Harvest Time

Michele Solberg's voice grounded in the night lifts the disheartened from malaise. Taking knowledge from childbirth, motherhood, crisis and betrayal, she marches on into the night, wiser, stronger, like an angel's trumpet heralding a calling, sharing the struggle, making sense of the years, pouring out her heart to those lost in the night and in despair. She recognizes that there are only a few among us, gorging themselves upon us, taking, stealing our time together, cashing in on chaos and decay. With this album, Michele places a foot down in the path of corporate greed, our disposable lifestyle, and the casual heart. Good things to come from this artist. MikeSpike- 1/24/2012 In the summer of 2009, Michele began writing again after an eight-year hiatus. The archetypal experiences of the major arcana in tarot inspired her to write eleven songs that follow the fool's journey. She begins the album with Harvest Time that references the fool and the rebirth of Dionysus, who is featured as the fool in the Crowley tarot deck. The songs are either directly or loosely inspired by the Crowley tarot deck. In Dust of the Moon, Michele begins the song with a direct visual reference to the Crowley card, the sun's in the beetle's pincers, moving through the night. Other songs, such as Dogs are on the Loose, are an interpretation of the unrealized potential of the card, or the card in an upside down position. In Between the Threads, Michele makes a direct reference to the entire 78 card tarot deck, there are 78 cries in a mockingbird's song. The songs resulted in a collaborative recording experience with Rob Halverson at Tree World Recording and the release of Michele's first full-length original recording in over ten years.