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back to the roots in Philly

back to the roots in Philly

Sunday, February 5, 2012 @ 12:00AMSun, Feb 5, 2012 @ 12:00AM

Crossroads Music, 801 South 48th Street, Philadelphia, PA

Unfortunately, Anne Feeney has broken her wrist. Jon Fromer will be performing instead.

Listen! “The soulful-est man in activist song!” – Pat Humphries & Sandy O (Emma’s Revolution) “Great record! I hope many people start singing your songs.” – Pete Seeger “His gift is to bring ordinary people together and make them move. It starts with his right hand, which hammers the guitar strings with ferocious commitment and reverberates down to his feet, which tramp in place like an army of one – justice bound.” – IBEW Local 1245 Reporter

Listen! Featuring Evan Greer & spiritchild Evan Greer: “Songs [that] will be heard at the barricades for years to come.” – Tom Morello. “An eloquent and energetic writer.” – Howard Zinn spiritchild: “My current fave hiphop ensemble. Unique sound, fully evolved, party perfect and definitely hip.” – Bowery Poetry Club

At Calvary United Methodist Church DirectionsBuy Tickets ($5-15) Hip-Hop has been gentrified. Folk music has been watered down. Punk rock sold out. In the face of this mainstream betrayal, some of the movement’s most dynamic performers have joined forces to take their respective genres back to the roots, celebrating the role of music in people’s resistance to oppression around the word. Evan Greer and spiritchild are revolutionary artists from radically different musical styles who share a common commitment to using their craft as a tool and a weapon in direct support of grassroots struggles for change. For this concert, they are joined by Bay Area activist singer Jon Fromer, who has brought his blend of folk, blues and country to movements for peace, justice and social change in the San Francisco Bay Area for decades and participants in spiritchild’s youth hip-hop program One Mic Artists. These inspiring musicians are as likely to be found at an organizing meeting or a protest as on the stage at a club or festival. They don’t just sing about the struggle, they live it every day through constant work in their communities. spiritchild is the founder of Movement in Motion, an international organization of artists and activists who work collectively to use their art to educate and fight for freedom. Evan is a member of the Riot-Folk! Collective, a group of 9 singer/songwriters who collectively distribute their political music, raise money for various grassroots causes, and create alternatives tothe corporate music industry. Jon has played at thousands of picket lines, marches and rallies since the 1960s and currently helps lead and organize music for SOA Watch’s annual mass demonstrations in Ft. Benning, Georgia.

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