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Photos from PACERS Conference

At the annual PACERS conference, held in Camp Hill, Alabama, Larry Long was honored to receive an award from the Camp Hill PACERS Chapter award for his decades of work on behalf of people in rural Alabama. Along with receiving the award, Larry facilitating a workshop

CD Release Concert Photos

We're still on a high from the Loring Theater concert. And are excited to share with you a great collections of photos from that night, thanks to Tony Nelson. All photos Ā© 2011 Tony Nelson. [slideshow]

CD Release Concert Reviews from Friends and Fans

We had so much fun doing the CD release concert at Loring over the weekend. Thank you to everyone who helped out and to everyone who attended! Here is a note from Larry: Thank you all for helping to make last night one of the performing

Larry to Receive Award from PACERS

On Wednesday, April 20, 2011 the Camp Hill PACERS Chapter and Edward Bell High School will host the PACERS annual conference in Camp Hill. As usual the conference will include workshops and reports on the various projects and on the work of

OutFront MN’s 2011 Lobby Day for LGBT Equality

On Thursday April 14, 2011, over a thousand supporters of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality from nearly every district in the state are traveling to the Capitol to talk with legislators about their vision of making Minnesota a state where people are not

OutFront Minnesota Lobby Day Kick-Off

Please join OutFront Minnesota for a celebration to kick off their Lobby Day for LGBT Equality, one of the largest citizen lobbying days in the nation, connecting thousands of pro-equality Minnesotans from around the state with their legislators. With the loss of pro-LGBT majorities in

Don’t Stand Still Available Now

Larry’s new album, Don’t Stand Still, is available locally: Electric Fetus Homestead Pickin’ Parlor Roadrunner Record You can also find the album available for download at DigStation. We’ll be updating the list of places where the album is available in the coming weeks, including iTunes and Amazon. Check back!

MinnPost Piece on Larry

There's a piece in today's MinnPost on Larry which talks a little about his history as well as the background on some of the songs on Don't Stand Still. You can read it here.

About Be Kind to All That Live: A Music-Film Documentary

We are presently producing two film documentaries of the songs ā€œTibetā€ and ā€œBe Kind to All That Liveā€, both written through the Elders’ Wisdom, Children’s Song process, and featured on Don’t Stand Still. When I was thirteen years of age, my father passed

About Tibet: A Music-Film Documentary

We are presently producing two film documentaries of the songs ā€œTibetā€ and ā€œBe Kind to All That Liveā€, both written through the Elders’ Wisdom, Children’s Song process, and featured on Don’t Stand Still. In 2008 Gyatsho Tshering shared his life story with

Larry in Pioneer Press This Sunday

The Pioneer Press had a great article on Larry and his work with Community Celebration of Place/Elders’ Wisdom, Children’s Song: Ruben Rosario: Classroom troubadour sings to children to honor adults The man the legendary writer Studs Terkel once called 'a true American troubadour' was thick in the

Larry will be on the Mary Hanson Show

Larry will be on the Mary Hanson show on Monday, April 4, at 9PM. The show is on Channel 6 (MCN – The Metro Cable Network). From the website: "The Mary Hanson Show" is the longest running cable program in the United States, having been on the

CD Release Cabaret on April 9

On April 9th, some of Minnesota’s finest musicians will come together at the Loring Theater for the release of the latest CD from Smithsonian Folkways recording artist Larry Long.Ā  Join Larry, Tonia Hughes, Robert Robinson and other special guests for an evening of song and

Don’t Stand Still Music-Film Productions

The CD release concert at Loring Theater will feature the showing of two music-film productions, produced by David McDonald of DMcD Productions, which feature songs on the Don’t Stand Still sound recording: Tibet (Honoring Gyatsho Tshering) The song Tibet was composed by Larry Long with Tara Thukral's

CD Release Pre-show Party at The Local

We're starting the festivities early on CD Release Day! Join us for a pre-show party at 6pm at The Local. Enjoy hearty appetizers and a drink (and maybe even a surprise visit from some of the performers) while mingling with your fellow concert-goers. The reception

Don’t Stand Still CD to be released in April

Big news for the New Year! Larry's new album, Don't Stand Still, will be coming out in early April. There will be a big CD release party on April 9 at the Loring Theater, and many of the musicians that appear on Don't Stand Still