Upcoming
TV Episodes

Songs of Freedom
Viewing Schedule

Manhattan
every other
SATURDAY
at 10:30 pm
CHANNELS 34/82/33
Next: 
September 4, 18

Queens
Sunday 12:30pm
Channel 34
Monday 12:00pm
Channel 56

Brooklyn
Wednesday, 11:00pm
Channels 35/68
watch it online

Bronx
Thursday
7:30 pm
Channel 70

Staten Island
Saturday
4:30 pm
Channel 35

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On the Radio
I was interviewed for a full hour  by Pacifica Radio's Ken Gale.
We talked about social change, the power of music and projects such as Songs of Freedom
and the shows I produced at Greenwich Village's Yippie Cafe. And, yes, there were songs too.

Click here to hear the music and the entire interview.

 

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The Continuing Life Story of

Faith Maya
Nagumo Landy

Click on the picture of the cute baby for a little bit of Faith.

Click on the family photo to see a movie.

Faith videos,
first 12 months

Happy Holidays 2009 from the
Landy Family

More Faith Videos

Even More Faith
(on You Tube)

Joel Landy's  

the website for the  Songs of Freedom  television show, and a connection
 for activists and artists sharing their vision and the dignity of human struggle

. . . THANKS and WOW! . . .

This year's Woody Guthrie Birthday Bash at The Bowery Poetry Club was an overwhelming success. Thank you for coming and watching online. The music and energy were great. We all had a wonderful time. And...perhaps most importantly, we raised $420 to give to Oxfam America for Haiti earthquake relief. I believe Woody would approve.

Thanks also to The Bowery Poetry Club, the artists who gave their time and talent to the event, and to Steve Suffet, who continues to promote the event with spirit and skill.

Here's a page where you can look at photos and listen to the entire show. Enjoy!  And stay tuned for next year's Woody Birthday Bash.

~ joel
 

. . . and RECENTLY . . .

 

the  FREE TO THE PUBLIC

SECOND ANNUAL WATER FESTIVAL

ON THE HUDSON RIVER, ON JUNE 27th   WAS AWESOME !

sponsored by 
New York City Friends of Clearwater

Thanks to organizers, panelists and performers including

Roland Mouusa, Spook Handy, Joel Landy, Caitlin O'Heaney, James Cannings, Jacob Bernz, The Raging Grannies of NYC, Ray Korona, Chris Lang, Gina Tlamsa, Bob Horan, Steve Suffet, the Karen Ule Dancers,
Kristin Hoffman, Jenny Hurwitz, Talbot Katz, Jay Byrd, Harvey Newman, Ron Dressler

Get involved with  New York City Friends of Clearwater

NOT IN THE NEWS . . .
Thousands of NYC's city workers stood together at City Hall on June 16 to protest the mayor's proposed budget cuts. The response by The Daily News was to not cover the event. Instead they ran a front page smearing unions and union workers.
Read all about it. (pdf file)

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EARLY SHOUT OUT:

Save the date:  Saturday, October 30, 2010 / 8 - 10:30 pm

I'll be performing a full 45 minute set at The People's Voice Cafe, in Manhattan. Join me for a night of fun and music. New songs, old songs, and lots of energy. Thank you for your support!  ~ joel

Upcoming TV Episodes   Tune in and don't drop out!

SONGS OF FREEDOM  full length episodes on  BLIP.TV

Songs of Freedom TV from this year's
Water Not Weapons concert in New York City
celebrating the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King

 

More Water Not Weapons from The Yippie Museum Cafe in Greenwich Village, NYC

Show 1  http://uploads.blip.tv/file/3013109/
Show 2  http://uploads.blip.tv/file/3013354/
Show 3  http://uploads.blip.tv/file/3013579/
Show 4 
http://uploads.blip.tv/file/3013822/

 

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How Kewl!

Rachel Stone's, Marc Crawford Leavitt's and my show

It's STILL the Economy, Stupid!

performed at The People's Voice Cafe earlier this year was reviewed by TheaterScene.net!  And they liked it!

I want to thank everybody who came to make the evening so special. I want also to thank Rachel and Marc for being so talented and a pleasure to work with. Special thanks to Paul Johnson for being so good at what he does. His piano and musical direction was the glue making the show as good as it was. And thank you to TheaterScene.net for attending and for their kind words.


And here's my good friend Ray Korona to tell you more about the People's Voice Cafe.

link to the People's Voice Cafe website

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A BLAST FROM THE SUMMER PAST, THE 2009

Woody Guthrie New York City Birthday Bash

at The Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery at Bleecker St., NYC

This year's show on Sunday, July 12 was our ninth, and it was outstanding and amazing. We were joined by the one and only Oscar Brand, who has had a radio show devoted to folk music and the like for an incredible (get this!) sixty years! He knew Woody personally and told Woody stories in addition to singing three songs, accompanied by his son Jordan on bass guitar.

Our lineup also included our usual crew: Jessica Feinbloom, Anne Price, Steve Suffet, Gina Tlamsa, Carlos Vasquez, and myself.  Kudos to everyone for a job well done, and Steve Suffet especially, for being our intrepid producer.  We were also joined this year by Robin Greenstein, a remarkable musician who made us all look and sound better. Thank you, Robin.

Here's a taste of what I mean, with Robin on guitar. The song is Woody's "Mean Talkin' Blues". 
Check it out.

 

I videotaped the entire evening and created three Songs of Freedom episodes that will be playing on cable television in NYC (see the schedule) and everywhere on the internet. You can see them right now on blip.tv.

You can also listen to the music from that show by clicking on this link.

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The 2008 Annual Woody Guthrie Birthday Bash in NYC

   

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― Pete Seeger

Save this date:  Saturday,
Oct. 30, 2010

I'll be performing at The People's Voice Cafe in Manhattan. Also on the bill, the awesome Bard Insurgent,
Tom Neilson

Stay tuned for more info!

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NOW ON YOU TUBE

The Eve of Depression

With apologies and thanks to Barry McGuire and P.F. Sloan


click on pic
click twice for You Tube
MP3 version


The International Express
more than a subway train, it's the world in motion

 

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listen to
Songs From the Battlefield

a collection of activist anthems from the front lines of this nation's class war

Masters of War

Kiss Your Ass Goodbye

Yonder Star Wars

Sword and Shield
 

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Broken Promises and Broken Hearts

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Pete at the People's Music Network winter gathering in Queens, NY, 2005.

Happy 90th Birthday Pete Seeger!

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Songs of Freedom at the YIPPIE Museum Café
Archive

 


It's For You!
Faith works the phone at a 2009
Yippie Museum Cafe event.


Family Halloween photo.
I dressed up like a doctor so Takako's mom
would think she married one.

Hey Rocky,
watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!