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Kindness Week Concert: Words and Music of Woody Guthrie with Fred Gillen, Jr. In-Person
Classic songs of Woody Guthrie, along with some recently discovered lyrics with music written by contemporary artists, and a few choice readings from Woody's vast body of non-song writing with singer/songwriter Fred Gillen, Jr.
Listen to Fred's cover of the newly found Woody Guthrie song Whereabouts Can I Hide on Youtube.
- Date:
- Sunday, September 11, 2022
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 3:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Multipurpose Room
- Categories:
- Arts & Culture
Registration has closed.
Brie
f Fred Gillen Jr Bio:
f Fred Gillen Jr Bio:NYFA (New York Foundation For The Arts) grant recipient Fred Gillen Jr has released eleven full-length albums, to great critical acclaim. He has performed all over the U.S. and Europe as a solo artist, his live performances are spontaneous and full of storytelling, and he enjoys audience participation. He is equally comfortable playing at a theatre, festival, or museum, as at a farmers market, coffeehouse, or brewery. His songs have been featured on ABC's "All My Children," NPR's "Car Talk," and CMJ's New Music Marathon Sampler. From 2017 to 2019 he was music director of the group The Greenheart, traveling to Nepal four times and India once, performing concerts to raise awareness of environmental activism. In 2012 his version of Woody Guthrie's "I Ain't Got No Home" was featured on "Pete Remembers Woody," a collection of Pete Seeger's spoken stories about Woody Guthrie. interspersed with various artists' renditions of Guthrie's songs. Besides playing with his heroes like Pete, he’s opened for some great artists such as Merle Haggard, Todd Rundgren, and the David Bromberg Big Band. In both his own songs and the songs he chooses to cover he incorporates elements of a huge swath of folk, rock, roots, and Americana music. Though he writes and sings songs that cover a huge variety of lyric topics, his over-arching message is simple: “we are all in this together.”
"New York singer/ songwriter Gillen may have East Coast origins, but his style and intensity reflect a down-home sensibility." —Nashville Scene
"Not just another bland cookie from the singer-songwriter bakery." —Indie-Music.com
Nicole Guenkel
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