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For Pete’s Sake – Donate

Apr 11, 2022

https://folk.org/donate/for-petes-sake/

I am proud to share that I’m joining Folk Alliance International as a Champion for the #ForPetesSakeDonate campaign in support of The Village Fund.

In this role, I am asking you to join me in this campaign. Your task is simple. On May 3, 2022  (Pete Seeger’s Birthday) share a video of yourself playing your favorite folk song on social media, link that video to the fundraising campaign for The Village Fund, and tag a friend who you’d like to hear a folksong from.

We are working to get 250 people to pre-commit to this activation. Please visit this website to fill out a form to let us know that you’re in. When you’ve filled out the form, Folk Alliance International’s staff will follow up with suggested language to use and instructions.

As we all know, the Pandemic has hit the music community hard and continues to challenge working musicians. The Village Fund is a grant program for folk artists and independent music industry professionals experiencing financial hardship, administered by Folk Alliance International. FAI has given out $50,000 in $500 grants over the last year.

We’re working to raise $40,000 this May to continue to give out grants. The first $10,000 raised will be matched by an anonymous donor.

By design, the #ForPetesSakeDonate campaign will be viral and artist-lead. We want as many people to participate as possible. Not just professional musicians. Everyone.

Are you in?

Buy your ticket now, watch as many times as  you want for the rest of April!

Get your ticket!

April 14th will be a very special show.  My dear friend of over 50 years, Si Kahn, turns 80-years-old on April 23rd and I’m throwing a Si Kahn 80th Birthday Party.  Besides being a frequent partner-in-crime, Si and I co-wrote five consecutive Grammy-nominated albums, toured our Signs of the Times tour (with sign language artist, Susan Freundlich). Not incidentally, Si is the godfather of my son Peter.  I was the first person to record a Si Kahn song, even before his incredible debut album New Wood.  So, I’ll reprise that first song, along with lots more of his great music.  But, most wonderfully, there will be over a dozen artists, including Billy Bragg, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Tom Chapin, Jane Sapp, Holly Near, and Kathy Mattea, who’ll be chiming in with tales about Si and singing some of his classic songs.  This will be an incredible evening and a chance to not only hear some great music, but honor the guy I declared, “The best damn songwriter in the South…in his spare time!” back in 1975. 

Even if you’re not able to watch the celebration live, your ticket will allow you to view a recording of the full event for the next two weeks.

100% of ticket sales will go to support the official launch at the concert of the Si Kahn Living Legacy, a new non-profit project that will make available in perpetuity those of Si’s songs, stories, song cycles for children and adults, poems, unpublished books, musicals, and other creative works that have never before been available to the public, and ultimately keep them alive and easily accessible after he’s gone.

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