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Bill Harley is a well-known children's musician and storyteller and a member of Providence (RI) Meeting along with his wife Debbie Block. Bill can often be heard telling stories on NPR. billharley.com
Mark Judkins Helpsmeet of Eau Claire (WI) Mtg has been recording & broadcasting amazing interviews with a wide variety of Quaker musicians over the past few years. The programs are entitled "Song of the Soul" and can be found under Northern Spirit Radio.
Kody Hersh is a Young Adult Friend from Sarasota FL. You can find out more about his music at his myspace page.
Mark Holdaway, a member of Pima Friends Meeting in Tucson AZ is a master on the Kalimba or African thumb piano. He is organized 2 sing-along benefit concerts using Rise Up Singing in 2006 in Tucson. markholdaway.com. Also check out his Kalimba Shop. SOTS interview pt. 1 pt 2
The Homegrown String Band is made up of a Quaker family that plays blues, bluegrass, country & folk together. The band includes Georgianne, Rick, Erica & Annalee Jackofsky. They are members of Conscience Bay Mtg in New York Yearly Mtg. Check out their website for touring schedule, CD's, an online promo video & lots more!
Lisa Hubbell of Strawberry Creek Meeting (Berkeley CA) is author of "Rooted & Grounded in Love", a song based on Paul's epistles that is in Worship in Song (the Quaker hymnal, available from Quaker Books). She founded the Quaker trio Sacred Ground with Rolene Walker of San Francisco Mtg. Their motto is "weaving harmonies for peace, spirit and the environment." You can listen to some of Lisa's songs on her myspace page or email her. She is responsible for many of the great listings on this Quaker musicians' webpage. Thanks Lisa & keep sending us more names!
William Jolliff, an English professor at George Fox University, is a songwriter, poet, Quaker peace activist, and gospel bluegrass performer. He has written close to 40 songs and produced seven recordings. Folk singer Tracy Grammer's album "Flower of Avalon," includes a song Jolliff wrote. Laughlin Boy is a re-written traditional piece about a Civil War conscientious objector. See George Fox U. article on Bill's music & how Grammer found out about his song. Contact William Joliff.
Andy Juhl is a singer-songwriter and member of the Paullina (IA) Friends Meeting. His music ranges from acoustic folk to rocking electric songs, and many of them contain socially conscious themes. You can find out more about Andy and his music at his website: www.andyjuhl.com.
Patti & Tom Kent, the pastors of Music City Friends Church in Nashville TN, are classical musicians who have performed in symphony orchestras over the years. Patti is a concert violinist and has also recorded a CD of gospel music. Tom is a vocalist and trombonist.
David LaMotte is a singer-songwriter Swannanoa Valley Friends Meeting in Black Mountain, NC and a Rotary World Peace Fellow. Dirty Linen has called him a "folk poet of elegant simplicity". His website
(davidlamotte.com) includes tips for aspiring songwriters.
Derek Lamson - see under Derek & Friends ( Musicians A-F )
Elizabeth LaPrelle writes that Haverford (PA) Meeting "has meant a lot to me over the years even though I usually only get there a couple of times a year." Her grandparents Bill & (the late) Lois Ann Newlin have been active members there for many years and her mom Sandy grew up in that meeting. She sings ballads & old-timey songs in the style of Appalachian traditional singers. "I try to sing ballads the way these folks & their ancestors might have sung when they were my age." We enjoyed a lot her performance on Prairie Home Companion. You can hear additional audio clips on Elizabeth's website.
The Leaveners (to quote from their website) "is the Quaker Performing Arts Organisation for the Religious Society of Friends in Britain. It was formed by a group of enthusiastic Friends, involved in the arts, who wanted to use their experience of the creative arts as a way of expressing their Quaker faith and values" - and has been doing so wonderfully since 1978! Their projects include Quaker youth theater, writing and performing Quaker cantatas, publishing songbooks and a drama project designed to integrate deaf and hearing young people. You can contact them at leaveners.org
Note: "SOTS interview" refers to musician interviews on Song of the Soul, a project of Northern Spirit Radio.
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UPCOMING EVENTS & WORKSHOPS with Annie & Peter
WFCR interview with Peter and Annie. Hear us talk about sing-alongs and the origins of Rise Up Singing with live performances of several favorite songs. New York NY, Sat. May 5 - People's Voice Cafe, Community Church of NY, 40 E. 35th St (betw Madison & Park), 8pm (doors open 7:30). Annie & Peter will lead a sing along and Four Shillings Short is also on the bill later this evening. 212-787-3903. Newton MA. Sun. May 13 - Mother's Day family concert, 2pm at Newton Cultural Center, 225 Nevada Street. Benefit for Mother's Milk Bank of New England. You can buy tickets online at the MMBNE website, call 617-527-6283 or view the concert flyer.
Kingston RI, Fri. July 6 - We will be taking part in another performance of "The Fire & the Hammer" - which Peter organized & we both took part in at New England Yearly Meeting last August. The final evening plenary of the 2012 Friends General Conference summer gathering. Detailed information on the performance & how to apply to join the choir is posted now on the FGC website.
See also swing performances Annie is doing with:
GIRLS FROM MARS and The O-TONES
promoting efforts to secure a Nobel Peace Prize for legendary folk singer & environmental & peace activist, Pete Seeger. A new edition of Seeger's autobiography (which Peter edited) is coming out this spring.
There are some great quotes from Pete on the power of group singing in the recent New York Times article on community sings around the country, many of which use Rise Up Singing.
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