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FRED SMALL Annual Benefit Concert at First Parish Cambridge
Please gather with us and enjoy a fantastic evening of songs, stories and community as we raise money for the Beloved Community Fund which proudly supports diversity and accessibility at First Parish Cambridge Unitarian Universalist. All are welcome! Ticket link will be posted very soon - in the meantime, put May 8th on your calendars!
Opening the show for Fred are a wonderful musical duo - Mykal Slack & LeLaina Romero.
Here is some musical history and music links for Rev. Fred...
Listen to Fred's Music at these links:
I Will Stand Fast:
http://youtu.be/-HTxH_Gv8m4?list=PLaK6x7QrDaL_BVa1exoxCC1GbEUzLhC7c
Everything Possible
http://youtu.be/e9lfi7gCuz0?list=PLaK6x7QrDaL_BVa1exoxCC1GbEUzLhC7c
The Heart of the Appaloosa
http://youtu.be/ycg38FZfCQg
Fred Small Biography
Hailed by Pete Seeger as "one of America's best songwriters," Fred Small sings songs of conscience in the tradition of Woody Guthrie, Phil Ochs, and Tom Paxton. Powerful, affecting, and inviting, Fred's songs illuminate the goodness and courage of all kinds of people.
Pete Seeger, Peggy Seeger, Rosalie Sorrels, Steve Gillette, Judy Small (no relation), Roy Bailey, the Flirtations, and the Boston Gay Men's Chorus are among the singers who have interpreted Fred's songs to audiences around the world.
Fred's song "The Heart of the Appaloosa" was elected to the All-Time Bluegrass Hit Parade by WAMU Radio in Washington, DC In 1992,Heart Strings, the nationally touring AIDS-benefit musical, chose Fred's empowering lullaby "Everything Possible" as its grand finale. In 2000, the National Organization of Men against Sexism (NOMAS) honored Fred for his contributions to gender justice.
Fred has released eight albums: Live at First Parish (Aquifer, 2009), Only Love (Aquifer, 2001) (http://www.cdfreedom.com/) Everything Possible (Flying Fish, 1993) Jaguar (Flying Fish, 1991), I Will Stand Fast (Flying Fish, 1988), No Limit (Rounder, 1985), The Heart of the Appaloosa, 1983) (all Flying Fish and Rounder titles available from http://www.rounder.com/) and Love's Gonna Carry Us (Aquifer, 1981). Fred's two songbooks, Promises Worth Keeping (1994) and Breaking from the Line (1986) are published by Yellow Moon Press (http://yellowmoon.com/).
Fred Small was born November 6, 1952, in Plainfield, NJ. Grandnephew of Thomas Hart Benton, the American regionalist painter (and outstanding harmonica player), Fred was playing guitar and singing folk songs by age seven. After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Yale, Fred earned a law degree and a masters in natural resources policy at the University of Michigan. He wrote his first song in 1974 on the morning of his first law school examination. In 1980 Fred left his position as staff attorney at the Conservation Law Foundation to pursue his career in music full time.
In September, 1996, Fred entered Harvard Divinity School. He is now Senior Minister of First Parish in Cambridge, Unitarian Universalist, and co-chair of Religious Witness for the Earth, a national interfaith network devoted to public witness for climate justice.
Fred has performed throughout the United States as well as in Japan, Australia, England, and Canada. He has appeared at the Philadelphia, Vancouver, Winnipeg, and Kerrville Folk Festivals, Lunenburg (NS) Folk Harbour Festival, Sidmouth (UK) Folk Arts Festival, National Folk Festival of Australia, Great Hudson River Revival, Great River Traditional Music & Crafts Festival (LaCrosse, WI), Woody Guthrie Tribute (Tulsa, OK), Bread and Roses Labor Heritage Festival (Lawrence, MA), and the Musicians United for Safe Energy (MUSE) rally in New York City.
What people say about Fred Small's music
"Simple majesty in songwriting . . . Literate, insightful, witty, level-headed, and musically gifted, Fred Small is one of the most engaging performers around." Jeff McLaughlin, The Boston Globe
"Fred Small is one of America's best songwriters." Pete Seeger
"Fred Small is doing what the best topical songwriters have done since the 1960s. He uses a handful of chords, a sense of humor, a sense of purpose and an eye for revealing detail to write songs that tell stories with a political point. . . . Small's affection and optimism are contagious." Jon Pareles, The New York Times
"Big-hearted and inspirational." Mike Joyce, The Washington Post
"One of the finest storytellers in song to come along since Stan Rogers. Small writes powerful ballads of hope in hard times." Scott Alarik, The Boston Globe
"Fred Small can make an orchestra out of an acoustic guitar and writes a song you can be proud to hear. . . . He's an authentic poet and a man with heart. This is the guy you want in the foxhole with you when the bombs start dropping." The Fortnightly College Radio Report
"A super-talented singer-songwriter. His songs will draw you in and involve you deeply, whether you're looking for a strong message, a hearty chuckle, or a delicious flight of fancy." Pinewoods Folk Music Club Newsletter
"He sings about any obstacle which diminishes our human capacity for trust and joy, whether it's the MIddle East war, apartheid, or sexism. But he cries out not just against these indignities, he cries out for the startling strengths, the joys, the possibilities among us all. . . . Fred--you're an angel." The Freedom Voice, Newspaper of the National Child Rights Alliance
"*****--Small stands fast in his belief that a people refusing to cooperate with hatred can change the world, a theme he relates brilliantly . . . . Great lyrics, superb arrangements, and powerful messages abound." Rob Weir, The Hartford Advocate
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3 Church St
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States
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