American singer-songwriter, activist and actress
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Holly Near is a world-renowned singer and activist, known for producing music with powerful political messaging - she sings about war, racism, queer love and much more. She is one of the early pioneers of Women's Music (also known as radical lesbian feminist music) and the first lesbian to come out in People Magazine in 1975. Holly started her political career in the anti-war movement. Most notably, joining Jane Fonda's FTA (Free The Army) tour in 1971. We discuss all of her adventures from first meeting Jane - to starting her own record company - to the profound impact of her music on people from all walks of life. Thank you for listening to Cruising Podcast! -Reviews help other listeners find Cruising! If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave us a 5-star review! -For more Cruising adventures, follow us @cruisingpod on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook - Visit Holly's personal website - Learn more about Women's Music at becauseofasong.com - Watch the full F.T.A. documentary - Follow Holly on Instagram -Special thanks to this episode's sponsor, Olivia Travel -Discover Olivia at Olivia.com and save $100 on your next trip when you use promo code CRUISING -Support Cruising here! Cruising is an independent podcast. That means we're entirely funded by sponsors and listeners like you! -Cruising is reported and produced by a small but mighty team of three: Sarah Gabrielli (host/story producer/audio engineer), Rachel Karp (story producer/social media manager), and Jen McGinity (line producer/resident road-trip driver). Theme song is by Joey Freeman. Cover art is by Nikki Ligos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hello to you listening in Sebastopol, California!Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds for Story Prompt Friday and your host, Diane Wyzga. I have been following legendary singer/songwriter, actress, teacher, and broad-coalition activist Holly Near for decades and decades. Once upon a time I sat in on a concert she gave at the Orange Coast Unitarian Universalist Church in Costa Mesa, California. My life was never the same. I felt then that music can be a vehicle for empathy, understanding, introspection, and social evolution in a rapidly changing world.Of her many songs that speak to me and millions of listeners like me Planet Called Home never fails to resonate. It's the kind of earth-moving inspirational that will make your socks roll up and down and get you using your creativity to help this planet called home. How? “If each one did just one thing beautifully * Complex life on Earth might not die.”Click HERE to listen to Holly Near sing Planet Called Home/The Souls Are Coming Back on her recording of the same name.Click HERE to watch and listen to Holly Near's performance of Planet Called Home given at the 2003 Bioneers National Conference.Story Prompt: What is the one thing you can do beautifully? Are you ready to brave what it will take to do that for our Planet Called Home? Write that story! Planet Called Home [Song by Holly Near]… Can you call on your imaginationAs if telling a myth to a childPut in the fantastical, wonderful, magicalAdd the romantic, the brave and the wild… Once upon a time there was a powerSo great that no one could know its namePeople tried to change it and rule with itBut always such arrogance ended in shame.… Thousands of years would pass in a momentHundreds of cultures would come and goEach generation with a glorious callingEven when they were too busy to know… And then one day after two millenniaWhich after all was a small part of timeHundreds of souls found their way out of nowhereTo be on earth at the threat of decline… Let's all go, they moved as one beingEven though each would arrive here aloneThey promised to work in grace with each otherTo brave the beautiful planet called home… Now, there was no promise that they could save itBut how exciting to give it a tryIf each one did just one thing beautifullyComplex life on Earth might not die… And so they arrived in a spectrum of colorsThe population on earth did explodeSome threw themselves in front of disasterAnd others slowly carried their load… Some adopted small girls from ChinaSome lived high in the branches of treesSome died as martyrs, some lived as healersAnd, some bravely walked with a dreadful disease… They mingled among each class and each cultureNot one of them could be identifiedBut together they altered just enough momentsTo help the lost and the terrified… To step outside of our egos and bodiesTo know for once that we truly are oneThen quickly we would forget to rememberBut that's okay, their job was well done… And earth went on for another millenniumNow its time for this song to endThis magical story of hope and wonderInvites you all to wake up and pretend to be… Fabulous creatures sent from the powerSouls that have come with one purpose in mindTo do one thing that will alter the outcomeAnd maybe together we can do it in time… Can you call on your imaginationAs if telling a myth to a childPut in the fantastical, wonderful, magicalAdd the romantic, the brave and the wildThe souls are comin backThe souls are comin backThe souls are comin back!You're always invited: “Come for the stories - stay for the magic!” Speaking of magic, would you subscribe and spread the word with a generous 5-star review and comment - it helps us all - and join us next time!Meanwhile, stop by my Quarter Moon Story Arts website to:✓ Check out Services I Offer,✓ For a no-obligation conversation about your communication challenges, get in touch with me today✓ Stay current with Diane on as “Wyzga on Words” on Substack and on LinkedInStories From Women Who Walk Production TeamPodcaster: Diane F Wyzga & Quarter Moon Story ArtsMusic: Mer's Waltz from Crossing the Waters by Steve Schuch & Night Heron MusicAll content and image © 2019 to Present Quarter Moon Story Arts. All rights reserved.
It's been a whirlwind of a week chez Gundlach and I find myself at the end of it without a new episode ready to post. In addition to that, we are already halfway through Pride Month and I realized this morning that I had no new queer material up my sleeve. So I'll tell you what I'm gonna do: I am going to get to work on a brand new episode which will post sometime early next week. But in the meantime, I'm going to do my own Listener's Favorite episode, one which I posted during the very first season of Countermelody, a wondrous compilation entitled “Sisters in Sappho.” It features not only two of my favorite mezzos of all time (Tatiana Troyanos and Brigitte Fassbaender – both of whom happen to have been lesbians); but also a sampling of the key figures in the Women's Music Movement of the 1970s, including Meg Christian, Cris Williamson, Margie Adam, Holly Near, and Deidre McCalla. In celebrating these pop icons, I also pay tribute to those who, in turn, paved the way for them, including icons Janis Ian, Dusty Springfield, and Ronnie Gilbert, as well as tipping my hat to two of the queer Black singers (Toshi Reagon, Meshell Ndegeocello), that followed in the wake of these women. We all owe an enormous debt of gratitude to these extraordinary artists, who paved the way for us, their musical and artistic descendants, at the same time setting standards that will stand the test of time. Vocal guest stars include Janet Baker, Ileana Cotrubas, Cecilia Gasdia, Nicolai Gedda, Margaret Price, Gundula Janowitz, Arleen Augér, and Reri Grist. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford.
Greetings from the Canadian Folk Music Awards in snowy St. John's Newfoundland! This week's show features a host of NL musicians, plus nominees and showcase artists from the Awards week. Plenty of new releases and teasers of forthcoming new albums as well. Concert previews for Oumou Sangare (April 7 at The Chan), Rhiannon Giddens (April 15 at The Chan), and Holly Near, Ryan McMahon, Jeff Plankenhorn, Martyn Joseph, Steve Dawson, Hornby Blues, Adrian Glyn, Jim Byrnes, The Sojourners, Kristina Olson, Cassie & Maggie, and Teddy Thompson (all coming to The Rogue in the next few weeks.)
Holly Near is a person who pays attention, who notices and thinks and feels. Her perceptions and cogitations often become melodies, lyrics, and ideas for making things that inform and inspire. Holly had been a guest on Paradigms twice, in … More ... The post Holly Near – “Because of a Song” and much more… appeared first on Paradigms Podcast.
Tune in this week for a special Pride month edition of Cultural Manifesto. We're celebrating the legacy of Labyris, a feminist lesbian bar that operated near downtown Indianapolis from 1978 to 1984. Labyris hosted live performances from some of the biggest names in the women's music movement, including Holly Near, Toshi Reagon, and June Millington, founder of the legendary rock band Fanny. Kyle Long speaks with club's founder Mary Byrne. He also talks with Lē Weaver, an Indianapolis musician who performed at Labyris, including rare recordings of Lē performing live at Labyris.
Tune in this week for a special Pride month edition of Cultural Manifesto. We're celebrating the legacy of Labyris, a feminist lesbian bar that operated near downtown Indianapolis from 1978 to 1984. Labyris hosted live performances from some of the biggest names in the women's music movement, including Holly Near, Toshi Reagon, and June Millington, founder of the legendary rock band Fanny. Kyle Long speaks with club's founder Mary Byrne. He also talks with Lē Weaver, an Indianapolis musician who performed at Labyris, including rare recordings of Lē performing live at Labyris.
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Holly Near was just 8 years old when she first performed in public. And in a career that has now spanned over 50 yearse, Near has established herself as a folk music legend. Actually, she calls herself a troubadour. And she's a talented actress, appearing in episodes of The Mod Squad, All in The Family, and The Partridge family, as well as on Broadway in the musical "Hair." Near is also a member of the LGBTQ community, at a strong supporter of gay rights for many decades. I met her in 1990, when she published an autobiography called Fire in The Rain, Singer in The Storm.
