March Forth: Action & Activism

[*Mandolin Streaming Concert]

"The most impressive instrumentalist I've ever heard." JOHNNY CASH

"He has an uncanny ability to breathe new life into the familiar. His storytelling has the richness of fine literature. Folk music's rustic renaissance man." WASHINGTON POST

John McCutcheon writes and performs music that informs, inspires, and motivates...from our history and from John's prolific pen.  As he tells it, "Music can move hips, hearts, and, sometimes, mountains."  

His introduction to folk music came via 1963's March on Washington, and from from the very beginning he saw music as connected to something greater than mere entertainment: inclusive, participatory and powerful.  In his 50-year career, he has written song after song celebrating the struggles of ordinary people fighting for dignity and respect...in the mine, the mill, the classroom; in the kitchen, the factory or the office. His songs can be hilarious or they can be angry.  But inevitably - and we think this is his great gift - they tell the small stories that reveal great truths. 

For this event, in the spirit of our friend and frequent collaborator Pete Seeger, we proudly join with a collective of ten changemakers in bringing you the powerfully moving music of John McCutcheon:

Common Ground on the Hill (Westminster, MD)

Walkabout Clearwater Coffeehouse (White Plains, NY)

Austin Sanctuary Network (Austin, TX)

Union Church (Berea, KY)

Eighth Step (Schenectady, NY)

Highlander Center (New Market, TN)

Alliance for Appalachia (London, KY)

Woody Guthrie Center (Tulsa, OK)

Church Council of Greater Seattle (Seattle, WA)

WhyHunger (New York, NY)

General Admission: $20

Family/Household: $30

Student: $10

Unemployed/Laid Off: $5

Music Supporter: $50