1) News and Updates!
2) Bandcamp Page
3) This Month's Videos
4) Back to the Roots CD Release Tour in Fall 2011
5) Support Tarek Mehanna: Sign the Petition to the AP
6) Upcoming Shows and Tours
IMMEDIATE DESTINATIONS:
JUL 22: RICHMOND, VA
JUL 30: need a show in KNOXVILLE or nearby!
JUL 31: ASHEVILLE, NC
AUG 5: NEW LONDON, CT
AUG 27: ALBANY, NH
SEP 10: BOSTON, MA
SEP 17: WORCESTER, MA
FALL 2011:
BACK TO THE ROOTS ALBUM RELEASE TOUR w/ spiritchild (now booking!)
WINTER 2011:
now booking for SOUTHERN TOUR from Florida to the Southwest!
SPRING 2012: now booking for MIDWEST and WEST COAST tours!
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1) News and Updates!
Saoirse turns 11 months old tomorrow, which means this so-called July newsletter is a wee bit late. So much has been happening! Just got back from an amazing week amongst friends at Anne Feeney's week-long 60th birthday extravaganza down at Deep Creek Lake in Western Maryland. It was just so lovely. Anne is a marvel and I've always thought she has the coolest friends in the world. It was wonderful seeing old friends too and playing music until all hours of the morning with some of the greats of the radical folk scene.
Saoirse had a wonderful time playing with Anne's grandson, Sebastian. They played a lot of music together, got some banjo lessons from Pat Humphries, and enjoyed each other's company in the pool!
The Itsy Bitsy Spider, which Anne taught him, is still Saoirse's favorite song.
It was great to be seeing Anne and others for the second time in a month after seeing them at the Great Labor Arts Exchange at the National Labor College outside DC. It was a powerful event and I felt deeply connected to the politics of struggle there. Fantastic seeing and making music with Bev Grant, Professor Louis, Charlie King, John Fromer, George Mann, Anne, and so many others.The Great Labor Arts Exchange will be happening again next year. I plan to attend and hope you will too! Check out This Month's Videos for a hot clip of me performing at the finale concert for this year's event.
After getting back from MD, we jumped back into our busy lives. Charlene and Adam from Born In A Cent came up along with Jory Leanza-Carey of Broadcast Live and his partner Kelsey and their baby Soli. The babies played while Charlene laid down unbelievably good drum tracks for the new album. I'm so excited, it's sounding so good already. Musically it's a lot darker and more complex than Never Surrender, and really different, but good. I hope you'll like it! I'm also excited to announce that folk-punk sweethearts Ghost Mice will be featuring on the album along with so many other awesome folks.
I am still looking for support to make this theoretical album a reality. If you can make a donation today, please Pre-Order the album on Bandcamp here: http://evangreer.bandcamp.com/releases
Or just make a donation through PayPal:
Thanks so much for your support! This album can't happen without you.
2) Bandcamp Page: evangreer.bandcamp.com
So the consensus seems to be that Bandcamp.com is the easiest and most functional way to offer my music for download and accept donations to keep this project sustainable. Ever since I recorded my very first CD in high school I've always offered all my music for free download.
I'm going to continue doing that, and you will always be able to download everything I record for free. I'm putting stuff on Bandcamp to make it easy for people to donate for the music that they download. As y'all know music is my fulltime job and currently our little family's only source of income. Bandcamp is neat because it lets you set your own price for albums and tracks so you get to decide how much you want to give!
Check out the page here:
evangreer.bandcamp.com
Download as much music as you want and please consider making a donation to support us and keep us on the road supporting social justice movements through music and workshops!
BANDCAMP ALSO MAKES IT SUPER EASY TO PRE-ORDER MY NEW ALBUM! You can make a donation there to pre-order just a digital copy, and you'll get e-mailed a download link as soon as it's done! Or you can make a donation to get the real physical CD mailed to you as soon as its done. Either way you still get a super special exclusive bonus track as a thank-you for pre-ordering! The pre-order money will make it possible for me to pay for recording, musicians' travel costs, and the costs of packaging the CD in union made and eco-friendly cases.
Pre-Order the new album on bandcamp here:
http://evangreer.bandcamp.com/releases
3) This Month's Videos
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Back to the Roots LIVE @ Great Labor Arts Exchange
I'm joined by my dear friend Anne Feeney, Emmy winner John Fromer, Bev Grant, Pam Parker, and Labor Heritage Foundation Executive Director Darry! Moch.