This week's 'Song To Chew' is I CRIED by Ruth Pelham from my 'Stayin' Over' album. I first heard Holly Near sing this wonderful song, then I met the wonderful Ruth Pelham in person. She's an educator, songwriter and performer and she's dedicated her life to helping children learn by using music. Her school programs and songs blend her years of experience with her innovative approach to education. I recorded I CRIED because it was the only song I'd ever heard for children and families about divorce. It's masterful and addresses the courageous and healing discussions that need to take place to help families move on to living in a different configuration than what they'd expected. It lays out how difficult it is to carry on our regular lives while we grieve the loss of a life that has changed. Divorces are traumatic for kids, and very difficult for parents as well. Often kids feel responsible when their parents get divorced! But we know for sure that "a child is never responsible when parent's get divorced." Some kids try to "act perfectly", hoping their parents will get back together. Others are uncooperative and "act out'. These are the cries of a hurting heart. Around the world, many of our social norms teach us that it's not okay to cry, especially for men and boys. Sadness is part of being human. Everyone has hurts, and crying helps heal our body and our souls by rebalancing us. Contact Ruth at: Ruth Pelham.com, and I'll be back next week with another ‘Song to Chew'. Bye for now! ~ Listen and subscribe to my Songs To Chew podcast anywhere you get podcasts, or, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/peter-alsop-s-songs-to-chew/id1446179156 ~ CAMPING WITH DADS = https://www.amazon.com/Camping-Dads-Peter-Alsop/dp/B08CS871QW/ref=sr_1_1 ~ www.FaceBook.com/WeLikePeterAlsop ~ www.Youtube.com/peteralsop = videos ~ www.Patreon.com/peteralsop = support my music & other artistic endeavors ~ www.peteralsop.com/music = CDs & downloads
Multi-instrumentalist and bass player for Cold Blood, Holly Near, The Sons of Champlin and the Swingin' Deacons talks about his different musical existences.
Today's SONG TO CHEW is written and sung by Amy Fix. 'YOU ARE MY SPOON' is part of my "Ebenezer's Make Over" album; a feminist version of Charles Dickens' classic, "A Christmas Carol". His story is actually a 'make over' about how crochety Ebenezer Scrooge changed his stingy ways after being visited by three spirits during the night. I use that story along with songs from the feminist men's and women's movements to awaken Ebenezer to the errors of his sexist and patriarchal ways! With songs from my friends Holly Near, Amy Fix, Geof Morgan, Charlie Murphy, Fred Small, Romanovsky and Phillips, and others, along with actors and sound effects, we created EBENEZER'S MAKE OVER. Amy's love song is part of Scrooge's visit to his childhood, where he's reminded that as a young man, he fell in love, but didn't know how to fit with his sweetheart very well, so they broke up. "She wanted me to be a 'spoon', but all I knew how to do was be a fork!" ('Spooning' is when we cuddle in bed with someone else, both facing the same direction.) This song generates the question, "how do we learn to be comfortable with people who are different than we are?" Scrooge learns that if we can share some of our essential 'humanness' with others, we open the door to get to 'know' them better. And that's just one of the ideas we'll chew on today. Please click the link, and follow this podcast. We'll do it together again next week, with another SONG TO CHEW! Bye for now! ~ Listen and subscribe to my Songs To Chew podcast = https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/peter-alsop-s-songs-to-chew/id1446179156 ~ CAMPING WITH DADS = https://www.amazon.com/Camping-Dads-Peter-Alsop/dp/B08CS871QW/ref=sr_1_1 ~ www.FaceBook.com/WeLikePeterAlsop ~ www.Youtube.com/peteralsop = videos ~ www.Patreon.com/peteralsop = support my music & other artistic endeavors ~ www.peteralsop.com/music = CDs & downloads
Welcome to GLIDE Memorial Church's “Tiny Celebrations,” the mini-podcast highlighting the inspirational words and music from our Sunday Celebration.In this episode The Glide Ensemble with Musical Director Vernon Bush and soloist Dr. Amie Gregory sing the Holly Near song "I Am Willing."Please support the music, the art, and the message of GLIDE Memorial Church. Please donate today. https://www.glide.org/igive/
Holly Near - back off Raffaele Ciavolino Corrado Alunni - The last House Tango (NEW) Belladonna - meltin' Guitar Don Carlos - Alone Ananda Project Gaelle Adisson - cascades of colour - Kuniyuki's sugar love mix (NEW) Black Mighty Wax - keep on loving on Maria Muldaur - midnight at the Oasis - Re-recorded version Michael Franks - Mr. Smooth Mind Street 84 avenue - with me - From P60 Day remix (NEW) Patti Austin - in and out of love Kek'star Stickman - tribute - Side B (NEW)
Today we'll listen to MY BODY'S NOBODY'S BODY BUT MINE. It seems our Supreme Court doesn't realize that when there's an embryo developing inside a woman's body, that it's her choice and nobody else's, to decide if she wants to give birth to that embryo or not. The supporters of eliminating Roe v. Wade are the same people who sit in their “love thy neighbor” churches, mouthing platitudes like “do unto others, as you would have them do unto you”, while they vote against increasing the minimum wage to fifteen dollars an hour, funding school-lunch programs and any ‘single-payer health-care-for-all' bills, - all of which would make it possible for impoverished parents to take better care of their children. These legal constrictions on a woman's right to choose is certainly not about caring for the welfare of children. We marched through the streets of Milwaukee back in 1979 singing this song, and since then it's been sung at thousands of rallies, and in classrooms and auditoriums. Everyone has the right to be in charge of their own physical body. A woman's decision to have an abortion is not taken lightly. It's something that should never be legislated by anyone but the pregnant woman herself. It's complex and personal, and up to one person only. It's her choice! Then we'll sing along with Holly Near's anthem SINGING FOR OUR LIVES. As Joe Hill said, “Don't mourn, … organize!” I say, “Don't forget to vote, and keep singin'!” ~ Subscribe to my Songs To Chew podcast = https://peteralsop.podbean.com ~ CAMPING WITH DADS = https://www.amazon.com/Camping-Dads-Peter-Alsop/dp/B08CS871QW/ref=sr_1_1 ~ www.FaceBook.com/WeLikePeterAlsop ~ www.Youtube.com/peteralsop = videos ~ www.Patreon.com/peteralsop = support my music ~ www.peteralsop.com/music = CDs & downloads
Richard Brendan celebrates JourneysFire Radio's 20-year anniversary of Bringing Love to Life on 88.7fm WICR, with a full hour of information and inspiration with two powerful women; environmentalist Julia Butterfly Hill and social change artist Holly Near.
Today's song, I AIN'T AFRAID, is written and performed by Holly Near on my “Ebenezer's Make Over” album. It's a courageous song about religion because this topic is so loaded with extremist ideas and sensitive, defensive feelings about people's most devout spiritual beliefs and stories about their God or gods, that it can be physically dangerous to tread on these pathways. Holly does it with such powerful skill, grace and truth, showing clearly that it's the people who act violently and self-righteously in the name of their ‘god' who are in fact, dangerous. ‘Ebenezer's Make Over' is a collection of songs from the feminist men's and women's movement in the form of Charles Dicken's ‘Christmas Carol'. You can get it from my site, or by emailing me directly at peter@peteralsop.com. Please subscribe, and I look forward to seeing you next week, for another ‘Song to Chew'. ~ Subscribe to my Songs To Chew podcast = https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/peter-alsops-songs-to-chew/id1446179156 ~ CAMPING WITH DADS = https://www.amazon.com/Camping-Dads-Peter-Alsop/dp/B08CS871QW/ref=sr_1_1 ~ www.FaceBook.com/WeLikePeterAlsop ~ www.Youtube.com/peteralsop = videos ~ www.Patreon.com/peteralsop = support my music & other artistic endeavors ~ www.peteralsop.com/music = CDs & downloads
Today's “Song To Chew” is MEN ARE GOOD, written and performed by Joe Jencks. When I first heard Joe sing this song, it blew me away! I'd never heard a song that gave credit to the many, many wonderful things that ‘men', (and boys), do on a daily basis all around the world. This version is on my “Ebenezer's Make Over” album, (which is an adaptation of Dickens “Christmas Carol”). It's full of powerful songs, written and performed by Holly Near, Geof Morgan, Romanovsky & Phillips, Joe Jencks, me, Charlie Murphy, Fred Small and other activist song-writers from the feminist men's and women's movements that create discussions about gender, homophobia, men's relationship to war, work, our fathers, the women in our lives and each other. Check it out today podcast by clicking on this link: ~ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/peter-alsops-songs-to-chew/id1446179156 ~ CAMPING WITH DADS = https://www.amazon.com/Camping-Dads-Peter-Alsop/dp/B08CS871QW/ref=sr_1_1 ~ FaceBook.com/WeLikePeterAlsop ~ Youtube.com/peteralsop = videos ~ Patreon.com/peteralsop = support my music & other artistic endeavors ~ peteralsop.com/music = CDs & downloads
The 35th episode of the "Music For The New Revolution" podcast features music and discussion related to the horrific and deeply disturbing attempted insurrection in the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Musical artists include Emma's Revolution, Trey Judson, Donald MacCrae, Two of a Kind, Marion Halliday, Mary Lou Fulton, Crowes Pasture (feat. Robin Batteau), Stuart Stotts, Roger Street Friedman, Elly Wininger, Nancy Silber, Mike Stern and George Mann, plus spoken introductions from many of these artists. Plus snippets from Kurtis Blow, Scott Cook, Marvin Gaye, Holly Near, Sweet Honey in the Rock and Jean Rohe. Songs include: 1. Emma's Revolution: On a Day in January 2. Trey Judson: Remember the Day Forever (by Donald MacCrae) 3. Two of a Kind: Just Wanna Go Home 4. Marion Halliday: Hate that Kind of Love 5. Mary Lou Fulton: The Red, White and Blue (Jan 6 Mix) 6. Crowes Pasture (feat. Robin Batteau): Take Back the Red White and Blue 7. Stuart Stotts: Don't Stand Back 8. Roger Street Friedman: Big Truth 9. Elly Wininger: January 6th 10. Nancy Silber: Jan. 6 Round 11. Mike Stern: It Can't Happen Here - Jan 6th 12. George Mann: Let the Healing Begin
This interview was recorded by Angela Denise Davis on October 14, 2021, via video conference. Deidre McCalla sat down with Angela to talk about McCalla's early life in New York, her start in music, the herstory of her place in the women's music movement, and the way the COVID-19 pandemic changed her life. The music heard in the interview was used courtesy of Deidre McCalla. You can enjoy the full tracks on YouTube at the following links: Walk Me Down to the River https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZEY7idOCAc I Do Not Walk This Path Alone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhNnJx6Cd58 Deidre's website: https://deidremccalla.com/ Photo used in episode art: Irene Young Playing For Keeps is an apt title for the latest cd from singer/songwriter Deidre McCalla. From the moment Deidre takes the stage, her engaging presence and irresistible blend of folk, country, rock, and pop seize the listeners by the heart and won't let go. Deidre McCalla came of age in the fiery blaze of NYC's folk heyday - a time when Greenwich Village clubs were filled with the likes of Dylan, Baez, and Ochs; a time when Motown ruled the top of the charts and the streets of America screamed with anger and civil unrest. Her first album, Fur Coats and Blue Jeans, was released when Deidre was 19 and a student at Vassar College. With a theater degree tucked under her belt and an acoustic guitar tossed in the back of a battered Buick station wagon, Deidre McCalla hit the proverbial road and never looked back. Deidre later majored in jazz guitar at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music and released three albums with the pioneering women's music label Olivia Records. The Miami Herald affectionately dubs her a "dreadlocked troubadour." From Maui to Maine, college coffeehouses to Carnegie Hall, Deidre McCalla is a much beloved performer in both folk and women's music circles and has shared the stage with a long list of notables that includes Suzanne Vega, Tracy Chapman, Holly Near, Odetta, Cris Williamson, and Sweet Honey in the Rock. With five critically acclaimed albums to her credit, Deidre McCalla remains the ever seeking road warrior, her words and music chronicling our strengths and weaknesses and celebrating the power and diversity of the human spirit. A single parent residing in Georgia with her son, Deidre has taught Performance at Warren Wilson College's Swannanoa Gathering. Deidre's work has been published in Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology, The Original Coming Out Stories, and Chrysalis: A Feminist Quarterly, and she is featured in The Power of Words: A Transformative Language Arts Reader. Deidre is a proud member of AFM Local 1000 and the North American Folk Alliance.
