Posted in Dirty Linen, Festivals/Tours/Events, tagged Anne Shapiro & Tom Callinan, Bob Reiser, Bobaloo Basey, Bonga & The Vodou Drums of Haiti, Brother Joscephus & the Love Revival Revolution Orchestra, Buckwheat Zydeco, C.J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band, Captain Killian & Crew, Dala, Dan Bern, Dave Conover, David Amram, David Bromberg, Dirty Stay Out Skifflers, Donna the Buffalo, Edukated Fleas, Eileen Ivers, Eric Russell, Evy Mayer, Folklore Urbano, Great Hudson River Revival, Hazmat Modine, Hope Machine, Jay, Joan Osborne, Jonatha Brooke, Kakande, Keller Williams, Kim Harrisleading, Le Vent du Nord, Lucy Kaplansky, Marva P. Clarke, Mel & Vinnie, Mike Doughty, Milton, Molly & Peter, Nancy Marie Payne, Nightingale, Pete Seeger, Pete Seeger & the Power of Song, Railroad Earth, Rhett Miller, Robert DeMayo, Sara Watkins, Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion, Shawn Colvin, Slavic Soul Party!, Steve Earle, Steve Forbert, Steve Stanne, Stout and Matt Turk, Tao Seeger Band, the Felice Brothers, The Lee Boys, The Storycrafters, The Subdudes, Toshi Reagon on May 6, 2010 |
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Inspired by Pete Seeger’s desire to clean up the river over forty years ago, the Great Hudson River Revival initially helped raise the funds to build the sloop Clearwater, which has since become a world-renowned floating classroom and a symbol of effective grassroots action. Today, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater is a non-profit organization that sails at the forefront of the nation’s environmental challenges. The revenue raised by the Revival goes to support Clearwater’s numerous educational programs and its work toward environmental and social justice—as well as keeping the sloop Clearwater afloat.
Pete Seeger & the Power of Song gets us underway on Saturday, June 19 on the Rainbow Stage. Also featured on this stage throughout the weekend are famed singer-songwriters Steve Earle and Shawn Colvin, contemporary music star Joan Osborne; Westchester County native David Bromberg and his quartet, Keller Williams, “newgrass” sensation Railroad Earth, Donna the Buffalo, Toshi Reagon, The Felice Brothers, sacred steel guitar family band The Lee Boys, and Hazmat Modine, a global blues band based in NYC. (more…)
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