Registration
Immediately upon registering, you will receive an e-mail confirmation that provides you a link to a private zoom meeting.
Description
Come join us in this shared experience of Community and Heart. You're invited to enjoy a (digital) community circle where inspirational and empowering songs from many traditions rise up from the group. Singers offer a song one by one without instruments or song sheets. These are songs that people know or can learn easily without requiring a lot of teaching.
This is a wonderful opportunity to build community and to harmonize (in your own home) and to start the day with some grounded sacredness.
If you have any questions, please email the facilitators:
Mara Sapon-Shevin <maradances@yahoo.com>
Verne McArthur <vernemca@gmail.com>
Help Publicize!
Tell your friends how they can participate in this online musical event for progressive culture. Share this event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/267664567857584/
Performances through Zoom
PMN members and invited comrades wishing to perform in this Online Song and Poetry Swap must use this registration form to sign up to share a song or a poem during the event. Registration alone doesn't automatically mean you will be in the final performance line up. All PMN members who register to perform will receive an e-mail message with a link to PMN's Zoom video conference account. Everyone performs through their own computer connection.
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, July 15 at 8:00 PM (EDT)
The deadline to register is Wednesday, July 15 at 8:00 PM. The order of performance will be released the following morning. You may register for this event after the deadline, but you'll be added to the wait list.
The Topic
In this video conference event, PMN members are invited to share songs of Freedom and Struggle. At the heart of PMN traditions is a desire to be relevant to the times we're living in. We welcome songs about the pressing current issues of today: the pandemic, the climate crisis, racist violence, and economic crisis. We also welcome songs that life our spirits whether they come from this age or not.
Eligibility to Perform
Performers in this swap must:
1) be invited comrades and/or PMN members in good standing* 2) register using this form. 3) have a computer with functioning video camera and microphone. * If you are not a PMN member, you may join here: https://www.peoplesmusic.org/join-PMN
1) be invited comrades and/or PMN members in good standing*
2) register using this form.
3) have a computer with functioning video camera and microphone.
* If you are not a PMN member, you may join here: https://www.peoplesmusic.org/join-PMN
How we Select the Performers
Every PMN member wishing to perform at this event is invited to register and to do so sooner than later. Selection for the final performer list, however, is not first-come first-served. Instead, we give priority to new PMN members as well as PMN members who have not yet performed in one of our previous online swap events. Since this event focuses on a specific topic and genre, the relevance of a submission to the topic at hand will also be considered. We hold these song swap events regularly. If we can't fit you in this time, anticipate more opportunities soon!
Tech Run Through
If you are a PMN member selected to perform in this swap, you will receive an e-mail invitation to a tech run through taking place on Thursday, July 16, from 7:00-8:00 PM. We will discuss how to get the best sound when sharing music on Zoom (more about this in next section). Each person will have a chance to sing a verse of their song and receive feedback on ways to improve audio quality. While perfection is not expected, artists who are new to zoom are strongly encouraged to attend this, because it can be a big confidence builder to learn how to use these tools.
Improving the Audio Quality of your Performance
The Show is Broadcast and Archived through Facebook Live
TUNE INTO THE LIVE BROADCAST via PMN's FACEBOOK PAGE
https://www.facebook.com/Peoples.Music.Network/live/
Friday, July 17, 7:30 - 9:30 PM (EDT)
(Note: The livestream post won't pop up at the link above until a few minutes before the event beings.)
**After the event, click the link above to access a recording of the event.
Tell your friends how they can tune into this online musical event for progressive culture. Share this event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/971003333357599/
Also, this is the link where you can find the performer list, which becomes available by the morning of Thursday, July 16.
TUNE INTO THE LIVE BROADCAST via PMN's FACEBOOK PAGE https://www.facebook.com/Peoples.Music.Network/live/ Sunday, July 19, 7:00 - 9:00 PM (EDT)
REGISTRATION is not required for tuning into the livestream above, but you may register to receive a reminder about the show and to make an optional contribution to People's Music Network, which is hosting this event.