Photo by Irene Young Holly Near has had a legendary performing career spanning over 50 years, that has taken her from Hollywood to Broadway to marches and rallies and concert halls all over the world. One of the most powerful, consistent, and outspoken singers and songwriters of our time, her music elevates spirits and inspires activism. Some of the topics touched on in this lively and wide-ranging interview are her childhood on a California ranch, her life-changing experience on the Free The Army Tour during the Vietnam War, her songwriting process, her collaborations with artists such as Ronnie Gilbert and Emma's Revolution, what it means to her to be an elder, and what she's been up to during the pandemic. The interview is interwoven with snippets of Holly's music from the seventies to the present. If you enjoyed this episode, you might also enjoy my conversation with dancer/choreographer Tonya Marie Amos, titled Dance for the Revolution, or my conversation with writer/performer Herbert Sigüenza, titled Black Jesus Was the Original Fake News.
Holly Near has had a legendary performing career spanning over 50 years, that has taken her from Hollywood to Broadway to marches and rallies and concert halls all over the world. One of the most powerful, consistent, and outspoken singers and songwriters of our time, her music elevates spirits and inspires activism. Some of the topics touched on in this lively and wide-ranging interview are her childhood on a California ranch, her life-changing experience on the Free The Army Tour during the Vietnam War, her songwriting process, her collaborations with artists such as Ronnie Gilbert and Emma's Revolution, what it means to her to be an elder, and what she's been up to during the pandemic. The interview is interwoven with snippets of Holly's music from the seventies to the present.
The 34th episode of the "Music For The New Revolution" podcast, features music and discussion related to Pro-Choice and Abortion Rights issues. Musical artists include Ani DiFranco, Bob Blue, Kim Wallach, Cyndi Lauper, David Byrne, Emma's Revolution, Digable Planets, Carole Rose Livingston, Dave Lippman, Elly Wininger, Pierce Freelon and Rissi Palmer, plus spoken introductions from many of these artists. Plus snippets from Devo, Tammy Faye Starlite and the Angels of Mercy, Mark Levy, Rubén Blades, Holly Near and Pat Humphries. Songs include: 1. Ani DiFranco: Lost Woman Song 2. Kim Wallach: Freedom To Choose (by Bob Blue/Kim Wallach) 3. Cyndi Lauper: Sally's Pigeons (by Cyndi Lauper/Mary Chapin Carpeter) 4. David Byrne: Lilies of the Valley 5. Emma's Revolution: I Am A Woman 6. Digable Planets: La Femme Fetal 7. Dave Lippman: Friend of the Fetus (by Carole Rose Livingston) 8. Elly Wininger: Alabama Blues 9. Pierce Freelon: My Body (feat. Rissi Palmer)
I wrote today's 'Song To Chew' ATTA WAY T'GO BOY! back in the early 80's for an anthology album called "Bullets And Guitars". It was produced by Gary Cristall, who ran the Vancouver Folk Festival for years and includes songs by Si Kahn, Utah Phillips, Holly Near, Leon Rosselson and other talented progressive folksingers and activists. My song's a satirical 'pat on the back' to our President back then, to provide some balance to this left-leaning musical anthology! All profits from the album went to committed artists and cultural organizations in Central America to fight the exploitation and intervention of outsiders, particularly the US, who continue to prevent the workers and peasants of Central America from exercising their right to self-determination. Does art and music and poetry actually have any 'real world' impact on dictators? You betcha!! We work to undermine the fear-based support systems of authoritarian dictators with our courage, organizing, art, humor, song, poetry, education, solidarity and just better, healthier ideas. I hope this song helps you continue to think about these things you and your friends can do to take some action to help us move us a bit closer to a more fair,and just world for all of us. ~ Subscribe to my Songs To Chew podcast = https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/peter-alsops-songs-to-chew/id1446179156 ~ CAMPING WITH DADS = https://www.amazon.com/Camping-Dads-Peter-Alsop/dp/B08CS871QW/ref=sr_1_1 ~ www.FaceBook.com/WeLikePeterAlsop ~ Youtube.com/peteralsop = videos ~ Patreon.com/peteralsop = support my music & other artistic endeavors ~ www.peteralsop.com/music = CDs & downloads
BURNING TIMES is our 'Song To Chew' today, written and performed by Charlie Murphy, one of the strong clear voices of the early feminist men's movement. It's about the plight of women in Europe in the Middle Ages, who were labeled as witches by establishment men who feared the influence they had as community organizers. It's from my "Ebenezer's Make Over' album which is a story with songs by Holly Near, Geof Morgan and many other feminist writers. There's a wonderful, short book I recommend by Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English, called "Witches, Midwives and Nurses: A History Of Women Healers" that exposes how 'women-led healing was delegitimized to make way for patriarchy, capitalism, and the emerging medical industry. It explores today's changing attitudes toward childbirth, alternative medicine, and modern-day witches'. We can know the facts about historical stories of the past like this, but we don't really understand them until we feel them in our hearts. I'm Peter Alsop. Please check out this podcast and subscribe so you can join me every week with other "Songs To Chew". Bye for now! ~ Subscribe to my Songs To Chew podcast = https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/peter-alsops-songs-to-chew/id1446179156 ~ CAMPING WITH DADS = https://www.amazon.com/Camping-Dads-Peter-Alsop/dp/B08CS871QW/ref=sr_1_1 ~ www.FaceBook.com/WeLikePeterAlsop ~ Youtube.com/peteralsop = videos ~ Patreon.com/peteralsop = support my music & other artistic endeavors ~ www.peteralsop.com/music = CDs & downloads
Holly Near sang "I'm afraid of what you do in the name of your God," but as UUs prove religion is about so much more than individual spiritual beliefs. As the pandemic lessens and we begin the work of finding a new normal, today we're going to talk about the deep value of religious community.Support the show (https://pushpay.com/g/firstunitarianchurchdesmoines?src=hpp)
This Sunday, August 1, Julica Hermann de la Fuente guides us in using Martha Beck's Change Cycle to explore how we navigate and make meaning of change. Join us to inquire into the nature of change, the possibilities and challenges of change, and the ways that change will continue to be with us personally and congregationally. Words of Welcome- Julica Hermann de la Fuente (:30) Story for All Ages- Suzy Messerole (2:37) Interlude - Building a New Way- Aimee K. Bryant and Franco Holder (9:00) Prayer and Cycle of Life- Julica Hermann de la Fuente (11:28) Message- Harnessing (and Being Harnessed by) Change- Julica Hermann de la Fuente (16:03) Outro Music- I Am Willing by Holly Near
Today we'll listen to a song written and sung by Holly Near, from our "Ebenezer's Make Over" album. She wrote FOOLISH NOTION in 1980, and it's still completely relevant today. Here we are, 40 years later, still asking the same, age-old question; "Why do we kill people, who are killing people to show that killing people is wrong?" We'll chew on that idea after the song! I've never hit any of my children, (although I DO remember being spanked by my Dad!) Things can change! When we eliminate the option of using violence, then we're forced to come up with "better" ways to resolve conflict, and we also stop modeling to younger generations, the misconception that we can solve problems by using violence! Thanks for stopping by. If you subscribe to this podcast, then I'll be sure to see you here next week too! Bye for now! * Subscribe to Songs To Chew podcast here: ~ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/peter-alsops-songs-to-chew/id1446179156 * Check out my new CAMPING WITH DADS album here: ~ https://www.amazon.com/Camping-Dads-Peter-Alsop/dp/B08CS871QW/ref=sr_1_1 * 'Like' my FaceBook page here: ~ www.FaceBook.com/WeLikePeterAlsop * Watch my music videos here: ~ Youtube.com/peteralsop * Support my music and teaching here: ~ Patreon.com/peteralsop * You can order my CDs & downloads here: ~ http://www.peteralsop.com/music
June Millington, director Bobbi Jo Hart and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their fun, engaging, long overdue new film Fanny: The Right to Rock. They touch on sexism in the industry, liberation, your inner compass, poetry, safe spaces and role models, racism and why it’s so important to play it forward.