Saoirse Gets Down @ Rehearsal w/ Born In A Cent
Taken on my phone by Erin Ryan Fitzgerald, aka Mommy during rehearsal with Born In A Cent at Manifesta Loft in Brooklyn.
4) Back to the Roots CD Release Tour in Fall 2011
I'm brimming with excitement about this. As you may know I've been working on a collaboration with Brooklyn-based hip-hop freedom singer spiritchild, best known for his work with experimental hip-hop fusion band Mental Notes and international artist/activist collective Movement in Motion. Spirit has worked with everyone from the Last Poets to Grammy nominee Maya Azucena and is as committed to the struggle as anyone I've met.
We started performing together about a year ago and it as quickly and organically developed into a full blown music project called BACK TO THE ROOTS. We sat down in spirit's bedroom / recording studio last month and banged out almost an entire song like it was nothing. The creative energy was unbridled I can't wait to get back into the studio with him.
The Back to the Roots CD will feature me playing a variety of live instruments over spirit's beats with both of us singing and spirit rapping. Look out next month for a preview track that will blow you away.Stay tuned for a Back to the Roots Bandcamp Page Coming Soon where you'll be able to download samples from the upcoming album and pre-order your copy!
We're hoping to release the CD this Fall and take it on tour around the Northeast and anywhere else that we can book ourselves. Please get in touch now if you're interested in bringing this dynamic performance to your area. In addition to a crowd-rocking hip-hop/folk/punk-rock concert, we offer workshops on cool stuff like resisting gentrification, the history of hip-hop, queer liberation, environmental justice, and more.
Click here to download the BACK TO THE ROOTS TOUR press-kit as a PDF
As always, contact: evangreer@gmail.com for all booking inquiries.
5) Support Tarek Mehanna: Sign the Petition to the AP
Just in from the Tarek Mehanna Support Committee, a grassroots group working to free Tarek Mehanna, a muslim and arab man who has been framed by the FBI for refusing to become an informant against his own community.
"You can help us put the pressure on AP by participating in our media campaign. It’s simple. We’ve created a letter to AP in the form of a petition. Each signature will send an individual email to the editors at Associated Press. We ask that, in the next two weeks, you sign on to our petition and encourage your friends to do the same. We will keep... you posted on any responses we receive and if the need for an escalated campaign arises.
Here's the petition: www.change.org/petitions/t
AP has continued to reprint the claims that Dr. Mehanna was involved in an assassination and shopping mall plot while neither of these supposed plots is even mentioned in the charges against Dr. Mehanna. The media spreading these claims tarnishes Dr. Mehanna's character and has a strong influence on the upcoming trial. Continuing to print these baseless allegations is irresponsible and unprofessional."
6) Upcoming Shows and Tours
Check www.evangreer.org for a constantly updated list of shows with all the details.
Everything I have confirmed is listed below. Don't see your town here? Get in touch and we can talk about setting something up! All of my shows are booked by people just like you who want to see music happen in their area. E-mail: evangreer@gmail.com with any ideas!
JULY 22: RICHMOND, VA
@ The Cellar Door
1600 Monument Ave.
Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=165449553526925
JULY 30: KNOXVILLE, TN
TBA. Working on booking something.
Contact: evangreer@gmail.com with ideas!
JULY 31: ASHEVILLE, NC
@ Firestorm Cafe
48 Commercial St.
$5 - 15 sliding scale donation.
More details TBA!
www.firestormcafe.com
AUG 5: NEW LONDON, CT
Back to the Roots Gig w/ spiritchild
More details TBA!
AUG 27: ALBANY, NH
@ World Fellowship Retreat Center
68 Drake Hill Road, Albany NH 03818
7:00pm Concert.
More details: www.worldfellowship.org
SEP 10: BOSTON, MA
Silence Broken CD Re-Release Concert
More details TBA!
SEP 17: WORCESTER, MA
Evan Greer & Friends FULL BAND SET at
Worcester Pride Celebration
Behind City Hall. 2pm - 7pm.
Free! More details soon.
I'll also be playing at a big Pride Afterparty!
FALL 2011:
BOOKING BACK TO THE ROOTS TOUR w/ spiritchild
WINTER 2011:
BOOKING SOUTHERN TOUR from FLORIDA to CALIFORNIA
SPRING 2012:
BOOKING MIDWEST & WEST COAST TOURS
SUMMER 2012:
BOOKING festivals and tours in U.$.A and EUROPE!
I'm always open to ANY and ALL booking ideas so just get in touch: evangreer@gmail.com