VOICES OF WOMEN ARTISTS IN CELEBRATION & STRUGGLE
From the pulpit, parlor, workplace, in legislatures throughout the US, and the White House, women have been denied equality and their basic civic and human rights. From the first Woman's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls on July 19, 1848, US women struggled for the right to vote. For 72 years women faced walls of indifference, ridicule, denial and violence as they struggled for their rightful place in the political life of the nation where they lived, studied, worked, raised their children, and paid their taxes.
This year we raise our voices and our instruments to celebrate the Centennial of the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution on August 26, 1920 which finally granted American women the vote. We are mindful, however that many women from 1920 to our present moment continue to be marginalized and that the fate of our world urgently depends on women’s empowerment and mobilization.
ARTIST BIOS (In alphabetical order)
ELISE BRYANT is the Executive Director of the Labor Heritage Foundation and Director of the DC Labor Chorus. Elise is a lifetime member of the Wobblies (Industrial Workers of the World) and a member of the AFM Local 1000. In 2012 she was given the Lifetime Achievement award from the international organization, United Association of Labor Educators. In 2017 she was elected Vice President of CWA/Newspaper Guild Local 32035 and President of the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW). http://www.cluw.org/
LYDIA ADAMS DAVIS is a singer, songwriter, guitarist and educator dedicated to women’s history. She has appeared as Abigail Adams, Susan B. Anthony and in recent years has performed in museums, historical societies and libraries as a member of the singing group, “The Herstorians.” Lydia is the producer of two concert series, “Women’s Work” and “Sisters In Song,” based in Beacon NY, the Hudson Valley hometown of Lydia’s mentor, Pete Seeger. Contact: https://lydiaadamsdavis.com/
BEV GRANT is a labor and social activist, feminist, singer-songwriter, photographer, and winner of the 2017 Joe Hill Award from the Labor Heritage Foundation as well as the ASCAP Foundation’s Jay Gorney award for her song "We Were There!" She is also founder and director of the Brooklyn Women’s Chorus and cultural director of the United Association of Labor Educators NE Union Women’s Summer School. She is the creator of a multi-media women’s labor history show, called “We Were There!,” which she presents throughout the UnitedStates. www.bevgrant.com
COLLEEN KATTAU is a bilingual vocalist songwriter who stirs listeners with her clear voice, collective spirit and rhythmic sensibility. Her music is featured on Democracy Now, or while singin’ down the SOA, and she performs at Phil Ochs nights. Her compositions are full of nature, social movements, and Latin American nueva canción. Colleen is a NERFA showcase artist. Last summer she was invited to Italy to perform at the International Ritmi y danze dal mondo Festival and at the European Ecovillages Conference in Tuscany. Besos/Kisses is her 2020 release. Contact: www.colleenkattau.com
PAT LAMANNA is an award-winning singer-songwriter based in New York's Hudson Valley. Her songs have a strong folk influence, and cover social justice issues as well as personal topics. As a member of the singing duo The Herstorians, she has performed programs on women's history for historical societies, museums and universities. She has three solo CDs of almost all original songs. She has been an active member of PMN since 1999. Contact: http://patlamanna.com
SHARLEEN LEAHEY is a singer-songwriter, guitarist and founder of songs4peace, a community based arts organization. For over thirty years she has been performing original and classic topical folk music for peace, justice and environmental organizations. As a member of the singing duo The Herstorians she has performed programs on women’s history for historical societies, museums and universities. Sharleen has released 3 collections of original songs deconstructing racism, inequality, militarism and mad rulers with feminist passion, optimism and love. Contact: www.sharleenleahey.com
JENDOG LONEWOLF is a Two Spirit BlackNative Photographer/Hip Hop Lyricist and Cultural Worker from Bushwick, Brooklyn who navigates a myriad of spaces challenging stereotypes & issues at the intersections of class, race, gender and sexuality. She has shared stages with Harry Belafonte, Nile Rodgers, Desmond Tutu, and Joan Baez. Jendog has worked with Grammy winner Dan Zanes on two Hip Hop/Folk songs including a Lead Belly tribute for Smithsonian Institute’s Folkways Records. She has toured South Africa, Sri Lanka, the UK, Canada, the US, and Cambodia with Partner-in-Art & Love, YaliniDream, as the duo, Brooklyn Dreamwolf. Jendog is a proud member of The People's Music Network for Songs of Freedom and Struggle. Contact:http://www.ilovejendog.com