“Revivify Fanny. And my work will be done.” David BowieTrailerTo learn more about the band and their work head here.For more information about IMA go to www.ima.orgSynopsis:Fanny: The Right to Rock opens with the words of David Bowie, bemoaning the band’s fate: “One of the most important bands in American rock has been buried without a trace.” The film then takes us deep into the woods of Goshen, Massachusetts, where we discover the Institute for the Musical Arts. It’s an underground music camp and recording studio for girls and women only, where Fanny lead guitarist June Millington, 69, has been teaching young girls to rock out long before rock camps became “a thing.”There, she and fellow Filipina-American bandmates, including her bass-playing sister Jean and drummer Brie Darling, celebrate their 50-year reunion with a new rock record deal -- cheekily titled Fanny Walked the Earth. If the stars align, it’s a chance to right the wrongs of music history.Fanny: The Right to Rock juxtaposes an intimate, cinema verité journey of Fanny’s uphill battle to complete and release their new album, with the fascinating herstory of the band’s improbable journey during their 70s heyday. Their controversial, self-penned lyrics dared embrace the newfound freedom of birth control as well as the trauma of the Vietnam War.Discovered early on by the secretary of legendary producer Richard Perry and signed as teenagers to the epic Warner/Reprise label,Fanny honed their signature sound in edgy L.A. clubs like The Troubadour. Fanny Hill, hosted regular jam sessions with visitors/crashers including Joe Cocker, Little Feat, and Bob Dylan’s The Band. There, serious rock & roll comingled with sex, drugs and skinny dipping.Fanny toured extensively across North America and Europe with major groups including Slade, Chicago and Ike & Tina Turner. They toured while writing, recording and releasing a new album every year from 1970 -75. They performed live and gave interviews on major network TV shows with Dick Cavett, Sonny & Cher, Helen Reddy and The Tonight Show, as well as the famed BBC show “The Old Grey Whistle Test”.The movie includes testimonials from Kate Pierson of the B-52s, Bonnie Raitt, Cherie Currie of The Runaways, Kathy Valentine of the Go-Gos, and Bowie bassist Gail Ann Dorsey. Male music icons also sing their praises including Todd Rundgren, Charles Neville of The Neville Brothers, The Lovin’ Spoonful’s John Sebastian and Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott (who unveils a Fanny flexi-disc he has saved for 50 years, since he discovered the band at age 12).About June Millington and Bobbi Jo Hart:Bobbi Jo Hart is an award winning American/Canadian documentary filmmaker with Adobe Productions International, based in Montreal, Canada. With a career that has spanned 25 years, Hart has filmed in countries as diverse as Pakistan, Russia, Guatemala, Australia, Scotland and Zimbabwe — with subjects ranging from women’s professional soccer and tennis to classical music, comedy, dance and manic depression. Her documentary films have the most common thread of revealing untold stories of marginalized girls and women, weaving universal threads of dreams, family, love, loss, happiness, sadness, success, failure and determination. Her intimate, cinema verité style results in thought-provoking films that ultimately celebrate our shared humanity.Her most recent feature documentary I Am Not A Rock Star premiered at dozens of worldwide film festivals and was broadcast on networks in many countries, including BBCFour, SVT Sweden, ABC Australia, Documentary Channel. Music in the film included Jack Johnson & Patrick Watson. This film won many festival awards as well. Hart’s previous award-winning films include SHE GOT GAME: Behind-the-Scenes of the Women's Tennis Tour (LIFE Network, Starz), which had exclusive access during over a year on tour. Hart is currently starting the festival tour for her exclusive theatrical documentary celebrating Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (Documentary Channel, ARTV).June Millington “one of the hottest female guitarists in the industry” wrote, Guitar Player Magazine has been making music since she was a child playing ukulele in her native Philippines. Having moved from Manila to California in the early sixties, she and her sister bassist Jean turned in their folk guitars for electric and formed a succession of all-girl bands. By ‘69 they were in Hollywood with their band Fanny, which was one of the first all-women’s rock band to be signed to a major label (Reprise). Through five successful albums and extensive touring of Europe and North America, Fanny served notice that women could do more than simply sing, they could write and play passionate rock ‘n roll. As David Bowie said of the group in an interview with Rolling Stone (RS January 2000): “They were extraordinary: They wrote everything...they are as important as anyone else who’s ever been, ever....”Fanny played with major artists like Chicago, BB King, Dr John, the Kinks, the Staples Singers, Ike and Tina Turner, & Chuck Berry - and recorded an album at Apple Studios with Geoff Emerick, the Beatles engineer. June left the band in 1973 and continued to record and perform with her sister and on a number of solo albums. She played in the genre of women’s music for many years, and produced records by artists Cris Williamson, Holly Near, Mary Watkins, Melanie DeMore, and Bitch and Animal, among others. She is the co-founder and Artistic Director of the non-profit Institute for the Musical Arts [IMA], an internationally known teaching, performing and recording facility supporting women and girls in music and music-related business. Founded by June, along with partner Ann Hackler, activist/writer Angela Davis, and engineer/producer Roma Baran, IMA expanded into a 25- acre campus in Goshen, MA which runs five residential summer programs for girls and young women from 9-24 and hosts shows and workshops with established artists the rest of the year.Millington has received numerous awards for her achievements including the Audio Engineering Society’s Lifetime Achievement award, the Bay Area Career Women’s LAVA award for being a “leg- end of women’s music,” the Outmusic Heritage Award and in 2007 she, along with the other members of FANNY, received the Rockrgrl Women of Valor Award at Berklee College of Music. In 2013 she received New England Public Radio’s (NEPR) Arts and Humanities Outstanding Individual of the Year Award, the Veteran Feminists of America Award and, along with her partner Ann Hackler the Outstanding Activist Award from the Living Kindness Foundation. In 2015 she was given an award for her contributions by the National Women’s Music Festival.June released her autobiography Land of a Thousand Bridges: Island Girl in a Rock ‘n Roll World in June of 2015 and has received a great deal of press, including articles in MS Magazine, Pitchfork and Newsweek as well as on NPR. Millington continues to perform, write and record and teaches at IMA as well as colleges and universities around North America.Image Copyright and Credit: Adobe Productions International and Bobbi Jo Hart.F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission.For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here.With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Hilary talks with June Millington of Fanny (the first “all-female” rock band signed to a major label in 1969) about the Institute for the Musical Arts, how playing guitar is like being a nun, and music as a tool for overcoming shyness. [replay interview] New content: Hilary covers the problem with “nagging wife” guitar memes. Huge thanks to this episode's sponsors! https://www.earthquakerdevices.com/ (EarthQuaker Devices)- extra special effects pedals made by hand in Akron, OH! https://skylarbatz.wordpress.com/ (Studio 121)- recording, production, beats and more in Providence, RI! http://distrokid.com/vip/midriff (DistroKid)- simple online music distribution service! (use this link for a 7% discount!) http://stompboxsonic.com/ (Stompbox Sonic)- personalized pedal curation and sales in Somerville, MA! BIO June Millington “one of the hottest female guitarists in the industry” (Guitar Player Magazine) has been making music since she was a child playing ukulele in her native Philippines. Having moved from Manila to California in the early sixties, she and her sister, bassist, Jean, turned in their folk guitars for electric and formed a succession of all-girl bands. By '69 they were in Hollywood with their band, Fanny, which was one of the first all women's rock bands to be signed to a major label (Warner Brothers). As David Bowie said of the group in an interview in Rolling Stone: “They were one of the finest fucking rock bands of their time… They were extraordinary: They wrote everything and they played like motherfuckers… They are as important as anyone who's ever been, ever.” (January, 2000) Fanny played with major artists like Chicago, BB King, Dr. John, the Kinks, the Staples Singers, Ike & Tina Turner, & Chuck Berry- and recorded at Apple Studios with Geoff Emerick, the Beatles' engineer. June left the band in 1973 and continued to record and perform both with her sister and on a number of solo albums. She has also produced many artists including Cris Williamson, Holly Near, Mary Watkins, Melanie DeMore, Bitch and Animal, and Joel Zoss. She is the co-founder and Artistic Director of the Institute for the Musical Arts (IMA), a non-profit organization for women and girls which hosts Rock 'n Roll Girls Camps in the summer. June released her autobiography “Land of a Thousand Bridges: Island Girl in a Rock 'n' Roll World” in June of 2015 resulting in articles in Pitchfork, MS Magazine, Newsweek, and NPR. She continues to perform, write, and record and teaches at the IMA, as well as colleges and universities in North America. JUNE'S MENTIONS Angela Davis / Roma Berin / Laurie Anderson / Leslie Ann Jones / Skywalker Sound / LeeAnne Ungar / Kathryn Willmore / Carol Kaye / The Svelts / Sister / Rosetta Tharpe / Gibson / Fender / Richard Perry / Jeff “Skunk” Baxter / Lowell George / Sneaky Pete Kleinow / Elliott Randall / Steely Dan / Kent Henry / Stepphenwolf / Holly Near / Cris Williamson / Bonnie Raitt / Maria Maldar / Isis / Birtha / May Pang / John Lennon / Pete Seeger JUNE'S LINKS https://www.facebook.com/donate/497382177936570/10225236566842813/ (June's IMA Fundraiser) https://www.facebook.com/groups/489538768244638 (Induct Fanny Into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame FB Group) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/music-in-our-veins-conversations-june-millington-friends/id1516856491 (June's Podcast) https://www.ima.org/ (Institute for the Musical Arts) MID-RIFF LINKS http://hilarybjones.com/midriffpodcast (Website) http://instagram.com/midriffpodcast (Instagram) http://facebook.com/midriffpodcast (Facebook) https://hilarybjones.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=43bb95b305fb0c7d53fbc8d3a&id=146b44f072 (Email Newsletter) https://www.hilarybjones.com/blog (Blog) Thanks for rating/reviewing on https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mid-riff/id1494997227 (Apple Podcasts)! OTHER LINKS MENTIONED https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists (Psychology Today Therapist Finder)...
