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Catch the webcast every other Saturday at 10:30pm

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Saturday, September 4, 2010 at 10:30pm
 

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Manhattan

alternate Saturdays at 10:30pm
Channel 34   Time Warner Cable     Channel 82  RCN
and at  www.mnn.org   Channel 34


SATURDAY, September 4, 2010

"Don't Be A Sucker!

In the aftermath of World War II, the War Department of the United States produced a film, "Don't Be A Sucker", warning about fascism - how it starts and how it can be prevented by citizens speaking together and preserving human rights. The current New York City mosque issue is one of those times we can look to our past to help preserve our future. Freedom of speech is freedom of speech, no ifs, ands or buts.

Keith Olbermann's eloquent special comment in August follows the film and brings this issue to the current moment.
I usually say that you don't want to miss a show like this. This time I am saying this message is too important to miss.
Peace and solidarity ~ joel

 

SATURDAY, September 18, 2010

Like It Is!

Where else but on Songs of Freedom could you see Madonna, Pete Seeger, Charlie King, Barney Frank, Sharon Abreu,  Michael Hurwicz and Joel Landy in the same half hour?

The show is called "Like It Is!" and a world that is being asked to "Get Stupid" is fighting back!
Come along for the Long Slow Ride!   Attitude is optional.
 

SATURDAY, October 2, 2010

The Woody Guthrie Birthday Bash 2010
Live from Greenwich Village, NYC / Show #1
Recorded July 17, 2010

This is the first of three episodes produced from the 2010 Woody Guthrie Birthday Bash held at The Bowery Poetry Club in Greenwich Village, NYC, on Saturday, July 17, 2010.The program features Steve Suffet, producer of the annual series of Guthrie concerts, as well as the show's cast of performers who have been part of the series since the beginning:
Joel Landy, Anne Price, Gina Tlamsa, Jessica Feinbloom, and Carlos Vazquez.
Special guests joining the show this year were the talented Toby Fagenson and Sharleen Leahey.

Classic Woody songs in this episode include:
Reuben James, Pretty Boy Floyd, Union Maid, and Going Down the Road Feeling Bad.

Being part of this Woody show is special every year. The audience filling The Bowery Poetry Club and singing along would agree.
Stay tuned during the year to www.singfreedom.org, for info about the 2011 show, scheduled for July of next year.
Keep on singing.

Peace, joy and Faith  ~  joel landy
 

SATURDAY, October 16, 2010

The Woody Guthrie Birthday Bash 2010
Live from Greenwich Village, NYC / Show #2
Recorded July 17, 2010

This is the second of three episodes produced from the 2010 Woody Guthrie Birthday Bash held at The Bowery Poetry Club in Greenwich Village, NYC, on Saturday, July 17, 2010. The program features Steve Suffet, producer of the annual series of Guthrie concerts, as well as the show's cast of performers who have been part of the series since the beginning:
Joel Landy, Anne Price, Gina Tlamsa, Jessica Feinbloom, and Carlos Vazquez.

Special guests joining the show this year were the talented Toby Fagenson and Sharleen Leahey.
Classic Woody songs in this episode include:
 Lonesome Valley/Join the Union, Put Your Finger In the Air, Hobo’s Lullaby, and This Land Is Your Land.

Being part of this Woody show is special every year for both the audience and the artists on stage.
Stay tuned during the year to www.singfreedom.org, for info about the 2011 show, scheduled for July of next year.
Keep on singing!

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Queens

Sunday at 12:30 pm on Channel 34
and
Monday at 12:00 pm on Channel 56
 

Stay Tuned for Your World of Art and Activism!   Tune in:

Monday, July 5 and Sunday, July 11

B L A C K W A T E R !

They are called  Security Contractors. The dictionary says they are Mercenaries. They are hired to engage the enemy and protect lives while shooting first and asking questions later. They have ignored American generals and report directly to the State Department. They are not accountable to rules of law as are American soldiers and they are paid six times as well. The have been investigated and charged with murder, yet Blackwater USA  (now called Xe Services LLC) continues to get billion dollar contracts from the United States government with a license to kill.

Who are these guys?  Who is their leader, Erik Prince? And why does 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.

[Thanks go to You Tube and all the people who post relevant video news items there.
Tonight's show would not have been possible without their work and faith.]
 

Monday, July 12 and Sunday, July 18

Up Close and Personal

In the movie "Yellow Submarine", there is a town square where music is made all day by happy musicians, and jolly people of all ages get to enjoy it all.  In Kew Gardens, Queens, NY, there is such a place in a little park next to the post office. A few times every year, musicians from the community play all afternoon as local folks enjoy by themselves or with their family. It's all very nice. I recorded the recent Kew Gardens Music Festival to share with you tonight.

Also on tonight's show, what if the BP Gulf oil disaster happened in the board room where BP executives were talking and having lunch?  It's business as usual and more than a few napkins.

All of this up close and personal on tonight's Songs of Freedom.
 

