World-renowned Folk Musician
JOHN McCUTCHEON will perform one CONCERT:
Friday, January 17, 2014
7:30p.m.
at the Resource Center for Nonviolence, 612 Ocean St., Santa Cruz.
Buy John McCutcheon Tickets NOW via Paypal. Online tickets $18.50 – $35.00 sliding scale (includes paypal fee). Indicate what amount you want to pay in the Price section, and tell us how many tickets you want. FMI: call 831-423-1626 for reservations. Proceeds benefit the Resource Center for Nonviolence
The Resource Center for Nonviolence and the NAACP, Santa Cruz Branch, are collaborating once again to bring a celebration of the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. to the Santa Cruz community in a full weekend of events, January 17-19, 2014 all at the Resource Center for Nonviolence, 612 Ocean St., Santa Cruz.
THE POWER OF SOCIAL CHANGE THROUGH MUSIC: Friday, January 17: Renowned Folk Singer John McCutcheon highlights social change through his songs. Yes, It’s time again for another Amazing concert by John McCutcheon! Be sure to join us for this Annual Santa Cruz musical Tradition. The prolific world-class musician has a new release: “22 Days” inspired by the Cellist of Sarajevo, Vedran Smailovic, who, in the midst of the Balkan War, began a 22-day vigil where he played his cello at the site of the 1992 mortar attack that killed 22 people in as they waited in line to buy bread. Once, when Vedran was playing in those dark, dangerous days, sniper fire erupting around him, a soldier approached him and asked, “You! Why are you playing where we are bombing?” Vedran responded: “Why are you bombing where I am playing?”
“This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before.” – Vedran Smailovic. John was so moved by Vedran’s acts that he wrote the song “Streets of Sarajevo.” And on the twentieth anniversary of Vedran’s playing, in honor of his friend’s courageous acts, John wrote songs for twenty-two days, resulting in the “22 Days” CD, which also includes the song “Forgotten” in honor of the young Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai. Other songs are playful and insightful. Don’t miss this concert!
FMI: call 831-423-1626 for reservations. Proceeds benefit the Resource Center for Nonviolence
TICKET Information: Buy John McCutcheon Tickets NOW via Paypal. Online tickets $18.50 – $35.00 sliding scale (includes paypal fee). Indicate what amount you want to pay in the Price section, and tell us how many tickets you want. Tickets for John’s concert also available in person for $18.00 – $35.00 at RCNV, 612 Ocean St., SC. Hours M-TH 12-4, or CALL 831-423.1626 to make your reservation in advance. DOOR prices: $20-$35.00. RCNV will be closed from Dec. 24 – January 1.
John McCutcheon has been described by the Washington Post as “folk music’s rustic renaissance man” and as the “perfect example of a modern folk musician” by Sing Out! Magazine. For this tour John interprets the Woody Guthrie catalog giving new perspective to some Guthrie classics as well as unveiling some new gems and old favorites from his own canon.
“John McCutcheon is not only one of the best musicians in the USA, but also a great singer, songwriter, and song leader. And not just incidentally, he is committed to helping hard-working people everywhere to organize and push this world in a better direction.” – Pete Seeger
Once again, John’s concert happens on the Martin Luther King, Jr. Weekend, which will also feature the NAACP annual GOSPEL NIGHT concert on Saturday, January 18, and Youth Day on Sunday, January 19. MORE details in other posts.
For more info about John McCutcheon: http://www.folkmusic.com/