CAROL SIMON LEVIN is a professional storyteller, historical impersonator and NJ Council for the Humanities Scholar specializing in ‘Fascinating Women History Forgot,’ women of all colors and creeds who have fought for women's rights. She is the author of the book “Remembering the Ladies: From Patriots in Petticoats to Presidential Candidates” and the Garden State Legacy article “Reclaiming Our Voice: New Jersey’s Role in the Fight for Woman Suffrage.” Carol also performs programs on Emily Roebling (Bridge Builder in Petticoats), Girl Scout founder Juliette Gordon Low, and early women in aviation. Contact: www.tellingherstories.com
For more information on this event, please contact:
Sharleen Leahey, singer-songwriter / guitarist / founder, songs4peace sharleenleahey AT gmail.com
Sharleen Leahey, singer-songwriter / guitarist / founder, songs4peace
sharleenleahey AT gmail.com
Tell your friends how they can tune into this online musical event for progressive culture. Share this event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/886915928485598/
PMN Members and invited comrades from the UK may use this registration form to sign up to share a song or a poem during this online event. Registration alone doesn't automatically mean you will be in the final performance line up, but a personal invitation does. All registrants will receive an e-mail message with information about the event as the line up is finalized. All performers will perform through their own computer connection.
Registration Deadline: Monday, July 20 at 8:00 PM (EDT)
The order of performance will be posted on the Facebook event page (INSERTLINK) by Wednesday, July 22, and all registrants will be informed by email. You may register for this event after the deadline, but you'll be added to the wait list.
The Topic: Trans-Atlantic Song Swaps: Songs of Liberation, Justice, and People's Empowerment
The People's Music Network (PMN) is hosting two music sharing sessions in order to forge international links among musicians in the U.S. and the UK who use their music in the service of movements for justice. After the July 24 session, we also are planning a similar session on Sunday, August 23, which will also take place 9-11 PM in UK; 4-6 PM in Eastern U.S. We will host it twice and then assess whether there is interest to continue.
PMN has always believed in international solidarity and cultural exchange. The dramatic turn toward online video conferencing since the pandemic provides a unique impetus to put these beliefs into action.
With roots going back to 1977, the People's Music Network for Songs of Freedom and Struggle (our full name), is a diverse community of performing artists, activists, and allies, based mostly in the U.S, who use music, poetry, and other art forms as catalysts for a just and peaceful world. Before the pandemic, PMN's main activity had been holding two large in-person get-togethers each year referred to as "convergences". Our June 2020 PMN Convergence in Western Massachusetts had to be held on-line. Since March, PMN has also been sponsoring weekly online events for members, including song swaps, songwriting workshops, and concerts.
The format will be similar to one that PMN has been using successfully since March: Participants will have up to five minutes of performance time to do one song, contemporary or traditional. PMN Executive Director Ben Grosscup will serve as host, and he will invite the performers in consultation with Steve Suffet. If you are invited, two things that PMN asks are that you help publicize the event and that you stay around to listen to all the other performers. PMN will host each event on Zoom and simultaneously live stream it on Facebook.
PMN is considering future plans for building similar links with artists in other countries, including non-English speaking countries.
1) be invited comrades from the UK and/or PMN members in good standing* 2) register using this form. 3) have a computer with functioning video camera and microphone. * If you are not a PMN member, you may join here: https://www.peoplesmusic.org/join-PMN
1) be invited comrades from the UK and/or PMN members in good standing*
For each of these two international song swaps, PMN will invite 12 artists based in the UK to share songs of liberation, justice, and empowerment, and will also select 12 of our own members in the U.S. to do likewise. PMN aims to present a diverse representation of our members in terms of musical genre, race, age, and gender. Within our own network, PMN aims to transcend the limits of the mostly white, mostly older folk community that exists on our side of the Atlantic. We are seeking common purpose with our UK comrades-in-song to achieve a more diverse musical activist community.