Monday, July 19 and Sunday, July 25

 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


Monday, July 26 and Sunday, August 1

A View from McDougal Street, show #2

The MacDougal Street Rent Party was a group of folk singing troubadours that became known in the first part of this decade singing at demonstrations, rallies, festivals and coffeehouses.  With the passing of their folk doctor, Eric Levine, a couple of years ago, Joel Landy, Steve Suffet, and Anne Price disbanded the group and continued with other projects and their solo careers.

Tonight's show was recorded just after Election Day in 2006. Some things happened during that process that called for conversation and song - as well as those things that didn't happen either. Both get the singer/songwriter treatment and a dose of political opinion.  Tune in, then contact this show (joellandy@yahoo.com) to add your two cents.
 

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Staten Island

We will be back on your television next month, starting September 19th.

Our new time:  Saturdays at 4:30, channel 35

Episodes and artists will include:

Joel Landy, Live at the People's Voice Café

MediaChannel, with Danny Schechter, the News Dissector

Indian Point:  Chernobyl on the Hudson

"No Blood for Oil", a video town meeting

A Tribute to Abel Meeropol

Positively Bob Street, (Bob Dylan Approximately)

Guest:  Professor Louie

Guest:  Anne Price

Guest:  Steve Suffet

Guest:  Toby Fagenson

Brooklyn Women's Chorus

Sounds of the Subway


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    Brooklyn

    Every Wednesday at 11 PM
    (an alternative to the evening news)

    on Channels 35/68

    also, streaming at BCAT


    Wednesday, August 11, 2010

    Healthy 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, August 18, 2010

    Feeding the Machine:  Afghanistan

    This is the first of a series of programs examining how the American taxpayer is feeding the machine that kills us and the rest of the planet. This show looks at our involvement in a war that is costing us lives, President Obama's integrity, and our collective financial future.  Why are we feeding the machine?  How do we stop?
     

    Wednesday, August 25, 2010

    Water Not Weapons No. 3   show 1
    Live at The Yippie Museum Cafe

    Recorded  December 13, 2009

    On December 13, 2009, The Yippie Museum Cafe and Songs of Freedom hosted the third Water Not Weapons concert, bringing attention to the notion that clean water - not war - is the best way to ensure peace and environmental sustainability for our planet.

    This is the first of four episodes edited from that show. It features performances by Joel Landy, Ray Korona, Phil Sauers, Spook Handy and the Water Not Weapons Crew.  Spook's performance of Rainbow Race with the Crew is a fitting ending to a great show and worthy cause.

    You can check out and get involved with Water Not Weapons  by keeping close to this website and by visiting www.waternotweapons.org.  More Water Not Weapons shows at the YIP are being planned. The concerts are free to the public. Stay tuned!
     

    Wednesday, September 1, 2010

    Water Not Weapons No. 3   show 2
    Live at The Yippie Museum Cafe

    Recorded  December 13, 2009

    On December 13th, 2009, Songs of Freedom hosted the third Water Not Weapons concert at The Yippie Museum Cafe in Greenwich Village, NYC.

    Water Not Weapons is an environmental idea and movement started by Pete Seeger and Phil Sauers. Pete says that the planet earth will be saved by those who refuse to pick up guns and bombs to solve the world's problems, and concentrate instead on what really is important - protecting and preserving the critical resources necessary for every life. And it all begins with clean water.

    Artists contributing their time and talent this day included Ray Korona, Joel Landy, Spook Handy, Ken Gale, Steve Suffet, Rachel Stone, James Cannings, Caitlin O'Heaney, Jenny Hurwitz, Talbot Katz, Pat Lamanna, Mary Poppiins, and Gloria Waslyn and her "Parrots for Peace."

    This second of four episodes recorded at the show features
    Rachel Stone, Joel Landy, James Cannings, and Spook Handy.

    Enjoy the show!

    You can get involved with Water Not Weapons by contacting Songs of Freedom (www.singfreedom.org / joellandy@yahoo.com), and www.waternotweapons.org.

    I hope you do.

    peace and Faith,

    joel landy
    songs of freedom television
     

    Wednesday, September 8, 2010

    Water Not Weapons No. 3   show 3
    Live at The Yippie Museum Cafe

    Recorded  December 13, 2009

    On December 13, 2009, The Yippie Museum Cafe and Songs of Freedom hosted the third Water Not Weapons concert, bringing attention to the notion that clean water - not war - is the best way to ensure peace and environmental sustainability for our planet.

    This is the third of four episodes recorded at the show. It features
    Ray Korona, Joel Landy, Pat Lamonna, Mary Poppiins, Steve Suffet, Caitlin O'Heaney, and Jay Byrd.

    You can check out and get involved with Water Not Weapons  by keeping close to this website and by visiting www.waternotweapons.org.  More Water Not Weapons shows at the YIP are being planned. The concerts are free to the public. Stay tuned!
     

