Hudson, NY - March 30
Essex, MA - March 31
Worcester, MA - April 5
Andover, MA - April 7
Pittsburgh, PA - April 12
Urbana, IL - April 28
Indianapolis, IN - April 29
Pittsburgh, PA - April 30
Haledon, NJ - May 1
Camp Hill, PA - May 4
Albany, NY - May 5
Havre-de-Grace, MD - May 11-13
Chicago, IL - May 16-20th
Do you live in any of these towns or know anyone who does? Please help me spread the word... forward this newsletter to folks who might enjoy it ... and invite your friends both far and near to come to my shows. I depend on you all for this favor... you know they won't be hearing about my shows from Clearchannel or Fox News.
details of these and all upcoming gigs continuously updating at my tourdates page.
If you've got an upcoming conference, convention, riot, rally or any kind of event where my music would inspire and fire up people, please let me know!
Now booking:
September 4-26 Ireland?? Denmark?? Sweden??
October Midwest
I'm open to any and all work, though - don't let those suggestions deter you from proposing something else.
See you on the road and in the streets!
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IN THIS ISSUE:
MOVING DAY!!! AND A GREEN MOUNTAIN GRASS HOUSE CONCERT AT MY NEW HOUSE!!
IMMOKALEE WORKERS NEED YOU AGAIN
WORKERS' MEMORIAL DAY
BEST SIGNS SEEN ON THE FLORIDA TOUR
COOL LINKS
FAMILY NEWS, BIRTHDAYS
NATIONAL HEALTH CARE NOW
BUY MUSIC, SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE
THE TOUR
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NEW HOUSE/APRIL 12th HOUSEWARMING with GREEN MOUNTAIN GRASS
After complaining in last month's newsletter about not having enough to do in April... I happened upon a darling 3 bedroom Victorian house that's twice the size of the house I'm living in - for $37,000!!! It needs some TLC of course, but I closed on March 26th! When I get home from this tour I can begin packing, doing my taxes and moving... that should fill up those empty hours I was worried about...
I'm completely moving in on May 1st, but on April 12th I'm going to have a special housewarming party featuring Green Mountain Grass from Austin, TX.
Green Mountain Grass has been raising the roof at the Kerrville Folk Festival and I know you'll all be enchanted and dazzled by this fabulous young band. Come see my new house and hear some great music starting at 6PM on April 12th. I'll provide some refreshments, but you're welcome to bring some too...
I'm suggesting a $10-20 donation. I'm also signing folks up for a moving crew.
So, you Pittsburgh & vicinity folks come on by. I'll have a virtual housewarming on my blog too, with pictures & such. This is the first of what I hope will be many happy parties at my new house.
Starting MAYDAY 2007, send all snail mail to:
Anne Feeney
2240 Milligan Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15218
and I may be losing my 412.241.7664 phone number. I'll let you know if I get a new phone number. In the meantime, try 412.877.6480 (my cell) ... I'm on the road with it most of the time anyway...
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THE IMMOKALEE WORKERS ARE ON THE MOVE!
Stay tuned to the CIW (Coalition of Immokalee Workers) website in the coming two weeks as the national movement for Fair Food gears up for two days of historic action, April 13-14, in Chicago!
It's particularly ironic that Burger King entered into an historic agreement with PETA to purchase humanely slaughtered beef for their fast food chain. If only Burger King had as much interest in the PEOPLE who harvest their tomatoes!!
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BEST SIGNS SEEN ON THE FLORIDA TOUR --
At the Sarasota Peace Rally on March 17th I saw:
THE RAPTURE is not an exit strategy
PELOSI '07
(I had to think about that one for a minute... this isn't an election year... but she *is* third in line if the offices of the President and Vice President were vacated by impeachment, indictment....)
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COOL LINKS
If you didn't get enough fun on St Patrick's Day, let me invite you to my blog to check out the photo essay of my tour there last September ...
PART ONE
PART TWO
This year on April 28th there will be events all over the world commemorating Workers' Memorial Day -- the day that recognizes that countless thousands of workers die every year from doing their jobs. Read more about it at the two links below...
AFL-CIO website
My Workers' Memorial Day Page
And if you haven't seen the new Apple I-rack, check it out...
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GET HUMAN
It's hard to get a human on the line when you call a company. Usually you have to go through a slew of automated call routing. Try this website on for size:
At GetHuman.com, a database of 500 call center numbers and the codes needed to get to a human.
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FAMILY NEWS & BIRTHDAYS
Happy Birthday (belated) to Shirley Shultz, Mary Madeira, Joe McCahill, Bette Jacobson, Ron Berlin and April birthday wishes to Rosanna Lane!
Jon Christian McCahill is studying this semester in Spain and having a ball. Ed McCahill's work schedule has eased up some - he and Terry, Ryan and Collin all doing very well and extended delicious hospitality to me and Julie - including a home made spice cake. Joe and Rhonda served up an exquisite meal for us too.
