A distant star has been watching a blue-green planet turn, circle, rise, set, and change through vast eternities.
The distant star is old, seeing the Earth since her birth 4.5 billion years ago. The miraculous Earth has lived unfathomable lives through her existence. She has been molten, clouded, gaseous, frozen, and now in her current incarnation: blue-green and teeming with life. She has seen many changes and transformations. What will she be next?
Brightdarkdawn is songwriter/composer Anne Carol Mitchell. With intricate guitar and nature-based lyrics, the music brings listeners more beautifully into narratives of Earth’s deep time.
Do you know,
What you are?
Or how you seem,
From a distant star?
Alive encircling,
So many ones,
Who are you?
What will you be?
Who are you?
What will you be?
Could be fire,
Could be green,
So many things,
You have seen.
Could be blue,
Could be sea,
And many more,
You’ll surely be.
We’re always yearning to become,
Never more than what we were.
We’re circles returning,
We are circling ones.
Who are you?
What have you been?
You are beauty,
You are sublime,
A speck of light,
In a sea of time.
One bright moment,
In some vast dream,
Who are you?
What have you been?
Who are you?
What have you been?
I recall your gleaming,
Jeweled and white,
So many ways,
You’ve turned through night,
I’ve watched you breathing,
You are alive,
So many days,
I’ve watched you rise.
Could be fire,
Could be green,
So many things,
You have seen.
Could be blue,
Could be sea,
And many more,
You’ll surely be.
You’ll surely be.
SeaweedSway is a collaborative evolving project by Jessie Woletz & many incredible friends over the years, encouraging
community through music gatherings especially.
The poem of "SeaweedSway" sprouted in a convo between Karl Blau & Jessie in 2007, when Karl opened for BrightBlack Morning Light at the Great American Music Hall. The music encouraged seaweed-like movement in the room....more
Proceeds from this excellent new darkambient/neofolk comp from LEFT/FOLK goes to benefit American Near East Refugee Aid. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 10, 2024
Stark, folk-derived songs built on brittle acoustic guitars that conjure the image of a fire burning in the distance on a dark night. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 8, 2022
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Wow, just wow. Have already played several tracks from this album on The Illicit Grooves radio Show but just know I need it on vinyl too. The Gary Bartz track is so good but then again so is every other track. Bob Hill Illicit Grooves