In the final of 3 episodes with Kathy Goldman, we talk about the creation of the nations largest Food Bank, free breakfast and lunch for all kids in New York and her optimism for the future.Background research from "Stirrings" by Lana D Povitz.Written, hosted, edited & produced by Quinn VanAntwerpSpecial thanks to Holly Near & Mackenzie BellTo donate to The Food Bank NYC please visit www.foodbanknyc.org And follow us on your socialsTwitter- @inheritancepodInstagram- @theinheritancepodcastFacebook- The Inheritance Project
This is the second episode of a three part series on Kathy Goldman. In this episode we talk about her early communist roots, the implementation of the first New York City Summer Meals program, and the creation of the nations largest food bank in the months leading up to Ronald Reagans election.Background research from "Stirrings" by Lana D Povitz.Written, hosted, edited & produced by Quinn VanAntwerpSpecial thanks to Holly Near & Mackenzie BellTo donate to The Food Bank NYC please visit www.foodbanknyc.org And follow us on your socialsTwitter- @inheritancepodInstagram- @theinheritancepodcastFacebook- The Inheritance Project
What is an inheritance? Can it be intangible? In this series we talk to leaders of previous generations to find all that has been passed down to us.Kathy Goldman has been a food advocate for over 50 years. She is best known for creating the Nations Largest Food Bank. In these first 3 episodes we take a look at her legacy and the fight for food equality and food access in New York City.Background research from "Stirrings" by Lana D Povitz. Written, hosted, edited & produced by Quinn VanAntwerpSpecial thanks to Holly Near & Mackenzie BellTo donate to The Food Bank NYC please visit www.foodbanknyc.org And follow us on your socialsTwitter- @iinheritancepodInstagram- @theinheritancepodcastFacebook- The Inheritance Project
We cut right to the chase this week with some of the finest Americana out there, plus an interview with Elli Perry about her incredible new song “Glynn County.” The song is only available on her site, and the proceeds go to YOUth Speak, a Glynn County-based youth group that is already making positive change in the wake of Ahmaud Arbury’s murder. This episode of Adobe & Teardrops was sponsored by WYLD gallery in Austin, Texas! Go to wyld.gallery and check out the amazing contemporary Native American art on offer -- for literally any budget! Album of the Week: Becky Warren -- The Sick Season Becky Warren’s made something of a career of singing about society’s discards -- homeless communities, veterans, and, now, herself. The Sick Season is the kind of sickly deep dive most of us have been on now that we’re stuck in isolation -- much like a musician traversing miles and miles of road. Warren’s exhaustion with herself will feel familiar to most of us, and she brings some truly stellar backup along with the likes of Emily Saliers and Ben de la Cour. This is the kind of album Adobe & Teardrops lives for and you’ll hear it again on my year-end roundup very, very soon. Holly Near -- “Ain’t No Where You Can Run” (And Still We Sing: The Outspoken Collection) Chicks With Dip -- “Snake Oil Salesman” (Stomping on Eggshells) Steven Blane -- “Busking My Way Back To You” (Motel Blue) Megan and Shane -- “Caroline” (Caroline) The Pollies -- “Lost” (Not Here) Juhan Ongbrian -- “Sail On” (Single) Risa Kopp -- “Grit and Ashes” (Single) Wild Earp -- “Oligarchy Blues” (Single) Becky Warren -- “Dickerson Pike” (The Sick Season) Johno Leeroy -- “Rest Easy” (The Magnolia Sessions) Martin and the Fall -- “By the Mile” (Nothing Wrong With This EP) Ryan Dunlap -- “You Just Got Beat” (Single) Made of Stone -- “The End” (Single) INTERVIEW w/ Elli Perry featuring “Glynn County” Send me music via SubmitHub! Send me money via Ko-fi or Patreon. Find Rachel and her comic via https://linktr.ee/rachel.cholst
Emma's Revolution: Pat Humphries and Sandy O are an award-winning activist musical duo who The New York Times calls "Fervent and heartfelt." Their songs have been praised by Pete Seeger and covered by Holly Near. Timely!
Episode 20 celebrates Woody Guthrie's music, life and legacy in honor of Labor Day, with music from Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Monika Ryan, Vicki Ryder, Stark Raving Chandler, Solomon Burke, Holly Near & Ronnie Gilbert, Mike Glick, Tom Chapin, Arlo Guthrie, & John McCutcheon (including interview), plus recorded testimonials from Ira Lax, Stuart Stotts, Will Parker, Monica Ryan, Vicki Ryder, The Rough & Tumble, Tom Smith, Mike Glick, and David Kleiner.
Heidi Trefethen is a French Hornist, multi-instrumentalist, educator, and sought-after sound engineer, Heidi Trefethen shuttles back and forth across continents frequently, in roles both onstage and off. As a hornist, she has performed in numerous ensembles and venues in Italy, the UK, Bosnia, Thailand, Guatemala, Israel Turkey, and the US, including the LA Philharmonic, the JazzUp Festival in Italy, Cleveland's Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame, San Francisco's Davies Symphony Hall and SFJAZZ's Miner Hall. As a live sound engineer, she has worked with the likes of Shawn Colvin, Meshell N'degeocello, Odetta, Ellis Paul, Joan Baez, Joan Armatrading, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Holly Near, John Stewart of the Kingston Trio, Dar Williams, Al Stewart, Jane Siberry and Lucy Kaplansky, often at the legendary Freight and Salvage in Berkeley, CA. Heidi can be often seen behind the sound boards at SFJAZZ where she was recently recruited as a FOH and A2 engineer. As a recording engineer, she studied at the California Recording Institute’s intensive sound engineering program. An internship at the historic Coast Recorders and a job at Rocket Lab mastering house had her working side-by-side with technical heavyweights John Cuniberti, Dan Alexander and Michael Romanowski. Heidi’s engineering credits include Tammy Hall’s “Blue Soul,” Jessica Jones and Mark Taylor’s “Live at the Freight” 2011, Lucy Kaplansky’s "Kaplansky Sings Kaplanksy," 2000, Michael Burles' currently "Untitled Recording" 2017, Nestler and Hawtin's "Duality" 2014, co-engineered with Bryan Bell, Herbie Hancock’s first engineer, and full production of Anne Rainwater's solo piano recording of Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations. In this episode, we discuss: SF Jazz French Horn Freight & Salvage Teaching Learning to Evolve Mentoring Women's Audio Mission Covid's Effect The Audio Pro Advantage The Importance of Recording & Music Overdubbing at a Young Age Education Open Mic Nights Live Sounds Producing Session Mindset Communication Style Struggles w/The Mormon Church Empathy Women in Audio Sexism Bay Area Speaking Italian Making a Living Not Working for Free Links and Show Notes Heidi's Site: www.heiditrefethen.com Linkedin Profile: https://bit.ly/39ujk1L Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heiditrefethen/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/heiditrefethen WCA on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/working_class_audio Support WCA - Go Ad-Free! https://glow.fm/workingclassaudio/ Connect with Matt on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattboudreau/ Current sponsors & promos: https://bit.ly/2WmKbFw Working Class Audio Journal: https://amzn.to/2GN67TP Credits: Guest: Heidi Trefethen Host: Matt Boudreau WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell Announcer: Chuck Smith Editing: Anne-Marie Pleau & Matt Boudreau Additional Music: The License Lab
Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is 60 Seconds for Story Prompt Friday with several questions carefully chosen to help you collect stories in the oral tradition or spark your own writing. Either way, you'll say, "Thanks for the memories."Do you know what business often suffers from? Not knowing its story, its culture, where it came from, who envisioned it, what its purpose is, who its people are, and for whom. If yours is a forward-thinking organization, corporation, or entity and you have your story fully dialed in then you are poised to inspire, persuade, and influence.For those who are still deliberating the art of storytelling to inspire, persuade, and influence know this: the secrets of story, storytelling, and story listening lie ready and waiting for you in your richly creative right brain.All you have to do is begin by inviting the story; we’ll make it left-brained, professional-sounding later.Story Prompt: “Can you call on your imagination - as if telling a myth to a child?” [Planet Called Home by Holly Near]Following are 7 traditional story openings. Make believe the story you want to tell begins with one of them and create it:1. A great while ago, when the world was full of wonders...2. In the beginning, when the earth was set down and the sky was lifted up, some things were not quite finished...3. Long ago, so long ago, I wasn't there or I wouldn't be here now to tell you the tale...4. Long, long ago, when powerful dragons still lived on the land and in the seas...5. Now we’re about to begin. Pay attention! When I’m done you will know more than you do now... 6. Once upon a time, very long ago, a strange thing happened on a high mountain...7. Once upon a time when men still set out to seek their fortunes and the women rescued them...Practical Tip: Share your story with someone or something: your journal, your animal companion, the trees in the woods. All that matters is you begin to create the story about your business, entity, corporation so you can inspire, persuade, and influence! This is the place to thrive together. Come for the stories - stay for the magic. Speaking of magic, would you share a nice rating/review on iTunes and when you come back bring your friends and rellies. You’re invited to stop by the website and subscribe to stay current with Diane, her journeys, her guests, as well as creativity, imagination, walking, stories, camaraderie, and so much more: Quarter Moon Story ArtsProduction Team: Quarter Moon Story ArtsMusic: Entering Erdenheim from Crossing the Waters by Steve Schuch & Night Heron MusicAll content and image © 2019 - Present Quarter Moon Story Arts
Singer-songwriter Noe Venable has been called “a homegrown, full-blown musical visionary” (Puremusic.com). Her gorgeously layered songs, rich in myth and poetry, speak to the wilderness in each of our souls. Although she's still young, she's already had a rich and varied career, releasing the first of her eight albums when she was just twenty years old. In this conversation, intercut with excerpts from Noe's diverse musical catalog, host Tanya Shaffer talks with Noe about the mysterious give and take of the creative process, the ways the stages of her life have impacted the evolution of her musical style, why she left a thriving musical career to attend divinity school, and what brought her back to the creative life. If you enjoyed this interview, you might also enjoy my conversations with singer-songwriter Vienna Teng, titled Following A Spirit's Whisper, in which we write a song together during the interview, and my interview with Holly Near, titled I Am Open, and I Am Willing in which she reflects on fifty-plus years of singing for social justice.
