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Hometown: Jamaica Plain, MA
Label: Riot-Folk! Collective
Management: no bosses!
Website: www.riotfolk.org
Genre: Folk
Evan Greer is a radical queer singer/songwriter, community organizer and popular educator based in Boston. He writes and performs high energy acoustic songs that inspire hope, build community, and incite resistance! At 24 years old, he tours internationally as a musician and faciliates interactive workshops to support movements for justice and liberation. With fiercely radical songs that vary in style from punk-folk to foot-stompin' bluegrass, Evan has shared stages with artists as musically diverse as Pete Seeger, Immortal Technique, Pamela Means, Boots Riley of The Coup, Chumbawamba, Billy Bragg, and State Radio.
"Evan Greer continues to write inspiring folk music in the tradition of the great protest singers...and he's a heck of a guitar player. I suspect that songs like 'Ya Basta!' and 'Picketline Song' will be heard at the barricades for years to come."
Tom Morello, guitarist of Rage Against the Machine
"Evan Greer is an eloquent and energetic writer. He reminds me of Phil Ochs!"
Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States
"Current folk is sometimes stereotyped as sappy, weak, and boring. Despite this contemporary betrayal, the Riot Folk collective champions the genre’s radical roots... The Riot Folk Collective may just re-establish folk music as a revolutionary staple."
VenusZine
"Phenomenal activist folk!"
Pacifica Radio, KPFA-FM
"Greer is never just the entertainment; it's impossible to keep him on the stage. His songwriting is never seperate from his role as facilitator, organizer, activist, and storyteller."
The Noise, Boston
