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HOLLY NEAR & Emma’s Revolution:
“Over 35 Years of Social Change Music”

WHEN: Friday October 30 8 pm, Doors 7:15 pm

WHERE: Unitarian Church, 949 W. 49th Ave @Oak St, Vancouver

TICKETS: $27 advance, $32 at door:
Available at Little Sisters 1238 Davie and Urban Empire 1108 Commercial Dr (cash only)

PayPal tickets coming soon.

Print your own souvenier copy of the concert poster.

HOLLY NEAR

SINGER, PRODUCER, ACTOR, AUTHOR, ACTIVIST & TEACHER!

Nominated for the Nobel Peace prize, Holly Near is known throughout the world as an ambassador for peace, a musician and a global justice activist.

Near’s career as a singer has been profoundly defined by an unwillingness to separate her passion for music from her passion for human dignity. Her voice soars as she sings about that which she knows & has experienced. You can feel and see the passion, the knowing in her voice and in her body.

Holly was one of the first woman artists to start an independent record company when she founded Redwood Records in 1972 which became a major force in alternative music for nearly 20 years. Near’s vision for Redwood was to promote and produce music by politically conscious artists from around the world, a mission fulfilled for almost two decades.

Near worked for world peace and multi-cultural consciousness. The world was her university and social change movements informed her songs. Near helped support the work of artists from Nicaragua, Chile, Australia, Canada, England, Argentina, Cuba, Uruguay, Vietnam, El Salvador, Mexico, and the United States. She was outspoken on such issues as gay and lesbian rights, a woman’s right to choose, stopping domestic violence, and opposing nuclear war.

A peace activist and advocate for human and civil rights, Holly has linked the multitude of issues that are our lives, refusing the idea of separate “causes.” When asked how she keeps her energy for this work, she smiles: “I am selfish. I reach for the world I want to live in. And I believe in leaving our best efforts as a gift to our children.”

For more information on this amazing woman, visit her web site www.hollynear.com.

EMMA’S REVOLUTION

Dancing on the edge of folk and pop there’s a revolution: Emma’s revolution. The sound of passion in “deftly-turned phrases,” songs imbued with hope, warmth and the “power and drive” to turn tears into laughter, cynicism into action.

EMMA’S REVOLUTION is the duo of award-winning, activist musicians, Pat Humphries & Sandy O, who write songs that become traditions. Their song,“If I Give Your Name” won Grand Prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest and their music has been featured on NPR’s “All Things Considered” and Pacifica’s “Democracy Now!”. “Peace, Salaam, Shalom” is sung around the world and has been called the “anthem of the anti-war movement.” “Keep On Moving Forward” opened the NGO Forum at the UN Fourth World Conference on Women in Bejiing, becoming the unofficial theme of the Conference.

“The powers that be can control the media but it’s hard to stop a good song… Pat’s songs will be sung well into the 22nd century.”

WE CAME TO SING! is Holly Near & Emma’s Revolution new CD. Get a copy on October 30th!!

Holly and emma’s revolution put their unique vocal stamp on songs from Holly’s repertoire. Eleven tracks include old favorites such as Listen to the Voices, Sky Dances, and Fired Up along with new arrangements of Study War No More and Sail Away Lady, Pat Humphries’ Swimming to the Other Side, and Rick Burkhardt’s (The Prince Myshkins) Ministry.

For more information on Emma’s Revolution, visit their web site www.emmasrevolution.com.

KATE CLINTON, #1 Lesbian Comedienne

WHEN: Thursday November 5, 8 pm, Doors 7:15 pm

WHERE: WISE Hall, 1882 Adanac St @ Victoria Dr

TICKETS: Tickets $27 advance, $32 at door
Available at Little Sisters 1238 Davie and Urban Empire 1108 Commercial Dr (cash only)
PayPal tickets coming soon.

Check back soon for more details. We`ll post them as soon as we have them.

SUNDAY OCTOBER 25

THE DOTS

with special guests …

The Railway Club … 579 Dunsmuir St.

Doors: 7pm  Show: 8pm

Admission: $10

upcoming highlights …

TUESDAY OCTOBER 27

ANI DIFRANCO

Centre In Vancouver for The Performing Arts … 777 Homer

8pm Tickets: www.ticketmaster.ca / 604-280-4444

$44.50-$49.50 plus service charges

Vancouver first embraced Ani DiFranco in 1992, when she made her debut appearance at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival. Audiences fell head over heels for the feisty young singer-songwriter full of dynamic pizzazz. Armed with only a guitar, talent and a brain she kicked in the door for a generation of followers.

