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Sharleen Leahey : So Frail
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Female political folk songs much like the 70s styles
Genre: Folk: Political
Release Date: 2004
So Frail Record Label: Songs for Peace
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Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
So Frail 3:27 Album Only
Good People 3:44 Album Only
Daring To Speak 3:09 Album Only
War Fever 1:54 Album Only
Say No To War 2:01 Album Only
Each One 4:29 Album Only
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Album Notes

This collection of topical songs by Sharleen Leahey is a passionate and urgent message challenging us to question our leaders and ourselves on the issue of war and the imperative of making peace. Every song on "So Frail" is a bridge from silent outrage and despair to heightened awareness and resistance. Sharleen was strongly influenced by the great topical songwriters of the 1960s including Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs and Buffy Sainte-Marie. Sharleen has been performing topical folk music for the past 25 years and from 1993-1999 was the publisher and editor of Songs for Peace magazine. Each and every track on the CD echoes a growing cry for peace rising from the communal activism of people in every corner of the Earth ... a cry which when loud enough, will make it imperative for governments to listen. "So Frail" is dedicated to Sharleen's daughter Sonja (who plays bass on two of the songs). As Sharleen sings, "The final war must be counted for peace is each child's due!"

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REVIEWS

The kind of protest songs you won't hear on TV!
author: Jan Barry-The Record, Bergen County, NJ
In “So Frail” Sharleen sings of the sanctity of life amidst war and transforms her horror over the invasion of Iraq into songs for peace . . . aiming to defuse landmines with the kind of protest songs you won’t hear on the TV news.
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A strong debut CD from Central Jersey’s voice for peace.
author: Bob Makin, Entertainment Editor, Gannet Newspapers
A strong debut CD from Central Jersey’s voice for peace.
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what a beautiful sound this is!!
author: Carol Sciacca
This cd has a wonderful sound to it and is full of surprises as you listen. Such a soothing voice for so serious a subject. What a combination. Can't wait to hear more.
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Strong, passionate, and with humor.
author: Audrey Marie
Honest and impelling. You’ll want to hear more.
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