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<div class="MsoNormal">Contact: Ed Hawkes</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">Artists: www.charlieking.org</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">Phone: 217-493-4654</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Charlie King and Karen Brandow are
musical storytellers and political satirists. Their repertoire covers a century
and a half and four continents. Their performance will be Sunday March 10th at 7pm
at the Urbana Champaign Independent Media Center, 202 South Broadway, Urbana. Admission
is $10 at the door. </div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">They perform with the sweet and
precise harmonies of life partners. They sing and write passionately about the
extraordinary lives of ordinary people. Their central vision as entertainers is
to leave audiences with a sense of optimism and possibility about the future.
"We try to cover a broad emotional landscape in our concerts. The stories
we collect and the songs we write take the listener on a journey of humor,
heartache and hope. What we most value in a song is the way it helps us to see
an old reality in a totally new light."</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Charlie King has been at the heart
of American folk music for over 40 years. His songs have been recorded and sung
by other performers such as Pete Seeger, Holly Near, Ronnie Gilbert, John
McCutcheon, Arlo Guthrie, Peggy Seeger, and Chad Mitchell. Honors include an "Indie" award for one of the top three American folk recordings of
1984. Pete Seeger calls Charlie "one of the finest singers and songwriters
of our time."</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Karen Brandow has been performing
with Charlie King since 1998. While doing human rights work in Guatemala from
1986-1994, Karen studied voice, performance and classical guitar. She performed
at political and cultural events in that country as a soloist and was a
founding member of the a cappella singing group, the Non-Traditional Imports. While
living in Central America, she broadened her repertoire to include Latin
American music of the "Nueva Canción" or New Song Movement. She
performs songs in English and Spanish. </div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The concert is presented by the
Urbana Champaign Independent Media Center, a grassroots organization committed
to using media production and distribution as tools for promoting social and
economic justice in the Champaign County area. We foster the creation and
distribution of media, art, and narratives emphasizing underrepresented voices
and perspectives, and promote empowerment and expression through media and arts
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