Karen McCahill is on a 60 mile walking pilgrimage in Spain with Kay and other family members -- I hope to have some details and pictures next month.
Dan and Monique's wedding plans are coming along swimmingly. If you'd love to come to their June 16th wedding in Pasadena, let me know and I'll try to get you an invitation. I'm doing my best to be the low-pressure suegra (mother-in-law)...
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BUY MUSIC, SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE
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Amazon is a terrible place to buy music and books. They give authors and artists a terrible deal.
You can also download all my stuff (Ringtones too) at Itunes and most online music sales sites.
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You can read the news there with photos & live links added...If you've never checked it out, you should!
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NATIONAL HEALTH CARE NOW!!
Here's a link to a very coherent article about why universal health care is the only way to go...
In Health Care Reform Debate, Single-Payer System is Labor’s Only Clear Choice — Rose Ann DeMoro
Union members have a huge stake in the present debate on health care reform.
At a time when employers routinely slash or eliminate health benefits for workers and their families or force union members on strike to preserve those benefits, when insurance plans routinely restrict workers’ choice of doctors and prescription drugs, and when more working families declare bankruptcy due to medical debt, only one reform can provide the health care security working people need: single-payer.
Under single-payer, you don’t face the loss of health benefits if you lose your job or are forced out on strike. You don’t face employers constantly shifting costs onto your back. You don’t have to worry about retiree health care if you are able to retire before age 65. And you are no longer at the mercy of the insurance industry predators who routinely deny care.
NOT A DREAM
Single-payer is not a dream. It’s legislation—House Resolution 676, introduced by Congressmen John Conyers and Dennis Kucinich, with dozens of co-authors. It also has the backing of 235 labor organizations in 40 states, including 17 AFL-CIO state federations and 60 county/regional central labor councils. Several states, including California and Illinois, also have single-payer bills in the hopper.
Does single-payer work? Every industrialized nation in the world except the U.S. has either a single-payer system, like Medicare, or a national health system, like our veterans health system. That’s why the U.S. stumbles along at 37th in the world in overall health care quality, according to the World Health Organization.
Under single-payer, all health care revenues go into one publicly administered pool of money that pays for all medically necessary services delivered by doctors, hospitals, and other providers.
Its guiding principles are:
Read the rest on the Labor Notes website..
(By the way, Labor Notes is one of the best sources in the world for what's going on in the labor movement!)
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THE TOUR
Friday, March 30th, 2007 8:00 PM
House Concert at Melanie's
Hudson, NY 12534
Price: $10-20 pay what u can
more details soon ... email melanie at melanie(@)hudsonholistic.com to reserve a space!
Saturday, March 31st, 2007 8:00 PM
One World Coffeehouse
First Universalist Church
59 Main Street
Essex, MA 01929
978-768-7056
Price: $15
Thursday, April 5th, 2007 1:00 PM
Anne Feeney in Concert at Worcester State College
Student Activities Building - North/South Auditorium
486 Chandler St
Worcester, MA 01602
508-929-8635
Price: free and open to the public
crice@worcester.edu for more information
Thursday, April 5th, 2007 7:30 PM
Benefit Concert for Lynne Simonds*
Stone Soup Collective Performance Space
4 King St
Worcester, MA 01602
617-298-0388
Price: $20 or whatever you can afford
cdolgon@worcester.edu has more information
Saturday, April 7th, 2007 8:00 PM
Anne Feeney in Concert
The Coffeehouse on Locke Street
Six Locke Street
Andover, MA 01810
978.475.4454
Price: $12
Doors open at 7:30pm. Music at 8:00pm
Where: Six Locke Street, just steps from Andover, Massachusetts town center
Who: Families, newcomers, old friends, neighbors
Why: For good music, good company, good grub
Suggested donation is $12. (No one has ever been turned away in the history of The Coffeehouse.) Help yourself to a selection of hot and cold beverages (non-alcoholic) and sweet treats while you enjoy the show.
The Coffeehouse at Six Locke Street is hosted, on the first Saturday of every month, by the Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Andover.
Saturday, April 28th, 2007 3:00 PM
Central IL Jobs with Justice presents - MAYDAY / WORKERS' MEMORIAL SOLIDARITY DAY
Independent Media Center
202 S. Broadway (corner of broadway and elm)
Urbana, IL 61801
217-356-8247
Price: $5
This event is in honor of the campaign for the eight-hour day ( Haymarket in Chicago 1886 ) and those who died to make the eight hour day a reality. Also honoring those workers locally and nationally who have died on the job-site.
But in particular, this event will also be a living celebration of the recent struggles by the University of Illinois Unions ( IEA ( Illinois Education Assoc. ), IFT ( Illinois Federation of Teachers ), AFSCME, and SEIU ) for a fair and decent contract.