If you are a PMN member selected to perform in this swap or if you are an invited international artist, you will receive an e-mail invitation to a tech run through taking place on Thursday, July 23, from 9:00 to 10:30 PM in the UK; 4:00 to 5:30 PM in the eastern U.S. We will discuss how to get the best sound when sharing music on Zoom (more about this in next section). Each person will have a chance to sing a verse of their song and receive feedback on ways to improve audio quality. While perfection is not expected, artists who are new to zoom are strongly encouraged to attend this, because it can be a big confidence builder to learn how to use these tools.
Friday, July 24 (9:00 to 11:00 PM in the UK; 4:00 to 6:00 PM in the eastern U.S.)
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TUNE INTO THE LIVE BROADCAST via PMN's FACEBOOK PAGE https://www.facebook.com/Peoples.Music.Network/live/ Sunday, July 26, 4:00 - 6:00 PM (EDT)
The SISTERS SING IN SOLIDARITY Livestream Concert will feature singer/songwriters: Bev Grant, Liliana Herrera, Colleen Kattau, and Lindsey Wilson. We are part of The People’s Music Network (PMN), an organization of progressive musicians, and we're coming together to raise money for the voter registration and anti-voter suppression work of the Poor People’ Campaign – A National Call for Moral Revival (www.poorpeoplescampaign.org) and the work of building activist musical community, which PMN does.
We share a commitment to get out the vote in November and to help empower the people in our fight against white supremacy, fascism and xenophobia. In sisterhood, we stand together for Black Lives Matter and the struggle for economic and environmental justice with the songs we write. We look forward to sharing them with you.
REGISTRATION is not required for tuning into the livestream above. But when you register, you receive an automatic reminder about the show. In addition, 100% of the financial contribution you make will benefit both The Poor People’ Campaign – A National Call for Moral Revival and The People's Music Network For Songs of Freedom and Struggle.
Bev Grant is a labor and social activist, feminist, singer-songwriter, photographer, and winner of the 2017 Joe Hill Award from the Labor Heritage Foundation as well as the the ASCAP Foundation’s Jay Gorney award for her song "We Were There!" She is also founder and director of the Brooklyn Women’s Chorus and cultural director of the United Association of Labor Educators NE Union Women’s Summer School. She is the creator of a multi-media women’s labor history show, called “We Were There!”, which she presents throughout the United States. www.bevgrant.com; www.bevgrantphotography.com
Liliana Herrera is a Chicana SOuL singer/songwriter, voice over artist and cultural worker based in the Bay Area. Hailing from California’s borderlands, she evokes her bicultural roots treading across vast musical genres and stages, uplifting the rich contributions of black, immigrant and indigenous communities through song and storytelling. Liliana’s recent projects include a collaboration with renowned Bay Area artists fighting to free asylum-seeking children and families from cages: Our Children Are Sacred , Liliana's debut EP: Late Night Taco Stand Music., as front vocalist with Cumbia-Dub band, Candelaria: Norte del Rio. Stay connected: on Facebook; IG: @liltunes; website: www.liltunes.com
Colleen Kattau is a bilingual vocalist songwriter who stirs listeners with her clear voice, collective spirit and rhythmic sensibility. Her music is featured on Democracy Now, or while singin’ down the SOA, and she performs at Phil Ochs nights. Her compositions are full of nature, social movements, and Latin American nueva canción. Colleen is a NERFA showcase artist. Last summer, she was invited to Italy perform at the International Ritmi y danze dal mondo Festival and at the European Ecovillages Conference in Tuscany. Besos/Kisses is her 2020 release. www.colleenkattau.com
“It’s a thrill singing with you” Tom Prasada-Rao
Lindsey Wilson is a singer-songwriter with a flare for nostalgia with her memorable mix of 70's style urban folk rock and conscious lyrics. Throughout her music career, Lindsey Wilson has embraced issues of the heart and mind within her original music. Love songs, protest tunes and lyrics of empowerment have all been a true representation of her style and sensibilities. Her influences stem from a myriad of musically conscious voices that spanned the 60's, 70's and 80's era such as Odetta, Richie Havens, Joni Mitchell, and Joan Armatrading. But, Lindsey's message is truly her own. www.lindseywilsonmusic.com
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Learn More about The Poor People’ Campaign – A National Call for Moral Revival
http://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/
Registration Deadline: Tuesday, July 28 at 8:00 PM (EDT)
The order of performance will be released the following morning. You may register for this event after the deadline, but you'll be added to the wait list.
