Let the work begin!
Let the work begin!
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TUESDAY June 16, 2009
Joel
Landy Live at the
Yippie
Museum in New York City
May 1, 2008
The presidential race was in full swing and I
was about to become a father for the first time. I certainly had a thing or two
to sing and talk about that night. Political and personal songs included "A
Beautiful Mind", a look inside John McCain's brain if he were to be elected;
"The International Express", about the great train - the 7 - that runs through
the most culturally diverse borough in the world, Queens; and "1955", the year I
was born and how life is a big baseball game. A very interesting show. Please
tune in.
~ joel
TUESDAY June 30, 2009
Live from Greenwich Village in
New York City,
It's the Woody Guthrie Birthday Bash 2008!
Every July for the past eight years my music
buddy and brother Steve Suffet organizes an evening of entertainment devoted to
the life and times of Woody Guthrie, America's 20th century troubadour. These
shows have featured talented artists giving memorable performances in intimate
venues. The first six of these shows took place in the CB's 313 Gallery (the
CBGB's music space next to the rock club). When CBGB's closed, I asked Bob
Holman at the Bowery Poetry Club across the street if they would take us in and
give us a new home. He did, and for the past two years we have filled the space
for a lot of fun and a lot of great music.
(At an affordable price!)
Tonight's show is the first of two videos from the 2008 WGBB and features Hillel
Arnold, Emma Graves, Gina Tlamsa, Anne Price and yours truly.
THE WOODY GUTHRIE BIRTHDAY BASH at THE BOWERY POETRY CLUB 2009
Sunday night, July 12, 7 pm to 9:30 pm, $6 cover + one drink
This year's birthday bash is almost here. Join us for the fun times and music. This year's lineup includes the one and only Oscar Brand, Jessica Feinbloom, Robin Greenstein, Joel Landy, Anne Price, Steve Suffet, Gina Tlamsa and Carlos Vasquez.
For info, call The Bowery Poetry Club at (212) 614-0505
TUESDAY July 14, 2009
The Kew Gardens Music Festival 2009
Earlier this year my good friend John Todras told me that the local bistro by the railroad station in Kew Gardens, Queens, was going to have a musical event. I went by the Bliss Gourmet Cafe to look at the flyer and called Ray Bernard, the person who was putting the event together. We spoke and I volunteered to help publicize it and perform.
It was a wonderful Saturday afternoon and evening of music, good vibes, new and old friends, and delicious treats as prepared by the Bliss Gourmet Cafe.
Ray Bernard brought along his friends from The New and Used Songwriter's Collective and I brought some Songs of Freedom, along with my friends Steve Suffet and Dennis Heller (a.k.a., Bob Dylan).
Special thanks go to Joanne Choe and her hardworking crew at Bliss Gourmet Cafe for their hospitality. Thanks also to the many friends and neighbors who stopped in to enjoy the music and a fun time.
Tonight’s show is the first half hour of that
afternoon in Kew Gardens. Tune in and enjoy!
TUESDAY July 28, 2009
Joel Landy, Live at The Yippie
Cafe
Recorded February 28, 2008
During the 2007-2008 performance season I booked weekly concert events a The Yippie Museum Cafe on Bleecker Street, in Greenwich Village, NYC. There were many glorious evenings of artistic talent and political expression. This night was my turn to play. Everyone had a great time and the recording turned out great too.
Tune in and join the fun.~ joel landy ~
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Monday at 5:30 pm on Channel 56
and
Saturday at 3:30 pm on Channel 34
MONDAY June 22, and SATURDAY June 27, 2009
"YER OUT!" (... lest we forget)
George W. Bush is gone, yet the mess he will be
remembered for lives on.
Tonight's show remembers why we are glad to see him gone and features the
work of Amy Goodman, Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow, Chris Rock, Spook Handy,
Eric Blumrich, and others.
Some things are best not repeated, but must be
remembered, lest we forget.
Tune in tonight and then let's get to work!
MONDAY June 29, and SATURDAY July 4, 2009
The Kew Gardens Music Festival 2009
Earlier this year my good friend John Todras told me that the local bistro by the railroad station in Kew Gardens, Queens, was going to have a musical event. I went by the Bliss Gourmet Cafe to look at the flyer and called Ray Bernard, the person who was putting the event together. We spoke and I volunteered to help publicize it and perform.
It was a wonderful Saturday afternoon and evening of music, good vibes, new and old friends, and delicious treats as prepared by the Bliss Gourmet Cafe.
Ray Bernard brought along his friends from The New and Used Songwriter's Collective and I brought some Songs of Freedom, along with my friends Steve Suffet and Dennis Heller (a.k.a., Bob Dylan).
Special thanks go to Joanne Choe and her hardworking crew at Bliss Gourmet Cafe for their hospitality. Thanks also to the many friends and neighbors who stopped in to enjoy the music and a fun time.
Tonight’s show is the first half hour of that
afternoon in Kew Gardens. Tune in and enjoy!
MONDAY July 6, and SATURDAY July 11, 2009
Live from Greenwich Village in
New York City,
It's the First Annual Woody Guthrie Birthday Bash! (2001)
This was the very first Woody Guthrie Birthday Bash held at CB's 313 Gallery in
July of 2001, at the time celebrating the American troubadour's 89th birthday.