Hilary talks with June Millington of Fanny (the first all-female rock band signed to a major label in 1969) about the Institute for the Musical Arts, how playing guitar is like being a nun, and music as a tool for overcoming shyness. Plus, the socioecological model for making change. BIO June Millington “one of the hottest female guitarists in the industry” (Guitar Player Magazine) has been making music since she was a child playing ukulele in her native Philippines. Having moved from Manila to California in the early sixties, she and her sister, bassist, Jean, turned in their folk guitars for electric and formed a succession of all-girl bands. By '69 they were in Hollywood with their band, Fanny, which was one of the first all women's rock bands to be signed to a major label (Warner Brothers*). As David Bowie said of the group in an interview in Rolling Stone: “They were one of the finest fucking rock bands of their time… They were extraordinary: They wrote everything and they played like motherfuckers… They are as important as anyone who's ever been, ever.” (January, 2000) Fanny played with major artists like Chicago, BB King, Dr. John, the Kinks, the Staples Singers, Ike & Tina Turner, & Chuck Berry- and recorded at Apple Studios with Geoff Emerick, the Beatles' engineer. June left the band in 1973 and continued to record and perform both with her sister and on a number of solo albums. She has also produced many artists including Cris Williamson, Holly Near, Mary Watkins, Melanie DeMore, Bitch and Animal, and Joel Zoss. She is the co-founder and Artistic Director of the Institute for the Musical Arts (IMA), a non-profit organization for women and girls which hosts Rock 'n Roll Girls Camps in the summer. June released her autobiography “Land of a Thousand Bridges: Island Girl in a Rock 'n' Roll World” in June of 2015 resulting in articles in Pitchfork, MS Magazine, Newsweek, and NPR. She continues to perform, write, and record and teaches at the IMA, as well as colleges and universities in North America. JUNE'S MENTIONS IMA / Angela Davis / Roma Berin / Laurie Anderson / Leslie Ann Jones / Skywalker Sound / LeeAnne Ungar / Kathryn Willmore / The Svelts / Fanny / Sister Rosetta Tharpe / Gibson / Fender / Richard Perry / Jeff “Skunk” Baxter / Lowell George / Sneaky Pete Kleinow / Elliott Randall / Steely Dan / Kent Henry / Stepphenwolf / Holly Near / Cris Williamson / Bonnie Raitt / Maria Maldar / Isis / Birtha / May Pang / John Lennon / Pete Seeger JUNE'S LINKS https://gf.me/u/yb6hwr (Jean Millington Go Fund Me) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/music-in-our-veins-conversations-june-millington-friends/id1516856491 (June's Podcast) https://www.ima.org/ (Institute for the Musical Arts) MID-RIFF LINKS http://hilarybjones.com/midriffpodcast (Website) http://instagram.com/midriffpodcast (Instagram) http://facebook.com/midriffpodcast (Facebook) https://hilarybjones.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=43bb95b305fb0c7d53fbc8d3a&id=146b44f072 (Email Newsletter) https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf30SPDFMCBl2EVuzKCxadIG9toYfeRZeCGkp1k2kR24Cc5aA/viewform?usp=send_form (Changing Our Tune Workshop Registration) http://wiki.preventconnect.org/socio-ecological-model/ (Socioecological Model) Thanks for rating/reviewing on https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mid-riff/id1494997227 (Apple Podcasts)! CREDITS June's Bumper Track: “https://www.reverbnation.com/junemillington/song/8468026-play-like-a-girl (Play Like a Girl)” by June Millington Theme Music: "Hedonism" by https://towanda.bandcamp.com/ (Towanda) Artwork by https://www.juliagualtieri.com/ (Julia Gualtieri)
The first of my two Queer Pride episodes is devoted to a group of pioneering lesbians in the 1970s and beyond, in both classical and pop music. Two iconic mezzo-sopranos whose careers began in the 1960s and extended through the 1990s are the Greek-American Tatiana Troyanos and Brigitte Fassbaender, daughter of the German baritone Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender. I explore the similarities and differences in the repertoire and career paths of these two unique artists, and share examples of them singing repertoire from Handel to Weill, Scarlatti to Penderecki, with particular focus on Fassbaender’s Lieder performances and Troyanos’s work in bel canto. Then I turn to key figures in the Women’s Music Movement of the 1970s, including Meg Christian, Cris Williamson, Margie Adam, Holly Near, and Deidre McCalla, while also paying tribute to those who, in turn, paved the way for them, including Janis Ian, Dusty Springfield, and Ronnie Gilbert. We also acknowledge the work of queer African American singers, including Deidre McCalla, Meshell Ndegeocello, and Toshi Reagon. We all owe an enormous debt of gratitude to these extraordinary artists, who created a world of possibility for their musical and artistic descendants, at the same time setting standards that will stand the test of time. Vocal guest stars include Janet Baker, Ileana Cotrubas, Margaret Price, Nicolai Gedda, Gundula Janowitz, Arleen Augér, Cecilia Gasdia, and Reri Grist. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great classical and opera singers of the past and present with the help of guests from the classical music field: singers, conductors, composers, coaches, agents, and voice teachers. Daniel’s lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody’s core is the interaction between singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. Please visit the Countermelody website (www.countermelodypodcast.com) for additional content. And please head to our Patreon page at www.patreon.com/countermelody to pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford.
Long long ago I was in a small UU church mesmerized by Holly Near in concert. Decades later her music - Planet Called Home - is being played out in front of our very eyes. Take a listen. See who you might help - unawares.
The 11th episode of the "Music For The New Revolution" podcastfeatures music about women's issues and the #metoo movement. Musical artists include Scott Cook, Queen Latifah, Karyn Oliver, Grace Morrison, Rodney Whittenberg, Ana Tijoux, Tracy Chapman, The Story, Radio Mirchi Tamil, Amanda Marshall, Sweet Honey in the Rock, New York City Labor Chorus, Schoolhouse Rock, Helen Reddy, Holly Near, Aretha Franklin, Eurythmics, and Bev Grant. Please consider supporting this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/musicforthenewrevolution
Ministry of Oil by Holly Near and Emma’s Revolution, Our Syrian Oil, Free Lunch, Vision for Justice 2020 and Beyond, Rotting On Remand by Billy Bragg #BernieSanders Bernie-2020.com Twitch.tv/unrelatedthings
In Chapter 2 of Ebenezer’s Make Over, Scrooge is taken into his childhood by Bob, the first Spirit, who shows him scenes of his early life so he can see where his toxic male attitudes have come from! With songs by Geof Morgan, Charlie Murphy and Holly Near, ... about work, homophobia, religion and more!