    Wednesday, September 15, 2010

    These Days
    Recorded live at The Yippie Café in New York City

    Once upon a time Greenwich Village was the place to go to see artists lay their truth on the line and "make the scene" with your comrades and new friends.  That spirit still lives today in politically active coffeehouses around the country and NYC. Tonight's show brings you to the heart of Bleecker Street where you catch the vibe with poet Vincent Quadroche, veteran activist songwriter Bev Grant and her Dissident Daughters, and numerous other mixed messages. 
    Tune in and dig the scene.


    Wednesday, September 22, 2010

    Like It Is!

    Where else but on Songs of Freedom could you see Madonna, Pete Seeger, Charlie King, Barney Frank, Sharon Abreu,  Michael Hurwicz and Joel Landy in the same half hour?

    The show is called "Like It Is!" and a world that is being asked to "Get Stupid" is fighting back!
    Come along for the Long Slow Ride!   Attitude is optional.

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    The Bronx

    THURSDAY at 7:30 PM on CHANNEL 70

    Shows coming up include:


    Thur
    sday, August 12, 2010

    Healthy 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.
     

    Thursday, August 19, 2010

    Up Close and Personal

    In the movie "Yellow Submarine", there is a town square where music is made all day by happy musicians, and jolly people of all ages get to enjoy it all.  In Kew Gardens, Queens, NY, there is such a place in a little park next to the post office. A few times every year, musicians from the community play all afternoon as local folks enjoy by themselves or with their family. It's all very nice. I recorded the recent Kew Gardens Music Festival to share with you tonight.

    Also on tonight's show, what if the BP Gulf oil disaster happened in the board room where BP executives were talking and having lunch?  It's business as usual and more than a few napkins.

    All of this up close and personal on tonight's Songs of Freedom.
     

    Thursday, August 26, 2010

    The Woody Guthrie Birthday Bash 2010
    Live from Greenwich Village, NYC / Show #1
    Recorded July 17, 2010

    This is the first of three episodes produced from the 2010 Woody Guthrie Birthday Bash held at The Bowery Poetry Club in Greenwich Village, NYC, on Saturday, July 17, 2010.The program features Steve Suffet, producer of the annual series of Guthrie concerts, as well as the show's cast of performers who have been part of the series since the beginning:
    Joel Landy, Anne Price, Gina Tlamsa, Jessica Feinbloom, and Carlos Vazquez.
    Special guests joining the show this year were the talented Toby Fagenson and Sharleen Leahey.

    Classic Woody songs in this episode include:
    Reuben James, Pretty Boy Floyd, Union Maid, and Going Down the Road Feeling Bad.

    Being part of this Woody show is special every year. The audience filling The Bowery Poetry Club and singing along would agree.
    Stay tuned during the year to www.singfreedom.org, for info about the 2011 show, scheduled for July of next year.
    Keep on singing.

    Peace, joy and Faith  ~  joel landy
     

    Thursday, September 2, 2010

    The Woody Guthrie Birthday Bash 2010
    Live from Greenwich Village, NYC / Show #2
    Recorded July 17, 2010

    This is the second of three episodes produced from the 2010 Woody Guthrie Birthday Bash held at The Bowery Poetry Club in Greenwich Village, NYC, on Saturday, July 17, 2010. The program features Steve Suffet, producer of the annual series of Guthrie concerts, as well as the show's cast of performers who have been part of the series since the beginning:
    Joel Landy, Anne Price, Gina Tlamsa, Jessica Feinbloom, and Carlos Vazquez.

    Special guests joining the show this year were the talented Toby Fagenson and Sharleen Leahey.
    Classic Woody songs in this episode include:
     Lonesome Valley/Join the Union, Put Your Finger In the Air, Hobo’s Lullaby, and This Land Is Your Land.

    Being part of this Woody show is special every year for both the audience and the artists on stage.
    Stay tuned during the year to www.singfreedom.org, for info about the 2011 show, scheduled for July of next year.
    Keep on singing!
     

    Thursday, September 9, 2010

    The Woody Guthrie Birthday Bash 2010
    Live from Greenwich Village, NYC / Show #3
    Recorded July 17, 2010

    This is the third of three episodes produced from the 2010 Woody Guthrie Birthday Bash held at The Bowery Poetry Club in Greenwich Village, NYC, on Saturday, July 17, 2010.
    The program features Steve Suffet, producer of the annual series of Guthrie concerts, as well as the show's cast of performers who have been part of the series since the beginning:
    Joel Landy, Anne Price, Gina Tlamsa, Jessica Feinbloom, and Carlos Vazquez.

    Special guests joining the show this year were the talented Toby Fagenson and Sharleen Leahey.
    Classic Woody songs in this episode include:
    Pastures of Plenty, Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key, Heady Down, Hard Ain’t It Hard, Hard Travelin’, and Do Re Mi.

    Being part of this Woody show is special every year for both the audience and the artists on stage.Stay tuned during the year to www.singfreedom.org, for info about the 2011 show, scheduled for July of next year.
    Keep on singing!

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