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Enjoy songs by Woody Guthrie KALA to host Freedom Follies
SEASIDE — The Friends
of the Seaside Library will
welcome folksinger, storyteller
and autoharp virtuoso Adam
Miller for a performance at 7
p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26. The
musical program will tell the
story of “The Life and Times
of Woody Guthrie.” The
concert will take place in the
Community Room.
Woody Guthrie (1912-1967)
wrote over 1,000 songs in his
lifetime, and his musical legacy
includes political, traditional
and children’s songs, along
with ballads and improvised
works. Miller will tell Guthrie’s
story through song and the
spoken word, and the audience
is encouraged to sing-along to
some American classics.
One of the premier
autoharpists in the world,
Miller is a renowned Ameri-
can folksinger and storyteller.
An accomplished folklorist,
historian, musicologist and
song-collector, he has amassed
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Folksinger Adam Miller will
perform Jan. 26 at the Sea-
side Public Library.
a repertoire of over 5,000
songs. Miller accompanies
his baritone voice with lively
finger-picking acoustic guitar
and autoharp melodies. His
traditional folk songs will have
all ages singing along, and
Miller will interweave stories
that will evoke a by-gone
time when entertainment was
homemade.
Traveling 70,000 miles
each year, this 21st-century
troubadour has performed
from the Everglades to the
Arctic Circle. Using the
experiences of the road, Miller
points out fascinating connec-
tions between events in history
and the songs that survived
them. And, like radio’s Paul
Harvey, he manages to give
you “the rest of the story”
about some of our nations
richest musical treasures.
Miller has performed at
the Walnut Valley Bluegrass
Festival, the Tumbleweed Mu-
sic Festival and the Kentucky
Music Weekend. When he is
not on the road, Miller calls
Drain home.
The Seaside Public Library
is located at 1131 Broadway.
For more information call 503-
738-6742 or visit seasideli-
brary.org
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This Jan. 20 event
offers alternative
inaugural revelry
ASTORIA — Celebrate the
spirit of community, social
justice and “power to the
people” at the Freedom Fol-
lies, a new paradigm alterna-
tive inaugural revelry perfor-
mance, featuring a roster of
local performers on Friday,
Jan. 20 at KALA, located at
1017 Marine Drive.
Freedom Follies is hosted
by KALA and coastal blues
singer Maggie Kitson,
whose band Maggie & The
Katz will headline the event,
ending the evening with a
full set of rockin’ tunes to
dance to.
The doors swing wide
open at 8 p.m., and short
performances will follow
from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. The
event is open to ages 21 and
older only. Admission is $10
at the door.
The night’s performers
will include vocalist Bridget
Kitson; The Duck & The
Fish; Adams & Costello;
performance poets John
Kulm, Nancy Cook and
Pattra Monroe; Abraham
Lincoln personified by
Walt Trumbull, vocalist
Dinah Urell, vocalist Dida
DeAngelis, The Lower
Columbia Q Choir, a word
from the Astoria Women’s
March, folkster Dallas
Williams, and Swingcats of
Astoria.
Freedom Follies is
inspired by the following
quote from social activ-
ist and historian Howard
Zinn: “I lift my spirits by
remembering: The artists are
on our side! I mean those
poets and painters, singers
and musicians, novelists
and playwrights who speak
to the world in a way that
is impervious to assault
because they wage the
battle for justice in a sphere
which is unreachable by the
dullness of ordinary political
discourse.”
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The Duck and The Fish, a musical duo of Jesse Jones and Paul
Brady, play sclassic bossa nova tunes.
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Swingcats of Astoria is, from left, Ted Brainard, Richard Thoma-
sian, Dave Ambrose and Larry Aldred.
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Freedom Follies will be head-
lined by singer Maggie Kitson
and her band Maggie and the
Katz.
Poet and author John Kulm
will read poetry at the event.
The performances are
a proactive response to
“what’s going down,”
says Kitson. “Let’s gather
artists together and focus
on co-creativity in all walks
of life and its beautiful
diversity.”