No More Genocide by Holly Near, Thanksgiving Day of Mourning, Generational Trauma, Trans Empowerment, U-SCAM, Corporate Trade, 4 Degrees Celsius, Immigrant Concentration Camps, Global Warming, Immigrant Contributions, Language of Regimes, Strange Arithmetic by The Coup Bernie-2020.com
ABOUT JUNE MILLINGTON June Millington and her sister Jean have been playing music since they were children strumming ukuleles in the Philippines. When they moved to the US in the ’60’s they turned in their acoustic guitars for electric and formed a succession of all-girl bands that eventually became Fanny, one of the first all- female rock bands to be signed to a major label. Fanny soon began recording and touring worldwide with bands like Chicago and Dr. John. It was while recording in major studios with engineers like Apple’s Geoff Emerick that Millington began to study the art of sound recording and producing. After Fanny, June became involved in the women’s music movement when she was asked to play on and tour behind Cris Williamson’s The Changer and the Changed, which would become the defining album of that genre. “Women’s music” quickly evolved into an independent feminist music network that included (often collectively run) production companies,venues, festivals, record labels, and distribution networks. It was in that genre that Millington began to produce albums for, among others, Williamson, singer-songwriter Holly Near and jazz pianist and composer MaryWatkins. June and Jean continued to record and perform throughout the 80’s and 90’s – with Jean taking time off to raise her two children and June, together with her partner Ann Hackler, founding the Institute for the Musical Arts (IMA). The Institute is a teaching, performing and recording facility dedicated to supporting women and girls in music and music–related business. Millington is the Artistic Director of IMA, which, as part of its mission, runs summer rock PROGRAMS for girls and young women. June and Jean’s latest CD, Play Like a Girl is for the girls. http://www.junemillington.com
Bitch Talk hosts Erin and Ange were invited to moderate a panel at the Mill Valley Film Festival's Mind The Gap summit discussing women in film and technology and we're giving you exclusive access to the conversation. The topic of the panel was Art as Activism and they were joined by some heaving hitting women. Activist/singer Holly Near, co-director of Netflix's Reversing Roe Ricki Stern, and producer Jennifer Steinman and director Norah Shapiro of the documentary Time for Ilhan. We're proud to share this content with you and remember Bitch Talk listeners, womxn have the power to change EVERYTHING. Visit our website! www.bitchtalkpodcast.com Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter...
Howdy! This week's Women's Liberation Music Hour features Holly Near's 1978 album: Imagine My Surprise!. I love this album because of her songs about womon-centered realities one hardly hears sung anymore: topics like violence against women, women being locked up in psychiatric hospitals and women/lesbians being disappeared and tortured around the world. I also love the liner notes and photos of Holly and the women participating in the album with her. All of her songs are translated into Spanish and credit is given so generously. This is so characteristic of the consciousness of feminists of that time. I love it. I round out the hour with some self-reflection around my whiteness, the unearned privileges whiteness affords me as well as the inherent racism massaged into me from birth and the discomfort of all of that. I hope for a future music hour about all that. Take good care and I hope you enjoy this blast from the past that still has a present relevance for women and lesbians of August 2018! Blessed be! Phoenixx
PODCAST: 29 Jul 2018 01 Love Like A Rock (In A Stormy Sea) – Rory McLeod – Footsteps and Heartbeats 02 Mr. President (Have Pity On The Working Man) – Sam Bush – Sail Away: The Songs Of Randy Newman 03 Maho Snaps – Port Of Call – Midnight Howl – Robin Bullock – Midnight Howl 04 Dearest Johnny – Heidi Talbot – Angels Without Wings 05 Harriet Tubman – Holly Near – And Still We Sing: The Outspoken Collection 06 Canadee–I–O – Harry Upton – You Never Heard So Sweet 07 Canadee–I–O – Nic Jones – Penguin Eggs 08 The Cockfight – Harry Boardman & Dave Hillery – Transpennine 09 Blue Eyed Nancy – Robyn Stapleton – Fickle Fortune 10 House Of The Risin' Sun – Tim O'Brien – Cornbread Nation 11 Can You Blame The Poor Miner - Maria Dunn - We Were Good People 12 Lord Franklin – Roy Bailey – New Bell Wake 13 Follow The Heron – Karine Polwart – Scribbled In Chalk 14 For The Loan Of A Glass Of Beer – Robin Williamson – Trades Roots Live 15 St Kevin And The Blackbird – Seamus Heaney & Liam O'Flynn – The Poet & The Piper 16 Open The Door For Three – Seamus Heaney & Liam O'Flynn – The Poet & The Piper 17 Peg & Awl – Rosie Carson and Kevin Dempsey – Between The Distance 18 Canned Heat Blues – The Rumblestrutters – Prohibition Blues 19 Heather Down The Moor – Ruth Notman – Threads 20 Weary Whaling Grounds – Swan Arcade – Round Again 21 Ladies On The Steamboat – Burnett & Rutherford – American Epic: The Collection 22 Shamrock Green – Susan McKeown – Sweet Liberty 23 One More Dollar – Tommy O'Sullivan – Song Ablaze 24 The Land Was Stolen – The Machine Breakers – The Land Was Stolen 25 Raleigh And Spenser – Dana and Sue Robinson – American Hornpipe
The Origin of the World | Blowzabella : Folk Against Fascism, Vol. 1 Dance, Idiot, Dance | No Masters Co-Op : Folk Against Fascism, Vol. 1 All the News That's Fit to Sing | David Rovics : All the News That's Fit to Sing Read About It | Midnight Oil : 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Bringing The News From Nowhere | Leon Rosselson : The World Turned Upside Down: Rosselsongs 1960-2010 More Whitewashing | Chumbawamba : Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records Jello Biafra - Become The Media - Pt. 10 - Become The Media | : No More Genocide | Holly Near : And Still We Sing: The Outspoken Collection She | Holly Near : Simply Love Standard White Jesus | Holly Near : Edge Fired Up! | Holly Near : Edge The Masses Against the Classes | Manic Street Preachers : National Treasures - The Complete Singles Do What I Have To Do | Phil Ochs : A Toast To Those Who Are Gone Polyrical.com twitch.tv/unrelatedthings
I am kinda nervous about sharing this conversation, because our guest today is one of my personal performance coaches. She's amazing and in the same breath, I know she knows things about me, my performance, and how I show up in the world that I don't always reveal to my audiences. Vicki Ambinder is with us today and even though I'm a little nervous about opening up this discussion to y'all with someone who knows so much about my inner artist workings, I'm excited. I'm excited because Vicki has some seriously amazing tools to share with us about how to connect with an audience, how to stay in the "zone of genius" during a performance, and how to practice things that are difficult. ALL of those things relate directly to being brave and therefore this podcast. Which is precisely why I asked her if she'd join us on today's episode. Vicki Ambinder is based in Portland, Oregon and so the majority of her and I's sessions together have been via online forms. However, I first met Vicki because she randomly picked me as a guinea pig for a performance coaching session she gave at the FAR-WEST Folk Alliance Regional conference just over a year ago. Vicki is really good at what she does. She's been at it for nearly 40 years by helping musicians and bands to improve and enhance their live and studio performing skills and to work toward their artistic goals. She is also a CD preproduction consultant and studio vocal tracks producer for independent and self-producing recording artists. In addition to coaching clients across the country and in Canada, Vicki teaches performance master classes and workshops for music conferences, camps, festivals, musician's organizations, and private groups. She also posts some in-depth conversations about performance with artists like Sarah Jarosz, Holly Near, Julia Sweeney, Tim O'Brien, Todd Snider, and Sam Bush. Links to her website and all her social media stuff are in the show notes for this episode. Brave Take-Aways Your Brave Take-Away from today's show is to share in the Bare naked Bravery Community about the last time you remember being unshakeable in your truth. Maybe you want to also to a little bit of stream-of-consciousness writing around that memory too? Regardless, we'd love to hear all about your favorite parts of today's Bare Naked Bravery. You can find Vicki Ambinder and myself on facebook, twitter, instagram, and more. Go ahead and tag us so we can cheer you on and see what you're up to. Keep in Touch with Vicki Ambinder http://vickiambinder.com https://www.facebook.com/vickiambindercoach/ https://twitter.com/coach_music Keep in Touch with Emily Ann Peterson http://emilyannpeterson.comhttp://instagram.com/emilyannpete http://facebook.com/emilyannpeterson http://twitter.com/emilyapeterson Credits If you're diggin' the music in today's episode, that's because it's brought to you by my friends at Music Box Licensing, a premier creative music agency dedicated to finding and crafting unique soundtracks. To find out more about all the artists, musicians, and other sponsors of the show, please visit barenakedbravery.com/sponsors 3 Ways You Can Support the Bravery! Leave a review on iTunes We would LOVE it if you'd leave a podcast rating or review on iTunes. Simply click here to get started >>> http://bit.ly/bnbrr Share this episode with a friend If you have a friend who might really love/need to hear this episode, what are you waiting for?! Email, text, fb message, snail mail - all great options! Become a Patron of Bare Naked Bravery Every patron gets awesome goodies, super early advance links to Emily Ann's new songs & releases, and so much more! $1 Monthly$3 Monthly$5 Monthly$10 Monthly$15 Monthly$25 Monthly$100 Monthly I'm looking forward to being with you next week. We have some great things in store for you! Until then I have one message for you. It's this: Be yourself. Be vulnerable. Be brave. Because the world needs more of your Bare Naked Bravery.
