DATE: Saturday - March 17, 2012
TIME: 8:00PM (doors open at 5:30PM)

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Most familiar to folk audiences as a founding member of the female trio Red Molly, CAROLANN SOLEBELLO returned to solo performance in August 2010 after six years of steady touring with the band. Her third solo CD – Threshold – the first since parting from Red Molly, was released in June 2011. She also has two previous solo albums to her credit, Just Across the Water (2000) and Glass of Desire (2009).

A New York City native, Carolann first fell in love with mountain music – and the bluegrass and country that grew out of that tradition – while working as an actor in East Tennessee and Kansas. Tunes and techniques she learned from musicians in both places fundamentally changed her approach to songwriting and guitar playing, and subsequently colored her work with Red Molly.

Carolann recorded three full-length CDs with Red Molly. In 2006, the live CD Never Been to Vegas, earned the trio Best New Artist status at WUMB Boston. Their 2008 follow-up, Love and Other Tragedies, spent ten weeks in the Americana Top 15, and Carolann’s song “Summertime” was the #1 Song on the Folk DJ chart in July 2008. James, released in 2010, peaked at #4 on the Americana chart, and was #23 on the 2010 AMA Top 100.

Red Molly toured nationally during Carolann’s tenure with the band, and was privileged to perform at numerous festivals, including: Merlefest (NC), Kerrville Folk Festival (TX), Falcon Ridge Folk Festival (NY), Woody Guthrie Folk Festival (OK), New Bedford Summerfest (MA), Musikfest (PA), and Philadelphia Folk Festival (PA).

Carolann continues to earn accolades performing her New York-inflected brand of original and traditional Americana as a solo artist. She has been privileged to garner support slots for Phil Vassar, Dave Mason, Vance Gilbert, David Wilcox, Tracy Grammer and Sloan Wainwright, among others.

“Solebello's multi-instrumental chops, her gift for songwriting and versatile vocals run the gamut from country, bluegrass, gospel and contemporary folk... She is in total command of her art and exudes a confident, effortless approach throughout.”
- Jim Hynes, Elmore Magazine

“She has entered a new phase of her career, stepping out of the shadow of Red Molly to display her own rich voice and considerable songwriting talents, skillfully mastering a wide variety of genres from contemporary to country while also putting her own spin on a few traditional ballads. Carolann has come into her own.”
- Jake Jacobson, Director, Circle of Friends Coffeehouse, Franklin MA

PAT WICTOR, an innovative slide guitarist known for fresh and memorable versions of traditional and contemporary songs, is equally well-regarded as a singer and songwriter, writing material grounded in the rural country, gospel, and blues traditions of our nation. In the past year he's been touring nationally as one third of Brother Sun, the powerful harmonizing trio with Joe Jencks and Greg Greenway, garnering festival bookings and a #2 CD on the Folk DJ charts.

Recognition and acclaim have followed Pat for years: he won the Falcon Ridge Emerging Artist Showcase, was nominated for Emerging Artist of the Year by the Folk Alliance, was nominated for Gospel Song of the Year by the Independent Music Awards, and was a finalist in the Kerrville New Folk songwriting contest. His CD "Sunset Waltz" reached #2 on the Folk-DJ charts, and "Heaven is so High" and "Waiting for the Water" both reached #4.

Released in 2011, the debut band CD Brother Sun brings to the fore qualities Pat's fellow musicians have known about for years: his skills as ensemble player and co-bandleader. The CD displays new levels of freedom in Pat's slide playing, and showcases his harmonizing abilities, as well as several lead vocals and song contributions. The majority of Pat's touring time is now spent with Brother Sun.

He is also an in-demand session musician, providing his distinctive slide guitar and vocals on dozens of recordings, most recently on releases by Sloan Wainwright, Jon Vezner, Joe Crookston, and Lipbone Redding.

"Soft-spoken and articulate, in the 1930's he could have been a dust bowl preacher. The sermons, accompanied by the choir of his slide guitar, would have brought comfort to many a soul."
- Richard Cuccaro, Acoustic Live

"His performances are delicate, nearly evanescent, a daring and unusual approach for a blues singer who give listeners fresh perspectives on such familiar material as Son House's "Death Letter" and Skip James' "Hard Time Killing Floor." Wictor's compositions are especially memorable."
- Blues Revue