TWIN CITIES ā July 12, 2011 ā Eight community organizations working on the tornado recovery effort in North Minneapolis will receive funding from a June 12, 2011, benefit concert at the Hennepin Theatre Trust State Theatre on Wednesday, July 13, 2011. The event will take
Hot on the heels of a wildly successful Father's Day show at The Cedar, Larry will be joining Kevin Kling this Thursday, June 30, to kick off the Toast and Jelly Days Revisited Storytelling Festival. Kevin Kling describes his zodiac sign as āMinnesota with Iowa rising
Join Kevin Kling and Larry Long as they speak and sing about a few things that are Dad. In a Fathers Day tribute, Kevin and Larry head down the Dad side of the street, taking detours at an Uncle or two, a Grampa, or the guy
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
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]
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
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
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
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
Larryās new album, Donāt Stand Still, is available locally: Electric Fetus Homestead Pickinā Parlor Roadrunner Record You can also find the album available for download at DigStation. Weāll be updating the list of places where the album is available in the coming weeks, including iTunes and Amazon. Check back!
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.
We are presently producing two film documentaries of the songs āTibetā and āBe Kind to All That Liveā, both written through the Eldersā Wisdom, Childrenās Song process, and featured on Donāt Stand Still. When I was thirteen years of age, my father passed
We are presently producing two film documentaries of the songs āTibetā and āBe Kind to All That Liveā, both written through the Eldersā Wisdom, Childrenās Song process, and featured on Donāt Stand Still. In 2008 Gyatsho Tshering shared his life story with
The Pioneer Press had a great article on Larry and his work with Community Celebration of Place/Eldersā Wisdom, Childrenās 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 on Monday, April 4, at 9PM. The show is on Channel 6 (MCN ā 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
On April 9th, some of Minnesotaās 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