Although she is most familiar to folk audiences as a founding member of the female trio Red Molly, Carolann began her musical journey as a solo performer. In the late 1990s, she abandoned a comfortable theatrical career and leapt headlong into the teeming pool of singer-songwriters in her hometown of New York City. Armed with a powerful voice and percussive guitar style, she soon found herself swimming in the downtown club scene, recording her first solo album, Just Across the Water (2000), and establishing her own independent label, Elizabeth Records, to release it.
In very short order, the soloist became one-fourth of a quartet, power folk group CC Railroad – and later, one-third of a trio, Red Molly – and Elizabeth Records grew from a vanity project to a vibrant collective boasting six artists and nine releases.
Nine years after the birth of the label, the founder of Elizabeth Records returned to the fold to release her second solo album, the tenth under its umbrella, Glass of Desire.
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