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Apr 11, 2019

April 23:  The Evening Muse in Charlotte, NC

The Si Kahn and the Looping Brothers head back to Kahn’s hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina to celebrate on his actual birthday on April 23 at the Evening Muse. The Evening Muse program also includes two-time Grammy winners Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer and a performance by actress Vivian Nesbitt and guitarist John Dillon of Kahn’s most recent historical musical play, “Mother Jones in Heaven.” Nesbitt and Dillon recorded the soundtrack album which debuted last month at #12 on the folk music chart. Tickets remain available via http://bit.ly/SiMuseTix.

April 26:  MerleFest in Wilkesboro, NC

See separate post about what’s happening at MerleFest

April 28:  Mountain Stage in Morgantown, WV

Listen online or on one of 240 public radio stations

Completing the junket in grand fashion, Kahn and the Looping Brothers will perform in Morgantown, West Virginia on the “Mountain Stage” series from West Virginia Public Radio on Sunday, April 28. More than 240 public radio stations will air the show, mostly live, that also features singer-songwriter Greg Brown and popular string band, Lula Wiles.

In Honor of Si’s 80th Birthday Today, April 23,

Please Join Us in Launching the Si Kahn Living Legacy

Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer, John McCutcheon

The goal of the Si Kahn Living Legacy is to build awareness of, support for, and public access to the amazingly large body of Si’s creative work that no one except Si has ever seen, and ultimately to keep it alive and easily accessible after he’s gone.  Si has been recognized internationally as one of the most important English language social justice songwriters, connecting his cultural work and social activism like so many before him, including Pete Seeger (with whom he worked, toured, and recorded) and Woody Guthrie.  

Nora Guthrie and others started the Woody Guthrie Archives long after Woody’s passing. As Si turns the corner to his 80th birthday, it’s a perfect time to think ahead, to gather, catalog, and make available those of his songs, stories, book manuscripts, poems, and other creative works that have never before been seen or heard by anyone except Si. The time to do this is now, while he’s healthy, still actively creating, and available as a friendly resource to the Living Legacy’s growth and development. 

It of course takes funding to build and maintain a major project like this. Your contributions are tax-deductible, as the project is managed by and part of the 501(c)3 non-profit Generations: Music for Justice (EIN 87-1647310).

Let’s do this together, recognizing the importance of Si’s life not just as an organizer and musician, but as a humane, generous, deeply kind person, who has spent his entire life trying to make this tired world a kinder, gentler, more just place for all of us.