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Friday, September 7th, 2012

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Si Kahn with Anne Feeney, Mike Stout, Joe Uehlein and Saul Broudy Music | Folk/Singer-SonerwriterSi Kahn with Anne Feeney, Mike Stout, Joe Uehlein and Saul BroudyWoody Guthrie TributeFriday, September 7, 2012 | 8:00pmPRICING: $23.00Si Kahn has worked for over 45 years as a civil rights, labor and community organizer and musician.  He is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Demos: A National Center for Ideas and Action.  He also served as Executive Director Emeritus of Grassroots Leadership, the Southern-based national organization he founded 30 years ago.  His songs of family, community, work and freedom such as Aragon Mill, Wild Rose of the Mountain and Gone, Gonna Rise Again have been recorded by hundreds of artists, including Dick Gaughan, Robin and Linda Williams, June Tabor and the Oyster Band, Patrick Street, Laurie Lewis, Planxty, Hazel Dickens, Dolores Keane and Renaud Séchan.Courage (Strictly Country Music), a CD with 16 new songs about the quiet heroism of everyday people, superbly produced and accompanied by Jens Kruger and featuring harmonies and liner notes by Kathy Mattea, was ranked Number 1 played CD and Si as Number 1 most played artist for May and June 2010 on the Richard Gillmann Folk DJ survey.  Rich Warren’s Sing Out! review reports: ” Kahn’s writing and energy remain at the peak of his career. He addresses subjects overlooked by most writers, and he always defends the underdog.”