[Peace] Charlie King concert Sunday April 26, 2015 7pm at the IMC / $10 donation

[Karen Medina]

Dear Peace people,

Songs are so important to a peace movement.

Charlie King has been at the heart of American Folk Music for the past half
century and has been writing songs for the past 40 years. Honors include
"Indie" award for one of the top three folk recordings of 1984, the War
Resisters League's 1998 Peacemaker Award given to Charlie and Odetta, and
the 199 Sacco-Vanzetti Social Justice Award for which he was nominated by
Pete Seeger.

Charlie will be performing in Urbana on Sunday April 26th at the Urbana
Champaign Independent Media Center, 202 South Broadway. The performance
will start at 7pm and there is a $10 suggested donation at the door.

The songs that Charlie has written have been performed by Pete Seeger,
Holly Near, Ronnie Gilbert, John McCutcheon, Arlo Guthrie, Peggy Seeger,
and Chad Mitchell. His central vision as an entertainer is to leave the
audience with a sense of optimism and possibility about the future. "I try
to cover a broad emotional landscape in my concerts. The stories that I
write, collect, and perform take the listener on a journey of humor,
heartache and hope. What I most value in a song is the way it helps us see
an old reality in a totally new light."

Musical influences in his life cited by Charlie are the folk revival of the
1960's, the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War era. Folk legend
Peggy Seeger says, "If we had more Charlie Kings in the world I'd be less
worried," and Tom Paxton adds, "Luckily, we have him." Pete Seeger called
Charlie, "One of the finest singers and songwriters of our time."

Please call 217-493-4654, or email oltime1 at att.net, for more information
about the performance. Charlie's website is www.charlieking.org.
<http://www.charlieking.org/>
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