Lots going on-- and I will keep posting about this-- but right now I want to invite you to a meeting of local musicians, artists and those who believe in the power of music on Tuesday, December 11, 6 pm at Arise, 467 State St. Let's make sure that the color, composition and creativity of our community is in full force at the PMN Gathering in January.
Here's the PMN press release:
The Peoples
Music Network will hold its Winter
Gathering at the Duggan
Middle School, 1015 Wilbraham Rd., Springfield, MA on the weekend of January 25-27, 2013. The theme for the weekend will be “Taking Back Our Communities”.
The Peoples
Music Network (PMN) uses music and culture to bring about social change. PMN is a network of musicians, performers,
song-writers, DJs, sound and recording engineers, music lovers, record and
concert producers, promoters and archivists, whose artistry is rooted in
political and social activism. In the
words of Paul Robeson, “The artist must
fight for freedom or slavery.”
Since
1977, PMN has developed a format that includes a Friday night concert, a
weekend of workshops, and a round robin. Members come from all over the country
to share their love of music. The gatherings are held in different cities each
winter. Summer gatherings are at a camp in the Hudson Valley.
PMN is a
place to come to work on issues pertaining to cultural survival. It is a
welcoming place for new musicians and songwriters as well as seasoned
veterans. It is a culturally diverse
group of people committed to working on issues of oppression, having fun in the
process.
The
winter gathering will present a dynamic group of musicians at its Friday night concert on
January 25. The concert will be held in
the Duggan Middle School Auditorium and will begin at 7:30 pm. The evening’s
line-up will combine the political poignancy of emma’s
revolution, comprised of Pat
Humphries and Sandy Opatow, PMN’s Artists-in-Residence, the
revolutionary lyrics of David
Rovics, the musical version of Democracy Now!, the passion and power of multilingual
singer/songwriter Colleen
Kattau & Some Guys, the kamikaze guitar style of Pamela Means, the driving
beat of Springfield’s hip hop artists from the “Like
It Or Not” collective, and the jazz-infused, hip-hop bred, politicized texts
of Lenelle Moise.
All the performers have a strong commitment to
social, ecological and economic justice.
Weekend
workshops and song swaps focus on topics such as songwriting, the
marketing of musicians, funny songs, choral and improvisational singing, rounds,
labor, protest, war and peace songs, environmental, economics, homelessness,
and gay/lesbian/bisexual issues.
There will be a Plenary
on Saturday afternoon, focusing on
music and the movement that is working to take back our communities. Co-sponsors
of the weekend are the community organizations of Jobs with Justice, Arise for
Social Justice and the Pioneer Valley Project. We invite you or
your organization to co-sponsor the PMN weekend. The primary responsibility of
co-sponsors is to help publicize the weekend and to encourage your
members/associates to attend.
Over 100 PMNers will be coming from
out of town and will need lodging for the weekend. If you can provide a
homestay for the weekend and for more information, contact Diane Crowe, at diacrowe@yahoo.com
- 413-548-9394.
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