An event to honor these brave and UNIFIED fighting Unions for their struggle and the struggle of ALL Working People in their pursuit of a just and decent standard of living ! Come join us in a celebration of music, food (while it lasts), fun, and solidarity - children under 12 free!
Please contact ; David Johnson 356-8247 or unionyes@ameritech.net OR Germaine Light
Sunday, April 29th, 2007 7:00 PM
MayDay in Indianapolis
Wheeler Art Center
1035 Sanders St
Indianapolis, IN
Ron Haldeman is the contact - ronjane@igc.org
Monday, April 30th, 2007 7:00 PM
The Battle of Homestead Foundation presents Anne Feeney, George Mann and Julius Margolin, and a special screening of "A Union Man"
The Pump House
East Waterfront Drive
Homestead, PA
412.877.6480
Price: $10 suggested
I'll do a set from 7PM-7:30 sharp & then we'll screen "A Union Man," the wonderfully inspiring and touching film about the life of my pal, Julius Margolin. The oldest member of the NYC Labor Council, Julius has been an organizer and activist since before the birth of the CIO. Now 90 years old and going strong, Julius is guaranteed to energize and educate you in both story and song during the concert and Q&A which will follow the screening of the short film. Julius performs with his longtime friend and very talented accompanist and co-writer, George Mann.
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007 7:00 PM
Mayday!!!
Botto House American Labor Museum
83 Norwood St
Haledon, NJ
Friday, May 4th, 2007 8:00 PM
PA ACLU Statewide Convention
Radisson Hotel
Camp Hill, PA
Saturday, May 5th, 2007 12:00 PM
Mayday Concert
Steamer No 10 Theater
500 Western Ave
Albany, NY 12203
518-861-5627
margie rosencranz is the contact
Friday, May 11th-Sunday, May 13th, 2007
Susquehanna Music and Arts Festival
Ramblewood Resort
2564 Silver Road
Darlington, MD 21035
Wednesday, May 16th-Saturday, May 19th, 2007
Regina Polk Leadership Institute for Union Women
Pheasant Run Resort
St Charles, IL
Friday, March 30, 2007
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Fellow Travelers' Advisory from Anne Feeney - MARCH 2007, VOLUME TWO, #12
IMMEDIATE DESTINATIONS:
Pittsburgh, PA - March 9
Harrisburg, PA - March 10
Pittsburgh, PA - March 11
Washington, DC - March 12
Jacksonville, FL - March 14
Tallahassee, FL - March 15
Gainesville, FL - March 16
Sarasota, FL - March 17
Clearwater, FL - March 18
West Palm Beach, FL - March 21
N Miami, FL - March 22
Bradenton, FL - March 23
Fort Myers, FL - March 25
Jacksonville, FL - March 27
Hudson, NY - March 30
Essex, MA - March 31
Worcester, MA - April 5
Andover, MA - April 7
details of these and all upcoming gigs continuously updating at my website.
and then THREE WEEKS WITH NO WORK IN APRIL!!! Help! If you've got something going on between April 8th and April 29th, call me!
ESPECIALLY... I'm looking for April 28th - Workers' Memorial Day - in Dayton, Columbus, Cincinnati or even Louisville or St Louis - Call me at 412.241.7664
If you've got an upcoming conference, convention, riot, rally or any kind of event where my music would inspire and fire up people, please let me know!
Now booking:
May 19-26 Chicago, IL - Kerrville, TX
June 9-14 Kerrville, TX - Pasadena, CA
June 17- July 3 - LA, CA - Seattle, WA/Vancouver, BC
July 4 - July 13 Seattle/Vancouver - Eugene, OR
September 4-26 Ireland?? Denmark?? Sweden??
October-Nov Midwest
I'm open to any and all work, though - don't let those suggestions deter you from proposing something else.
See you on the road and in the streets!
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IN THIS ISSUE:
BUY MUSIC, SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE
TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY
FOUR YEAR ANNIVERSARY
SICK DAZE
WHERE'S THE MONEY??
THE TOUR
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BUY MUSIC, SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE
CDBaby has all my CDs. It's a great company - providing super customer service and great treatment of artists and employees. Visit CDBaby to listen to and buy my recordings.
Amazon is a terrible place to buy music and books. They give authors and artists a terrible deal.
You can also download all my stuff (Ringtones too) at Itunes and most online music sales sites.
You can have this newsletter delivered to you inbox each month by going to my website.
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TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY
It's hard to believe I've been sending out these missives for two years now! Welcome to the twenty-fourth monthly issue of the Fellow Travelers' Advisory.
Let me know what you're up to these days, and be sure to tell folks that you know along my tour route that I'm headed their way.... this is totally a word-of-mouth career I've got! (Better yet, send them a copy of one of my CDs!!)
