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Solstice (This Day the Sun Stands Still)

from DECEMBER FALLS by Norine Braun

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    Comes in environmentally friendly recycled cardboard packaging. Norine Braun released her 12th full- length album December Falls last Christmas 2020. The Vancouver Sun Stuart Derdeyn named December Falls as 1 of 5 new seasonal releases worth putting under your tree. J. Ireson says it best that ” blues-rock singer-songwriter Norine Braun has cooked up a Christmas album during her time in quarantine that offers up several swingin' new holiday-tinged tracks and peppers in her rowdy take on some old chestnuts. The veteran songstress' new tracks frame the season in a new way, shirking the traditional style much in the way rock n roll originally came in and rebranded the idea of Christmas by the likes of Brenda Lee and Elvis Presley. December Falls encapsulates the whole period of transition that comes with the new year, not just the day itself. God knows we're all ready for a transition!"

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Solstice helping us live through dark nights of the soul while still remaining hopeful and optimistic. A song about Winter Solstice.

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SOLSTICE (This Day the Sun Stands Still)
Winter is upon us now
Cozy up as lights go down
Deep and dark the longest night
We’re drawn to the brightest edge of the world

Silhouetted trees so bare
Biting cold in moonlit air
Your icy breath it takes me there
To the brightest edge of the world

Frozen lashes frame your blues
This day the sun stands still with you
Time for stories to be told
Making angels in the snow
Catching flakes upon my tongue
We’ll long to be forever young
You’ll grasp my mitted hand to chill
We’ll muse this day the sun stands still


Seasons of the souls entwined
Release, relax, let go, recline
Hush the head we delve divine
To the brightest edge of the world

To empty needs no mighty will
Powdered soft becoming still
Like melting snow we cleanse ourselves
This day the sun stands still

This ceremony of new wonder
As we find our souls going under
We sometimes wish it could stay
But nature has her cycles and must have her way
We move with the circle and around we go
But we learn as the ages grow
A dark night of the soul
Doesn’t last forever
Spring follows winter
Like day follows night we remember
Darkness followed by light
We move with a promise that whatever we let go of
Is replaced by something of equal or of a greater love
© Norine Braun 2020

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from DECEMBER FALLS, released December 1, 2020
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Produced by Adam Popowitz at Rear Window Song and Sound
Words and Music by Norine Braun
Norine Braun Vocals and Rhythm Guitar
Adam Popowitz Bass
Elliot Polsky Drums and Percussion
Alice Fraser Keys and Harmony Vocals
Huggybear Leonard Chromatic harmonica and Penny Whistle
Brent Mah Tenor Sax

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Norine Braun Vancouver, British Columbia

Her signature funky folk-blues sound simply cannot be matched. Best listened to as loud as your neighbours will tolerate. Abortmag

Her music sounds like the union of Nick Cave with Patti Smith & City and Colour deep in the Canadian forests.
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An imaginative display of fine musicianship, potent vocals and heartfelt lyrics, talent like hers doesn't exactly come around too often. Music Emission ... more

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