Hear “Peaceful Solution” by Clara Bellino

*****Artist’s Statement*****

I just played a benefit for Musicians for Peace with my band. At this benefit, the founder, Alan Moore, announced that I would sing a song called “A Peaceful Solution” written by Willie Nelson. We at Musicians for Peace are grateful that Willie Nelson joined us, but just to clarify: in 2004 I wrote a song “Peaceful Solution”  (© 2004) and released it on my CD ”Embarcadero Love” in 2005. In 2006 I was invited to join “Musicians for Peace“. Alan Moore included my “Peaceful Solution” on the organization’s compilation CD.

* I wrote “Peaceful Solution” during the “Bush years” when I was tired of hearing American actions justified as long as they made money. The first line is pivotal: “As long as money is enough of a reason, somebody pays with misery”, and epitomizes war as being between the haves and the have nots. When I released my CD, my distributors asked if I would donate a song. I picked “Peaceful Solution” because, if any song, that one should be free. Which is also the reason why I donated it to the Musicians for Peace compilation.

*Mr Bush is no longer President and world peace is still a work in progress. Hopefully our musical contributions help us move in that direction.

*You can download my song “Peaceful Solution” for free by joining my mailing list at:
http://www.clarabellino.com

* To read more about Clara Bellino go here: http://clarabellino.com/bio.html

*The late Chet Helms had this to say about Clara’s album “Embarcadero Love”: “In this album, my friend, songwriter and chanteuse Clara Bellino offers a delightful and eclectic collection of French, English and Spanish songs rendered in her soulful and sultry voice. There are echoes of Sade, Edith Piaf, Alanis Morrisette and numerous other blues, rock, jazz and europop influences. Clara blends them seamlessly and makes them her own. Enjoy… Henceforth Clara will no longer be known as a French chanteuse but as a freedom singer!”

Hear “Peaceful Solution” by Clara Bellino

Photo of Clara Bellino by Vic Owens