Your generosity and support mean so very much to me. This is such a precarious, fragile vocation. If it weren't for all the wonderful things that you do for me, I'd have to quit. It's hard to find the words to express my appreciation to all of you who have found me work, presented me in concert, housed me, fed me, told your friends about me, bought my CDs... Thanks for all that, and for subscribing to my newsletter!
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FOUR YEAR ANNIVERSARY
Of course the anniversary that is on all our minds is the fourth anniversary of Operation Quagmire. Much of my March touring is focused on anti-war activities. I'll be doing a show in Pittsburgh at Garfield Artworks and also passing the hat for the Pittsburgh Anti-War Committee when I perform at Jim and LLouise Altes' house concert series on March 11th. (By the way, seats are going reallllllllllly fast for that cozy house concert - reserve right away if you plan on coming!)
I'm particularly excited that Troops Out Now! has called for an encampment on the national mall as Congress debates Bush's budget (be sure to check out the brilliant article on the budget that's clickable a little later on in this newsletter...)
I'll also be at a large demonstration in Sarasota on March 17th. Wherever you are this month, there will be ways to oppose this war. Please call your members of Congress and attend local anti-war activities if you can't come camp out on the National Mall in front of the Capitol.
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SICK DAYS
I've really been plagued with a nasty cold/flu/100 days' cough this year... I'm hoping that my March tour in Florida will expiate the last of the demons. A *lot* of people heard me singing through the sickness in January and February. (It's always been a lesson in humility to me that most people can't tell that I'm sick when I sing. I guess there's just not that much difference between my best voice and my worst voice in most people's ears.) As a self-employed person, I don't have much of a safety net. .. and besides - the show must go on, right?
It's been a long time since I was an employee, but every job I ever had (even as a counter worker at Arby's) included paid sick days - usually one per every month worked - and in most places I worked those days accumulated. It was another disheartening bit of news to learn that very few workers have paid sick days any more. Among the lowest wage earners fewer than 1 in 5 have paid sick days. Only 15% of food industry workers have paid sick days. That's not just mean, it's crazy! The Healthy Families Act (S 932 and HR 1902) would begin to address this problem by requiring at least larger employers to provide some paid days off for workers who are sick.
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WHERE'S THE MONEY?
As Bush continues to get his war on, met with only token "non-binding" opposition to his "surge" in Iraq, he proposes a budget that makes all his tax cuts for the rich permanent, and calls for still deeper cuts in domestic programs. As we witnessed with Hurricane Katrina, those budget cuts have consequences... real life-and-death consequences. The scandalous living conditions provided for our troops at Walter Reed reveal another place where we've been hiding our budget cuts. Maybe you're wondering to yourself it Britney Spears' shaved head was really the most important news story of the past two weeks. I highly recommend this brilliant piece that appeared in Rolling Stone last week... (and thanks to Senator Bernie Sanders for culling and compiling these much-needed examples from the proposed Federal Budget.)
THE LOW POST: Medicare vs. Britney
Why a brainless Mouseketeer gets more ink than the federal budget
MATT TAIBBI in Rolling Stone
If the Estate Tax goes, the heirs to the Mars candy corporation -- (some of the world's evilest scumbags, incidentally, routinely ripped by human rights organizations for trafficking in child labor to work cocoa farms in places like Cote D'Ivoire) -- will receive about $11.7 billion in tax breaks. That's more than three times the amount Bush wants to cut from the VA budget ($3.4 billion) over the same time period.
read the whole article ...
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THE TOUR
Friday, March 9th, 2007 7:30 PM
All Ages Anti-War Concert
Garfield Artworks
4931 Penn Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
Vanessa German and Rebecca Cooper will also present performance poetry at this all ages show. Bring a tax-deductible check to the Thomas Merton Center with "anti-war committee" in the memo!
Saturday, March 10th, 2007 7:00 PM
Benefit Concert for United for Progress - Harrisburg's Fabulous Labor Radio Show
Steelworkers' Local 1688 Hall
200 Gibson St
Steelton, PA 17113
717-448-1953
Price: $10
Rick Smith's show on WHYL, 960 AM airs on Saturdays from 2-5 - and also streams on the internet, so you can listen or call in from home - WHYL Call in (717) 960-0960 - all shows are available as podcasts, too, so that you can get your labor news on the run!
Sunday, March 11th, 2007 4:00 PM
Friendship House Concerts Presents Anne Feeney
Jim and LLouise Altes' House
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
Price: $10
more details soon.
Monday, March 12th, 2007 3:00 PM
Encampment to Stop the War
National Mall
3rd between Constitution and Independence
Washington, DC
During the week beginning March 12, Congress will begin voting on Bush´s request for $100 billion more for the wars in Iraq and Afganistan. If Congress votes to cut off funds, they can end the war now and bring the troops home. If they approve Bush´s war funds, the killing, and dying and occupation will go on…it´s as simple as that. This vote will be the most important war related vote since Congress voted to authorized Bush to invade and occupy Iraq in October of 2002. The antiwar movement must be there to let Congress know that we won´t let them get away with it this time. The exact time I'm performing will be posted as soon as I know it.