Join TNS Host Irwin Keller in a conversation with musician, teacher, and activist Holly Near. Holly is an acclaimed songwriter, producer, and recording artist with more than 40 creative years and 30 recordings. Respected around the world for her music and activism, her joy and passion inspire people to join in her celebration of the human spirit. Holly Near Born in Ukiah, CA in 1949, Holly began singing in high school, including work with a local folk group. She built on her performing career with acting parts on Mod Squad and appeared in a number of guest roles in seminal 70s TV shows like Room 222 and The Partridge Family. In 1970, she was a cast member of the Broadway musical Hair. In 1971, she joined the Free The Army Tour, an anti-Vietnam War road show of music, comedy, and plays organized by antiwar activist Fred Gardner and actors Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland. In 1972, Holly was one of the first women to create an independent record company, paving the way for women like Ani DiFranco and others. She has been recognized many times for her work for social change, including honors from the ACLU, the National Lawyers Guild, the National Organization for Women, and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences–and she was named Ms. Magazine Woman of the Year and received the Legends of Women’s Music Award. Holly is a staunch advocate for LGBTQ rights. She teaches, presenting master classes in performance craft and songwriting to diverse audiences. Her most recent CD, “Peace Becomes You,” was released in 2012. photo credit: Irene Young
Down By The Riverside (with Jane Fonda & Odetta & Holly Near & others)The Blues Brothers 634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.) – live in House of Blues Chicago 1997Bluesmasters – Thunderbird – Bluesmastered – Montana Red Dog – Beer booze and Blues - Wolf RobeLaugesen all stars – Swinging shepherd bluesGeorge Thorogood & The Destroyers – one scotch one bourbon, one beerLive At Montreux 2013 – 2013Rival Sons – keep on Swinging Bluesbones – Whiskey drinkin Woman – live
We continue broadcasting interviews with OpenHouse (www.openhouse.sf.org) to bring awareness and attention to LGBTQ pioneers/LGBTQ aging community and urge you all to donate to OpenHouseSF. Libby McLaren, a musician, pianist, singer, on her involvement in music, and her accompanist with Holly Near, Ronnie Gilbert, The Roches, Madonna, and many others. Pam David, an organizer and activist who is also the Executive Director of the Walter & Elise Haas Fund, on her myriad of leadership positions, her struggles with antisemitism, and her political activism.
FFRF wins Liberty Institute’s “Scrooge Award.” Another FFRF banner is vandalized. Political candidate panders to piety. NYC mayor de Blasio hands $20 million to religious schools. Alabama chief justice Moore defies same-sex marriage law. After listening to Holly Near’s song “I Ain’t Afraid” and Dan Barker’s version of Ruth Green’s poem “FFRF,” we hear Ruth Hurmence Green interviewed in 1979 about her book The Born Again Skeptic’s Guide To The Bible.
We continue broadcasting interviews with OpenHouse (www.openhouse.sf.org) to bring awareness and attention to LGBTQ pioneers/LGBTQ aging community and urge you all to donate to OpenHouseSF. Libby McLaren, a musician, pianist, singer, on her involvement in music, and her accompanist with Holly Near, Ronnie Gilbert, The Roches, Madonna, and many others. Pam David, an organizer and activist who is also the Executive Director of the Walter & Elise Haas Fund, on her myriad of leadership positions, her struggles with antisemitism, and her political activism.
Best Of Shows replaying interviews with Libby and Pam We continue our partnership with OpenHouse (www.openhouse.sf.org) to bring awareness and attention to LGBTQ pioneers/LGBTQ aging community. Libby McLaren, a musician, pianist, singer, on her involvement in music, and her accompanist with Holly Near, Ronnie Gilbert, The Roches, Madonna, and many others. Pam David, an organizer and activist who is also the Executive Director of the Walter & Elise Haas Fund, on her myriad of leadership positions, her struggles with antisemitism, and her political activism.
We continue our partnership with OpenHouse (www.openhouse.sf.org) to bring awareness and attention to LGBTQ pioneers/LGBTQ aging community. Libby McLaren, a musician, pianist, singer, on her involvement in music, and her accompanist with Holly Near, Ronnie Gilbert, The Roches, Madonna, and many others. Pam David, an organizer and activist who is also the Executive Director of the Walter & Elise Haas Fund, on her myriad of leadership positions, her struggles with antisemitism, and her political activism.
Not all queers just want to get married. Outside The Frame: Queers For Palstine Film Festival, offers a radical alternative to Frameline, the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival. Frameline, which boasts that it's the largest queer cultural institution in the world, has had a long partnership with the Israeli government. Outside The Frame, a free one-time only event, June 19-21, will present 28 films by filmmakers who have pledged not to screen at Frameline until the festival agrees to respect Palestinian calls for a cultural boycott of Israeli institutions. Lisa Dettmer talks to organizer Amanda Bloom and filmmaker Jennifer Abod, whose film The Passionate Pursuits of Angela Bowen will have its Bay Area sneak preview at Outside The Frame. The singer Ronnie Gilbert, who passed away last week, was best known as a member of The Weavers, the singing group that also featured Pete Seeger. Gilbert's bright career was abruptly interrupted when the group was targeted by the House Unamerican Activities Committee in the 1950s. She moved to California, raised a daughter and became a psychotherapist. In the 1980s, she connected with Holly Near and joined the vibrant women's music scene, eventually coming out as a lesbian. Adrienne Lauby, Thyme Siegel and Shelley Berman of KRCB's Outbeat Salon interviewed Ronnie in 2009 about how the partnership with Holly Near and the women's and lesbian movement impacted her life. We listen to part of the interview, as well as some of Ronnie's songs. The post Queers and cultural revolution – June 15, 2015 appeared first on KPFA.
Robin gives an exclusive update on Saudi women defying the driving ban, and comments on the attempted revival of the Men’s Movement. Guests: NARAL Pro-Choice America’s president Ilyse Hogue; Palestinian comic Maysoon Zayid; and singer-activist Holly Near.
A 35-year member of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Powers has produced, engineered or served as executive producer of more than 150 record albums, including work with Will.I.Am, Tina Turner, Duran Duran, Joe Cocker, Devo, Bryan Ferry, Holly Near, The Beach Boys, Bonnie Raitt, Santana, Bob Hope and Brian Setzer Orchestra. He has earned numerous gold and platinum records that generated four #1 pop hits. In 2006, Powers joined with Michael Bernard Beckwith, Founder & Spiritual Director of the Agape International Spiritual Center in Los Angeles and movie producer Mark R. Harris, (a multiple Oscar winner, including Best Picture for “Crash”) to form Agape Media International (AMI), a company dedicated to creating transformative content in music, movies, TV, books, and digital media and promoting artists and art forms that uplift the human spirit. Educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Stephen Powers has 40 years of business and media production experience. Powers has served as founder, President and/or CEO of many prestigious companies, including Agape Media International; Miller & Kreisel Sound, an renowned consumer electronics manufacturer; Drive Entertainment, an audio, video and music publishing company affiliated with Universal Music; Chameleon Music Group, a trend-setting alternative rock label distributed by Capitol-EMI; and Mountain Railroad Records, a noted folk, blues and country music label. Powers also garnered an Emmy® nomination for producing the PBS television special, “Swing Alive,” starring Bob Hope, Les Brown, Sheena Easton, Suzanne Somers, Tex Beneke and other big band stars. Powers lives in Topanga with his wife Tigris, an artist and author, and their 3 young children.
Friends of Paradigms offer new music in this end of year show! Music by: Holly Near, Derrik Jordan, Sinead O’Connor, Micah Atwell, Painted Caves, The Uprising Roots, Jon Anderson, Bess Klassen-Landis, Tobiah, 3 Trees, Otaak Band, Todd Thibaud, Cosy Sheridan, … More ... The post Friends of Paradigms: New Music from our Musician Friends! appeared first on Paradigms Podcast.
Holly Near is a singer, songwriter, activist, philosopher; one of the significant bards of our time. Holly returns to Paradigms to discuss life on Earth, and her new CD Peace Becomes You. Music by: Holly Near, Cris Williamson, and Ferron. The post Holly Near: Musician appeared first on Paradigms Podcast.
Holly Near is an activist singer/songwriter, and educator. “An immense vocal talent, Near’s career as a singer has been profoundly defined by an unwillingness to separate her passion for music from her passion for human dignity. She is a skilled … More ... The post Holly Near: Musician, and Malcolm Rollick: Musician appeared first on Paradigms Podcast.
The Humanist Network News (HNN) Audio Podcast is a monthly one-hour talk show produced by the American Humanist Association. Every episode of the HNN Audio Podcast explores a different area of humanist thought, from politics to pop culture. Humanism is a philosophy of life inspired by humanity and guided by reason. Humanists strive to lead ethical and joyful lives without supernatural belief in gods, heaven or hell. A typical episode of the HNN Audio Podcast features interviews, commentary, news, music, and listener comments recorded on our Toll Free HNN Listener Comment Line. Notable guests have included Sir Salman Rushdie, Prof. Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, E.O. Wilson, Alan Dershowitz, Holly Near, Dar Williams and Julia Sweeney. The HNN Audio Podcast is hosted and produced by American Humanist Association staffers (as of 5/2009) Jende Huang and Jessica Constantine.
Holly Near has put in more than 4 decades advocating and training for peace and justice through her music. With more than 27 recordings, she has spoken out on a diverse rainbow of issues and provided inspiration and fuel for millions of workers for improving our world.
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