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Near makes peace through music
Singer finds
role as social
leader
By Ming Rodrigues
Falk singer Hally Near h<is
always been mure concerned
with pente-making th.ai hit
making
liar uncompromising vision
bus led liar to defend thorny
i ,msi*s sm h as human rights in
FI Salvador, the oppression of
AIDS vn tims ami woman's
rights leading \/s to name her
Woman of the Year in 1085
Indeed Near i an lay i laim to
Iming one of America's most re
spected progressive folk singers
and sm nil leaders
On Sunday at 7:.to p m in
the HMD Ballroom. Ians will
get to see her perform in a con
i ert sponsored h\ the KMI' ( ail
lural Forum and the Gay and
lesbian Helpline
Accompanied by pianist |nhn
Hucchino. with sign language
interpretation by Susanne Bea
man. Near's concert celebrates
the release of her 15th album.
Singer in the Storm, and the
publishing of her autobiogra
phy l ire in the Rain Singer
in the Storm.
She joined lane Fonda and
Donald Sutherland for "Free
The Army." an anti-war show ,
and worked throughout the
seventies for peace in Indo
china She has a particular pas
sion for Central and l.atin
America
Near is aware of the typical
reaction to the term "political
activist singer "
"People think. 'Oh no, long
hair, jeans, plays guitar, sings
40.000 verses about nuclear
fuel.' " she said. "But I'm
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Folk singer Holly Near Hill perform Sunday in the EMU
Ballroom.
much more of a cabaret artist.
really."
Near grew up on a small
ranch in Northern California
with parents who created the
kind of environment that en
couraged children to explore,
c reate and perform
Soon she entered a c areer in
television and film She was a
guest star on such TV shows as
"The Mod Squad." "Room
-’22." and "The Partridge Fam
ily." She also did a stint in the
Broadway production of
"flair."
In 1971, she steered her ca
reer in a new direction and
started writing and singing pro
test songs
"There was such a need for
what I was doing that 1 filled
the void," Near said.
“Had there not been a need
and if people didn't like what I
was doing it wouldn't have
happened.” she said. ”lt
was n ' t so me t h i n g I ha d
planned to do. It was the end
less invitation that brought me
into the work that I'm quite
well known for now. but I
didn't start out with the goal to
be a political singer and inter
national ambassador ."
Tickets for the concert are
available at the KMIJ Main
Desk and are $‘t for students
and St 1 for the general public.
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