Wednesday, March 14th - 12-2PM
Music and Art in the Labor Movement- An International Exhibit with Music
University of North Florida - Jacksonville, FL
Building #14/Room #1700
(Student Services Auditorium)
Swedish visual artist Julie Leonardsson will show his extraordinary lithographs of the steel industry and his hilarious satirical cartoons and discuss his work as a left wing political artist in Sweden. His wife, Anne Feeney, will add some songs of the US labor movement, and discuss the anti-globalization movements in North America and Europe.
Thursday, March 15th, 2007 6:30 PM
Concert and Pot Luck!
Imaginary Fool's Juggling, Singing and Gourmet Supper Club
Tallahassee, FL
850-878-4149
Price: $10 suggested
Friday, March 16th, 2007 8:00 PM
Iguana Benefit
The 2nd Street Bakery
1511 NW 2nd St
Gainesville, FL
352-505-5039
Price: $10
discounted advance tickets available at The Iguana
Saturday, March 17th, 2007 1:00 PM
Rally for Peace - Remembering 4 Years of the War on Iraq
Island Park at the Sarasota Bayfront
Sarasota, FL
941-366-5008
with Mindy Simmons, Jim Glover, James Hawkins, Aidan Delgado and other guest speakers and musicians - Rally is from 1-4:30 PM
Sunday, March 18th, 2007 9:00 and 11AM
Unitarian Universalists of Clearwater
2470 Nursery Road
Clearwater, FL 33764
727-543-0288
all welcome
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007 8:00 PM
Anne Feeney CD Release Party - "If I Can't Dance"
Unarmed Underground Arts Center
1148 Okechobee Road, #10
West Palm Beach, FL
561 820 8805
Price: $10
a live acoustic performance of original songs & some classic FOLK favorites. All ages are welcomed.
a modest donation is requested for the artist...$10 suggested. soft drinks and snacks will be on hand, or BYOB - This is an indoor/outdoor venue, rain or shine, hope to see you all then.
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007 8:00 PM
Anne Feeney in Concert
Luna Star Cafe
775 NE 125th St
North Miami, FL 33161
Price: $10
Friday, March 23rd, 2007 8:00 PM
Think Globally - Act Vocally - An Evening with James Durst and Anne Feeney
Fogartyville Cafe
800 17th Avenue W
Bradenton, FL 34205
941-741-9755
Price: $15
James Durst is a fabulous performer and this will be a most memorable evening...
check out http://jamesdurst.com - You can get advance tickets at the club for $12.
Sunday, March 25th, 2007 10:30 AM
Justice Sunday
Manatee Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
322 15th Street West
Bradenton, FL 34205
941-746-0067
all welcome - muuf1@verizon.net
Sunday, March 25th, 2007 3:00 PM
Wendyl presents
Manna Reading Center
2040 Collier Ave.
Fort Myers, FL
(239) 277-7866
Price: $10-20 donation
pay what you can... come and enjoy!
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007 12:00 PM
Concert at UNF
University of North Florida Campus Theater -- Robinson Student Services Building (Building #14, Room #1700)
4567 St. Johns Bluff Road South
Jacksonville, FL
904.620.1654
sswart@unf.edu is the email contact
Friday, March 30th, 2007 8:00 PM
House Concert at Melanie's
Hudson, NY 12534
Price: $10-20 pay what u can
email melanie at melanie(@)hudsonholistic.com to reserve a space!
Saturday, March 31st, 2007 8:00 PM
One World Coffeehouse
First Universalist Church
59 Main Street
Essex, MA 01929
978-768-7056
Price: $15
Thursday, April 5th, 2007 1:00 PM
Anne Feeney in Concert at Worcester State College
Student Activities Building - North/South Auditorium
486 Chandler St
Worcester, MA 01602
508-929-8635
Price: free and open to the public
crice@worcester.edu for more information
there will be an evening event, too. check http://annefeeney.com/calendar.html for latest news
Saturday, April 7th, 2007 8:00 PM
Anne Feeney in Concert
The Coffeehouse on Locke Street
Six Locke Street
Andover, MA 01810
978.475.4454
Price: $12
Doors open at 7:30pm. Music at 8:00pm
Where: Six Locke Street, just steps from Andover, Massachusetts town center
Sunday, April 29th, 2007 7:00 PM
MayDay in Indianapolis
Wheeler Art Center
1035 Sanders St
Indianapolis, IN
Ron Haldeman is the contact - ronjane@igc.org
Monday, April 30th, 2007 7:00 PM
The Battle of Homestead Foundation presents Anne Feeney, George Mann and Julius Margolin, and a special screening of "A Union Man"
The Pump House
East Waterfront Drive
Homestead, PA
412.877.6480
Price: $10 suggested
I'll do a set from 7PM-7:30 sharp & then we'll screen "A Union Man," the wonderfully inspiring and touching film about the life of my pal, Julius Margolin. The oldest member of the NYC Labor Council, Julius has been an organizer and activist since before the birth of the CIO. Now 90 years old and going strong, Julius is guaranteed to energize and educate you in both story and song during the concert and Q&A which will follow the screening of the short film. Julius performs with his longtime friend and very talented accompanist and co-writer, George Mann.
