FREE LIVESTREAM: Tuesday, April 22, 2025, 7:00 – 9:00 PM (ET)
on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUWS6yWqbkA
*** Once event ends, livestream is archived at this same link.
Deadline to register to perform: Wednesday, April 12, at 11:59 PM (ET)
Earth Day was first observed on April 22, 1970, when an estimated 20 million people nationwide attended the inaugural events at tens of thousands of sites including elementary and secondary schools, universities, and community sites across the United States. Likely many PMN members, past and current, were present at some of those events. In 1990, activist Denis Hayes, one of the original organizers, made it international by taking it to 14 other countries. It was founded and continues to highlight the premise that all people, regardless of race, gender, income, or geography, have a moral right to a healthy, sustainable environment. Let’s sing out!
In this Zoom event, members of the People's Music Network from around the world are invited to share songs of Freedom and Struggle in honor of our home, Mother Earth. Come join us with your Earth songs in a fun, inclusive, supportive, and collaborative online setting!
Contact Joanie Calem <joaniecalem@gmail.com>
LYRICS: https://bit.ly/2025-04-22-Swap
PERFORMER LIST:
1. 7.06 PM (ET) - Bev Grant "Mother's Wrath" www.bevgrant.com
2. 7.12 PM (ET) - Steve Siegelbaum "Song of the Rivers"
3. 7.18 PM (ET) - Lydia Davis "Song of Life" www.LydiaAdamsDavis
4. 7.24 PM (ET) - Dean Stevens "Pledge Allegiance to the Earth" www.deanstevens.com
5. 7.30 PM (ET) - Giovanna Spies (rhymes with trees) "By Water I Am Led" www.movingsound.org
6. 7.36 PM (ET) - Michael & Nell "Don’t Blow Up The Mountain" Www.michaelandnell.com
7. 7.42 PM (ET) - Joanie Calem "Crazy Dreams" www.joaniecalem.com
8. 7.48 PM (ET) - Paul Baker (formerly Hernández) "ODE TO EARTH (based on Beethoven's ODE TO JOY)" www.echoesilence.weebly.com
9. 7.54 PM (ET) - Hali Hammer "Eve of Transition" www.halihammer.com
10. 8.00 PM (ET) - Eric Law "For the Beauty of the Earth" www.erichflaw.hearnow.com/
11. 8.06 PM (ET) - L Pinetree "TBD"
12. 8.12 PM (ET) - Sharleen Leahey "May The Earth Keep On Turning"
13. 8.18 PM (ET) - Gary Kanter "You Sound Woke To Me" www.garykanter.com/
14. 8.24 PM (ET) - Joanna Katzen "It Will Be Too Late: A song of Mother Earth" www.thenewjoanna.wixsite.com/home
15. 8.30 PM (ET) - Marc Hecker "Spring Hill Mine Disaster"
16. 8.36 PM (ET) - Donald Roby "Who's Garden Was This?"
17. 8.42 PM (ET) - Lauren Sargent "TBD"
18. 8.48 PM (ET) - Andy Antipin "The Motorway Song"
19. 8.54 PM (ET) - Jenny Amanda Hurwitz "TBD"
20. 9.00 PM (ET) - Joel Landy "There's No Place Called Away" www.singfreedom.org/songs-of-freedom/
21. 9.06 PM (ET) - John Closs "One Water"
22. 9.12 PM (ET) - Barbara Dyskant "Big Black Snake"
23. 9.18 PM (ET) - STORM "TBD"
How to Participate
Using the button on the left side of this web page, PMN members and invited artists can register to share a song or a poem and/or to be part of the audience for this event. After registering, you receive an e-mail message containing the Zoom Meeting link. Due to time constraints and a vibrant community of performers keen to participate (400 active PMN members in total), it isn't always possible to include every interested performer in the final line up. In the event that not everyone performs, we'll make a wait list. Most people perform live, but we also welcome pre-recorded videos, immediately preceded by a live introduction.
Technical Orientation Session: 45 minutes before showtime @6:15pm (ET) / 3:15pm (PT).
Performers are invited to a technical orientation session, 45 minutes before showtime, where we discuss and practice how to get the best sound when doing a musical performance on Zoom. Each performer has a chance to sing a verse of a song and then receive feedback on ways to improve the audio quality. Artists new to Zoom are strongly encouraged to attend the tech orientation, because doing so will build your confidence in using these tools. The audio quality that listeners hear of your live performance depends on the equipment you have and how you use it. Check out this great resource for performers wanting to get their best audio quality when playing on Zoom. It comes from our friends at Folk Alliance Region Midwest: https://www.farmfolk.org/zoom-performer-toolbox/
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