{"id":67555,"date":"2006-11-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/musicians-anne-feeney-and-david-rovics-to-speakperform-at-uri\/"},"modified":"2006-11-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-11-03T00:00:00","slug":"musicians-anne-feeney-and-david-rovics-to-speakperform-at-uri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2006\/11\/musicians-anne-feeney-and-david-rovics-to-speakperform-at-uri\/","title":{"rendered":"Musicians Anne Feeney and David Rovics to speak\/perform at 溏心vlog免费B站"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 November 3, 2006 \u2013 Political protest singers Anne Feeney and David Rovics will speak and perform at the 溏心vlog免费B站 on Wednesday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in Edwards Auditorium, Kingston campus.<\/p>\n


\n\tTheir visit is part of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Honors Colloquium, Songs of Social Justice: The Rhetoric of Music, a semester-long series that explores music as a means of expression, persuasion, and mobilization. The event is free and open to the public. <\/p>\n


\nFeeney and Rovics, highly regarded singer-songwriters, use music as a means of political protest. They are politically controversial and heavily advocate free speech through their music and message. They have performed at high visibility rallies and protests such as at the School of the Americas in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n


\n\tFeeney has been dubbed the \u201cminister of culture\u201d to movements for economic and social justice and human rights. She spent two decades performing both nationally and internationally, rallying for community activism. Since 1991, Feeney has taken her message on the road traveling 42 states, as well as internationally.
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\nShe recently performed in Sweden, the Netherlands, and Mexico. Utah Phillips calls her \u201cthe best labor singer in North America.\u201d In 2005, Feeney received the Joe Hill Award from the Labor Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n


\n\tDavid Rovics has been called the musical voice of the progressive movement in the United States. His songs challenge administration policy dealing with Iraq and Hurricane Katrina response, as well as questioning Wal-Mart labor practices and abuses of corporate power. <\/p>\n


\nRovics has traveled since the \u201890s and has been an on-air guest on radio stations throughout the world. He has also participated in thousands of rallies and protests performing at conferences, colleges, etc. According to Rovics, songwriting is his \u201csurvival mechanism\u201d and his \u201cmain way of dealing with life.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nVisit www.uri.edu\/hc for the colloquium schedule and directions. For more information, contact the 溏心vlog免费B站 Honors Center at 401-874-2303 or debg@uri.edu.<\/p>\n


\nMajor sponsors for the series are The Providence Journal, the 溏心vlog免费B站 Division of University Advancement, the 溏心vlog免费B站 Honors Program, the 溏心vlog免费B站 Office of the President and the 溏心vlog免费B站 Office of the Provost.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 November 3, 2006 \u2013 Political protest singers Anne Feeney and David Rovics will speak and perform at the 溏心vlog免费B站 on Wednesday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in Edwards Auditorium, Kingston campus. Their visit is part of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Honors Colloquium, Songs of Social Justice: The Rhetoric of Music, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67558,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}