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007 7:00 PM
Mayday!!!
Botto House American Labor Museum
83 Norwood St
Haledon, NJ
Friday, May 4th, 2007 8:00 PM
PA ACLU Statewide Convention
Radisson Hotel
Camp Hill, PA
Saturday, May 5th, 2007 12:00 PM
Mayday Concert (tentative)
Steamer No 10 Theater
500 Western Ave
Albany, NY 12203
518-861-5627
margie rosencranz is the contact
Friday, May 11th - Sunday, May 13th
Susquehanna Music and Arts Festival
Ramblewood Resort
2564 Silver Road
Darlington, MD 21035
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That's all for now. See you soon somewhere!
Pittsburgh, PA - March 9
Harrisburg, PA - March 10
Pittsburgh, PA - March 11
Washington, DC - March 12
Jacksonville, FL - March 14
Tallahassee, FL - March 15
Gainesville, FL - March 16
Sarasota, FL - March 17
Clearwater, FL - March 18
West Palm Beach, FL - March 21
N Miami, FL - March 22
Bradenton, FL - March 23
Fort Myers, FL - March 25
Jacksonville, FL - March 27
Hudson, NY - March 30
Essex, MA - March 31
Worcester, MA - April 5
Andover, MA - April 7
details of these and all upcoming gigs continuously updating at my website.
and then THREE WEEKS WITH NO WORK IN APRIL!!! Help! If you've got something going on between April 8th and April 29th, call me!
ESPECIALLY... I'm looking for April 28th - Workers' Memorial Day - in Dayton, Columbus, Cincinnati or even Louisville or St Louis - Call me at 412.241.7664
If you've got an upcoming conference, convention, riot, rally or any kind of event where my music would inspire and fire up people, please let me know!
Now booking:
May 19-26 Chicago, IL - Kerrville, TX
June 9-14 Kerrville, TX - Pasadena, CA
June 17- July 3 - LA, CA - Seattle, WA/Vancouver, BC
July 4 - July 13 Seattle/Vancouver - Eugene, OR
September 4-26 Ireland?? Denmark?? Sweden??
October-Nov Midwest
I'm open to any and all work, though - don't let those suggestions deter you from proposing something else.
See you on the road and in the streets!
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IN THIS ISSUE:
BUY MUSIC, SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE
TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY
FOUR YEAR ANNIVERSARY
SICK DAZE
WHERE'S THE MONEY??
THE TOUR
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BUY MUSIC, SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE
CDBaby has all my CDs. It's a great company - providing super customer service and great treatment of artists and employees. Visit CDBaby to listen to and buy my recordings.
Amazon is a terrible place to buy music and books. They give authors and artists a terrible deal.
You can also download all my stuff (Ringtones too) at Itunes and most online music sales sites.
You can have this newsletter delivered to you inbox each month by going to my website.
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TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY
It's hard to believe I've been sending out these missives for two years now! Welcome to the twenty-fourth monthly issue of the Fellow Travelers' Advisory.
Let me know what you're up to these days, and be sure to tell folks that you know along my tour route that I'm headed their way.... this is totally a word-of-mouth career I've got! (Better yet, send them a copy of one of my CDs!!)
Your generosity and support mean so very much to me. This is such a precarious, fragile vocation. If it weren't for all the wonderful things that you do for me, I'd have to quit. It's hard to find the words to express my appreciation to all of you who have found me work, presented me in concert, housed me, fed me, told your friends about me, bought my CDs... Thanks for all that, and for subscribing to my newsletter!
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FOUR YEAR ANNIVERSARY
Of course the anniversary that is on all our minds is the fourth anniversary of Operation Quagmire. Much of my March touring is focused on anti-war activities. I'll be doing a show in Pittsburgh at Garfield Artworks and also passing the hat for the Pittsburgh Anti-War Committee when I perform at Jim and LLouise Altes' house concert series on March 11th. (By the way, seats are going reallllllllllly fast for that cozy house concert - reserve right away if you plan on coming!)
I'm particularly excited that Troops Out Now! has called for an encampment on the national mall as Congress debates Bush's budget (be sure to check out the brilliant article on the budget that's clickable a little later on in this newsletter...)
I'll also be at a large demonstration in Sarasota on March 17th. Wherever you are this month, there will be ways to oppose this war. Please call your members of Congress and attend local anti-war activities if you can't come camp out on the National Mall in front of the Capitol.
