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Please join Si & John McCutcheon in honoring Armistice Day at 8:00 pm eastern time this Thursday evening, November 11th, 2021

Nov 10, 2021

Armistice Day was created following the brutal First World War as nations mourned their dead and collectively called for an end to all wars. Armistice Day, when bells tolled at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, was designated as “a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be thereafter celebrated.” But during the 1950’s Cold War, a militarist United States government changed the name to Veterans Day.

At 8:00 pm eastern time this evening, Thursday, November 11th, Madison Veterans for Peace and The Progressive magazine are hosting a virtual event considering whether peace is in this country’s future, with speakers on topics including the rise of China, the U.S. drone program, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Musical interludes will be provided by Vietnam era U.S. Army Reservist (1965-1971) Si Kahn and John McCutcheon.

Find the livestream at https://facebook.com/theprogressivemagazine or https://youtube.com/theprogressive

Once archived, you can click on the images for his songs “Season of Peace” and “When the War is Done” to enjoy the videos that Si pre-recorded for this event.

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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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