quartet No Fuss and Feathers. Her smooth, compelling voice and warm acoustic guitar style nod to rural folk traditions, but her lyrics lie curled in the shadow of the towers, bridges, and highways of her urban home.  Carolann has released four solo CDs and has won multiple songwriting awards.

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