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SICK DAYS
I've really been plagued with a nasty cold/flu/100 days' cough this year... I'm hoping that my March tour in Florida will expiate the last of the demons. A *lot* of people heard me singing through the sickness in January and February. (It's always been a lesson in humility to me that most people can't tell that I'm sick when I sing. I guess there's just not that much difference between my best voice and my worst voice in most people's ears.) As a self-employed person, I don't have much of a safety net. .. and besides - the show must go on, right?
It's been a long time since I was an employee, but every job I ever had (even as a counter worker at Arby's) included paid sick days - usually one per every month worked - and in most places I worked those days accumulated. It was another disheartening bit of news to learn that very few workers have paid sick days any more. Among the lowest wage earners fewer than 1 in 5 have paid sick days. Only 15% of food industry workers have paid sick days. That's not just mean, it's crazy! The Healthy Families Act (S 932 and HR 1902) would begin to address this problem by requiring at least larger employers to provide some paid days off for workers who are sick.
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WHERE'S THE MONEY?
As Bush continues to get his war on, met with only token "non-binding" opposition to his "surge" in Iraq, he proposes a budget that makes all his tax cuts for the rich permanent, and calls for still deeper cuts in domestic programs. As we witnessed with Hurricane Katrina, those budget cuts have consequences... real life-and-death consequences. The scandalous living conditions provided for our troops at Walter Reed reveal another place where we've been hiding our budget cuts. Maybe you're wondering to yourself it Britney Spears' shaved head was really the most important news story of the past two weeks. I highly recommend this brilliant piece that appeared in Rolling Stone last week... (and thanks to Senator Bernie Sanders for culling and compiling these much-needed examples from the proposed Federal Budget.)
THE LOW POST: Medicare vs. Britney
Why a brainless Mouseketeer gets more ink than the federal budget
MATT TAIBBI in Rolling Stone
If the Estate Tax goes, the heirs to the Mars candy corporation -- (some of the world's evilest scumbags, incidentally, routinely ripped by human rights organizations for trafficking in child labor to work cocoa farms in places like Cote D'Ivoire) -- will receive about $11.7 billion in tax breaks. That's more than three times the amount Bush wants to cut from the VA budget ($3.4 billion) over the same time period.
read the whole article ...
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THE TOUR
Friday, March 9th, 2007 7:30 PM
All Ages Anti-War Concert
Garfield Artworks
4931 Penn Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
Vanessa German and Rebecca Cooper will also present performance poetry at this all ages show. Bring a tax-deductible check to the Thomas Merton Center with "anti-war committee" in the memo!
Saturday, March 10th, 2007 7:00 PM
Benefit Concert for United for Progress - Harrisburg's Fabulous Labor Radio Show
Steelworkers' Local 1688 Hall
200 Gibson St
Steelton, PA 17113
717-448-1953
Price: $10
Rick Smith's show on WHYL, 960 AM airs on Saturdays from 2-5 - and also streams on the internet, so you can listen or call in from home - WHYL Call in (717) 960-0960 - all shows are available as podcasts, too, so that you can get your labor news on the run!
Sunday, March 11th, 2007 4:00 PM
Friendship House Concerts Presents Anne Feeney
Jim and LLouise Altes' House
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
Price: $10
more details soon.
Monday, March 12th, 2007 3:00 PM
Encampment to Stop the War
National Mall
3rd between Constitution and Independence
Washington, DC
During the week beginning March 12, Congress will begin voting on Bush´s request for $100 billion more for the wars in Iraq and Afganistan. If Congress votes to cut off funds, they can end the war now and bring the troops home. If they approve Bush´s war funds, the killing, and dying and occupation will go on…it´s as simple as that. This vote will be the most important war related vote since Congress voted to authorized Bush to invade and occupy Iraq in October of 2002. The antiwar movement must be there to let Congress know that we won´t let them get away with it this time. The exact time I'm performing will be posted as soon as I know it.
Wednesday, March 14th - 12-2PM
Music and Art in the Labor Movement- An International Exhibit with Music
University of North Florida - Jacksonville, FL
Building #14/Room #1700
(Student Services Auditorium)
Swedish visual artist Julie Leonardsson will show his extraordinary lithographs of the steel industry and his hilarious satirical cartoons and discuss his work as a left wing political artist in Sweden. His wife, Anne Feeney, will add some songs of the US labor movement, and discuss the anti-globalization movements in North America and Europe.
Thursday, March 15th, 2007 6:30 PM
Concert and Pot Luck!