Featured performances include those by Steve Suffet, Joel Landy, Larry Otway,
Gina Tlamsa and Carlos Vasquez. Woody lives in the music and spirit of so
many artists today.
Tune in and enjoy this celebration!
MONDAY July 13, and SATURDAY July 18, 2009
The second of two shows recorded following the September 11th tragedy at the
22-Below Cabaret in Manhattan. The concert was a fundraiser for the families of fallen heroes from
Engine 33, Ladder 9. They lost 10 of their 40 bravest. Artists featured in
this show include Heather Lev, Sean Norton, and Joel Landy.
Click here to see photos from that very special evening.
MONDAY July 20, and SATURDAY July 25, 2009
You don't have to read the paper or listen to the radio these days to know we are all in some pretty serious financial trouble. Where did it come from? Who deserves the blame? Did this ever happen before? How did people deal with it and what do we do next?
Heady questions for trying times. Tonight's show asks weighty questions and offers perspectives from a variety of places. Tune in and take action.
~
Staten Island
will be back on your television in September
~
Every Wednesday at 11 PM
(an alternative to the evening news)on Channels 35/68
also, streaming at BCAT
You don't have to read the paper or listen to the radio these days to know we are all in some pretty serious financial trouble. Where did it come from? Who deserves the blame? Did this ever happen before? How did people deal with it and what do we do next?
Heady questions for trying times. Tonight's show asks weighty questions and offers perspectives from a variety of places. Tune in and take action.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009"YER OUT!" (... lest we forget)
George W. Bush is gone, yet the mess he will be remembered for lives on.
Tonight's show remembers why we are glad to see him gone and features the work of Amy Goodman, Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow, Chris Rock, Spook Handy, Eric Blumrich, and others.Some things are best not repeated, but must be remembered, lest we forget.
Tune in tonight and then let's get to work!
Wednesday, June 24, 2009Healthy Cigarettes: The Clean Coal Story
We are being sold a bill of climate warming goods. Clean Coal is the latest attempt by the carbon energy lobby to save itself from extinction, proven science, and the will of a planet requiring change now. Coal is a dirty and destructive fuel. Clean Coal does not exist. So why are we being told it does? Songs of Freedom looks inside the packaging to tell the story. Interviews include Al Gore and Robert Kennedy Jr., and the work of many concerned journalists.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009A Long Slow Ride, featuring the music of Playing for Change
Playing for Change is a multimedia movement created to inspire, connect, and bring peace to the world through music.
Tonight's show features this musical movement and the voices of Pete Seeger, Sharon Abreu, Joel Landy and Michael Hurwicz. Visit the Playing for Change website for information about how to get involved.peace, joy, love, Faith,
~ joel ~
THURSDAY at 7:30 PM on CHANNEL 70
Shows coming up include:
Moving on America
You see it online. You see it in the street. It
is even leaking through to certain major media sources. And you can feel it in
your gut. America is tired of being lied to, angry enough to change things, and
ready to do it NOW!
If elected officials don't "get it" they will be removed.
There are people who never before organized political gatherings now organizing people around issues in the name of their lives, their neighbors and their country. Tonight, I speak with Mary Ann Cornell from Queens, New York, about the work she is doing at the grassroots level, the movements tying her efforts together, and the affect this work can have in her neighborhood and nation.
Ordinary people doing extraordinary things,
tonight on Songs of Freedom.
The Songs of Melvina Reynolds, featuring Heather Lev
A couple of years ago I taped two shows with the talented Heather Lev at the Manhattan Neighborhood Network studios. She had been to the Songs of Freedom stage before, but the focus this time was not about her. It was on the songwriting and inspirational influence of Malvina Reynolds. Once upon a time it was not so easy for a woman singer/songwriter to get a recording contract. Imagine one who did not start recording until she was 60 years old! Reynolds wrote tunes you probably know about and has become an inspiration to a generation of young writers. Heather currently leads workshops about Reynolds, her music and her life and times. Tune in tonight for an education, some great music and an entertaining show.
B L
A C K W A T E R
The Bush Administration said they were Security Contractors. The dictionary says they were Mercenaries. They were in Iraq to engage the enemy and protect lives while shooting first and asking questions later. They ignored American generals and reported directly to the State Department. They were not accountable to rules of law as are American soldiers and they have been paid six times as well. Our memory of Blackwater USA is as infamous as Dick Cheney's list of friends.
So, who were these guys, and who are they still? Who is their leader, Erik Prince? And why did the State Department have and need a personal army anyway? Jeremy Scahill has written extensively about Blackwater and has testified before Congress about them and the implications of private armies accountable to nobody. His reporting is featured in this episode. Timely and revealing information on tonight's Songs of Freedom. (Lest we forget!)
[Thanks go to You Tube and all the people who post relevant video news items there.
Joel Landy, at THE YIPPIE CAFE in Greenwich Village,
a live performance recorded in October of 2007
Between September of 2007 and July of 2008, I produced and performed at a series of free musical evenings at The Yippie Museum Cafe on Bleecker Street in the heart of New York City's Greenwich Village (see home page for details). The music and artists were politically crisp and right on, as the Yippie spirit would suggest. This night was my turn to make a statement. Tune in for the fun. See you there! ~ joel landy
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