If you are a PMN member selected to perform in this swap, you will receive an e-mail invitation to a tech run through taking place on Wednesday, July 29, from 7:00-8:00 PM. We will discuss how to get the best sound when sharing music on Zoom (more about this in next section). Each person will have a chance to sing a verse of their song and receive feedback on ways to improve audio quality. While perfection is not expected, artists who are new to zoom are strongly encouraged to attend this, because it can be a big confidence builder to learn how to use these tools.
Thursday, July 30 (9:00 to 11:00 PM in the UK; 4:00 to 6:00 PM in the eastern U.S.)
Tell your friends how they can tune into this online musical event for progressive culture. Share this event on Facebook: INSERTLINK
Also, this is the link where you can find the performer list, which becomes available by the morning of Wednesday, July 29.
Registration Deadline
The deadline to register is Friday, August 14 at 8:00 PM.
Workshop Description
Writing songs that deliver a compelling message of social justice in ways that move people's hearts is both a political and artistic process. Are you somewhere in the middle of this process? Are you interested in receiving peer feedback on your own work in progress? This popular PMN interactive workshop is an opportunity to hone your listening and feedback skills as we collectively ponder the many elements – lyrics, melody, rhythm, chord progression, key, arrangement, etc. – that make a song click. Using online tools, we’ll hear each song-in-progress and then become a collective think-tank about what’s working so far and what might be improved.
Positive and/or constructive feedback will be offered, and only on those elements that you request help with.
How to participate:
Workshop Facilitators:
Charlie King: Veteran song leader and song writer, co-founder of People’s Music Network. He has been at the heart of American folk music for half a century and has been writing songs for the past 40 years. www.charlieking.org
Eligibility to Participate
Participants in this workshop must:
Improving the Audio Quality For Sharing Music
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Registration Deadline: Wednesday, August 19 at 8:00 PM (EDT)
The order of performance will be posted on the Facebook event page (INSERTLINK) on Friday, August 21, and all registrants will be informed by email. You may register for this event after the deadline, but you'll be added to the wait list.
The People's Music Network (PMN) is hosting two music sharing sessions in order to forge international links among musicians in the U.S. and the UK who use their music in the service of movements for justice. The first session takes place July 24. This second session on Sunday, August 23 takes place 9-11 PM in UK; 4-6 PM in Eastern U.S. We will host it twice and then assess whether there is interest to continue.
If you are a PMN member selected to perform in this swap or if you are an invited international artist, you will receive an e-mail invitation to a tech run through taking place on Friday, August 21, from 9:00 to 10:30 PM in the UK; 4:00 to 5:30 PM in the eastern U.S. We will discuss how to get the best sound when sharing music on Zoom (more about this in next section). Each person will have a chance to sing a verse of their song and receive feedback on ways to improve audio quality. While perfection is not expected, artists who are new to zoom are strongly encouraged to attend this, because it can be a big confidence builder to learn how to use these tools.
Sunday, August 23 (9:00 to 11:00 PM in the UK; 4:00 to 6:00 PM in the eastern U.S.)
© 2017 People's Music Network for Songs of Freedom and Struggle.People's Music Network is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. c/o Sally Campbell 252 W 91st St Apt 64, New York, NY 10024-1135