Imaginary Fool's Juggling, Singing and Gourmet Supper Club
Tallahassee, FL
850-878-4149
Price: $10 suggested
Friday, March 16th, 2007 8:00 PM
Iguana Benefit
The 2nd Street Bakery
1511 NW 2nd St
Gainesville, FL
352-505-5039
Price: $10
discounted advance tickets available at The Iguana
Saturday, March 17th, 2007 1:00 PM
Rally for Peace - Remembering 4 Years of the War on Iraq
Island Park at the Sarasota Bayfront
Sarasota, FL
941-366-5008
with Mindy Simmons, Jim Glover, James Hawkins, Aidan Delgado and other guest speakers and musicians - Rally is from 1-4:30 PM
Sunday, March 18th, 2007 9:00 and 11AM
Unitarian Universalists of Clearwater
2470 Nursery Road
Clearwater, FL 33764
727-543-0288
all welcome
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007 8:00 PM
Anne Feeney CD Release Party - "If I Can't Dance"
Unarmed Underground Arts Center
1148 Okechobee Road, #10
West Palm Beach, FL
561 820 8805
Price: $10
a live acoustic performance of original songs & some classic FOLK favorites. All ages are welcomed.
a modest donation is requested for the artist...$10 suggested. soft drinks and snacks will be on hand, or BYOB - This is an indoor/outdoor venue, rain or shine, hope to see you all then.
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007 8:00 PM
Anne Feeney in Concert
Luna Star Cafe
775 NE 125th St
North Miami, FL 33161
Price: $10
Friday, March 23rd, 2007 8:00 PM
Think Globally - Act Vocally - An Evening with James Durst and Anne Feeney
Fogartyville Cafe
800 17th Avenue W
Bradenton, FL 34205
941-741-9755
Price: $15
James Durst is a fabulous performer and this will be a most memorable evening...
check out http://jamesdurst.com - You can get advance tickets at the club for $12.
Sunday, March 25th, 2007 10:30 AM
Justice Sunday
Manatee Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
322 15th Street West
Bradenton, FL 34205
941-746-0067
all welcome - muuf1@verizon.net
Sunday, March 25th, 2007 3:00 PM
Wendyl presents
Manna Reading Center
2040 Collier Ave.
Fort Myers, FL
(239) 277-7866
Price: $10-20 donation
pay what you can... come and enjoy!
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007 12:00 PM
Concert at UNF
University of North Florida Campus Theater -- Robinson Student Services Building (Building #14, Room #1700)
4567 St. Johns Bluff Road South
Jacksonville, FL
904.620.1654
sswart@unf.edu is the email contact
Friday, March 30th, 2007 8:00 PM
House Concert at Melanie's
Hudson, NY 12534
Price: $10-20 pay what u can
email melanie at melanie(@)hudsonholistic.com to reserve a space!
Saturday, March 31st, 2007 8:00 PM
One World Coffeehouse
First Universalist Church
59 Main Street
Essex, MA 01929
978-768-7056
Price: $15
Thursday, April 5th, 2007 1:00 PM
Anne Feeney in Concert at Worcester State College
Student Activities Building - North/South Auditorium
486 Chandler St
Worcester, MA 01602
508-929-8635
Price: free and open to the public
crice@worcester.edu for more information
there will be an evening event, too. check http://annefeeney.com/calendar.html for latest news
Saturday, April 7th, 2007 8:00 PM
Anne Feeney in Concert
The Coffeehouse on Locke Street
Six Locke Street
Andover, MA 01810
978.475.4454
Price: $12
Doors open at 7:30pm. Music at 8:00pm
Where: Six Locke Street, just steps from Andover, Massachusetts town center
Sunday, April 29th, 2007 7:00 PM
MayDay in Indianapolis
Wheeler Art Center
1035 Sanders St
Indianapolis, IN
Ron Haldeman is the contact - ronjane@igc.org
Monday, April 30th, 2007 7:00 PM
The Battle of Homestead Foundation presents Anne Feeney, George Mann and Julius Margolin, and a special screening of "A Union Man"
The Pump House
East Waterfront Drive
Homestead, PA
412.877.6480
Price: $10 suggested
I'll do a set from 7PM-7:30 sharp & then we'll screen "A Union Man," the wonderfully inspiring and touching film about the life of my pal, Julius Margolin. The oldest member of the NYC Labor Council, Julius has been an organizer and activist since before the birth of the CIO. Now 90 years old and going strong, Julius is guaranteed to energize and educate you in both story and song during the concert and Q&A which will follow the screening of the short film. Julius performs with his longtime friend and very talented accompanist and co-writer, George Mann.
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007 7:00 PM
Mayday!!!
Botto House American Labor Museum
83 Norwood St
Haledon, NJ
Friday, May 4th, 2007 8:00 PM
PA ACLU Statewide Convention
Radisson Hotel
Camp Hill, PA
Saturday, May 5th, 2007 12:00 PM
Mayday Concert (tentative)
Steamer No 10 Theater
500 Western Ave
Albany, NY 12203
518-861-5627
margie rosencranz is the contact
Friday, May 11th - Sunday, May 13th
Susquehanna Music and Arts Festival
Ramblewood Resort
2564 Silver Road
Darlington, MD 21035
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That's all for now. See you soon somewhere!
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