Songs of Peace: Nine Days of Online Concerts for Campaign Nonviolence
Nonviolent Austin is hosting a nine-day online concert during the Campaign Nonviolence Action Week Sept. 19-27, 2020. Three music acts will be featured daily, each performing a ten minute segment including a couple of songs along with introductions about the connections of their music to peacemaking and justice. The program for each day will drop at 7:00 p.m. CDT (Texas time!), September 19-27 showcasing Austin's most soulful troubadours for peace.
Schedule
Day 1, 9/19: Willie Nelson and his sons Lukas and Micah Nelson; Eliza Gilkyson; David Pulkingham
Day 2, 9/20: Francisco Chavez; Danny Schmidt & Carrie Elkin
Day 3, 9/21: Kelly Richey; Paul Finley; Gurf Morlix
Day 4, 9/22: Chucky Black; Erin Ivey; Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Day 5, 9/23: Darden Smith; Radney Foster; Wendy Colonna
Day 6, 9/24: Riders Against the Storm; Alex Coke & Elaine Barber; Dave Madden
Day 7, 9/25: Walt & Tina Wilkins; David Clauss; Parker Woodland
Day 8, 9/26: Terri Hendrix; Andrew Crosby; Jimi Calhoun; Sarah and the Sundays
Day 9, 9/27: Jonathan Horstmann, Meg Engelhart, Roy Book Binder
The basic format for each evening is for each artist to have up to ten minutes to play a song or two and, if they choose, to give brief introductions, setting their music in the context of work for peace and justice, for building a nonviolent culture of peace.
Put these exquisite artists on your calendars! Make this time your daily meditation/prayer for peace, in solidarity with peace loving people all over the world, who shine light and hope in darkness. And please give to what you can to these artists and Campaign Nonviolence.
In addition, from noon to 1:00 p.m. each of those nine days, Nonviolent Austin will be present in peace vigil (with Campaign Nonviolence banner and signs) at 11th and Congress, in front of the Texas State Capitol.