Twenty-some recordings (all on her own Righteous Babe label) and innumerable shows later, the little folk singer that could returns to Vancouver with a couple of pals. She’ll play songs from her latest release, the brilliant New Orleans-infused Red Letter Year, and selections from both ones that came before and new songs from a writer who never stops writing.

Whether the subject is politics or the foibles of being human, this is an artist who continues to deliver honesty, excellence and a few surprises. Seventeen years after her Vancouver debut, Ani DiFranco remains at the top of her game – a significant, outspoken and creatively ingenious artist who just keeps getting better and better.

Ani also performs in Victoria on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at The Royal Theatre.

Presented by Valdine Ciwko and Gary Cristall

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 5

KATE CLINTON #1 LESBIAN COMMEDIENE!!

THE WISE HALL … 1882 Adanac St

Doors: 7pm  Show: 8pm

Tix: $27 advance @ Little Sisters 1238 Davie St & Urban empire 1108 Commercial Dr. $32 @ door

A Sounds & Furies and girlgig productions co-presentation

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 6

PO’GIRL “DEER IN THE NIGHT” TOUR

with special guests …

THE WISE HALL … 1882 Adanac St

Doors: 8pm  Show: 9pm

Tix: $15 advance @ Little Sisters 1238 Davie St. & Highlife Records & Music 1317 Commercial Dr. $20 @ door

* ON SALE Tuesday October 6

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 15

EVALYN PARRY

*EARLY SHOW

The Railway Club … 579 Dunsmuir St.

Doors: 5pm  Show: 6pm SHARP!

Admission: $10

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 28

ISSA formerly (JANE SIBERRY)

with special guests … THE FATES

THE WISE HALL … 1882 Adanac St.

Doors: 7pm  Show: 8pm

Tix: $28 advance @ Little Sisters 1238 Davie St. & Highlife Records & Music 1317 Commercial Dr. $33 @ door

*ON SALE Tuesday October 6

another Sounds & Furies and girlgig productions co-presentation

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TUESDAY OCTOBER 27

ANI DIFRANCO

Centre In Vancouver for The Performing Arts … 777 Homer

8pm Tickets: www.ticketmaster.ca / 604-280-4444

$44.50-$49.50 plus service charges

Vancouver first embraced Ani DiFranco in 1992, when she made her debut appearance at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival. Audiences fell head over heels for the feisty young singer-songwriter full of dynamic pizzazz. Armed with only a guitar, talent and a brain she kicked in the door for a generation of followers.

Twenty-some recordings (all on her own Righteous Babe label) and innumerable shows later, the little folk singer that could returns to Vancouver with a couple of pals. She’ll play songs from her latest release, the brilliant New Orleans-infused Red Letter Year, and selections from both ones that came before and new songs from a writer who never stops writing.

Whether the subject is politics or the foibles of being human, this is an artist who continues to deliver honesty, excellence and a few surprises. Seventeen years after her Vancouver debut, Ani DiFranco remains at the top of her game – a significant, outspoken and creatively ingenious artist who just keeps getting better and better.

Ani also performs in Victoria on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at The Royal Theatre.

Presented by Valdine Ciwko and Gary Cristall

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 14
PO’GIRL
www.pogirl.net
with special guest … YVETTE NARLOCK
www.yvesapple.com  
The Railway Club … 579 Dunsmuir St.
Doors: 7pm Show: 8pm
Admission: $12 general $10 members

and …

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 15
PO’GIRL
with special guests … TBA
The Railway Club … 579 Dunsmuir St.
Doors: 8pm Show: 9pm
Admission: $12 general $10 members

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 21
TWO SHOWS/ONE NIGHT!!

EARLY SHOW!!
KIM KUZMA
UNPLUGGED
with MARK JAMES FORTIN
The Railway Club … 579 Dunsmuir St.
Doors: 4:30pm Show: 5:30pm SHARP!
Admission: $10

then …

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 21
CHICKS WITH PICKS
featuring …
PASCALE GOODRICH-BLACK
www.myspace.com/pascalegoodrichblack
with special guests … MOJAVE
The Railway Club … 579 Dunsmuir St.
Doors: 7:30pm show: 8:30pm
Admission: $10

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