Community Empowerment is the topic to end the year. It the holiday show on Urban Perspectives 12/28/14. I talk with the Chief Financial Officer of American Public Media:Morris Goodwin Jr, Dr. Margret Lovejoy Founder of the Family Place Shelter, Larry Long Director/Founder of Community Celebration
Larry will be taking a three-month break from American Roots Revue and solo performances to focus on his work in education through Community Celebration of Place. Over the past twenty-five years, Larry in partnership with Community Celebration of Place has honored nearly 1,000 community elders from
âWho will carry on this story when Iâm gone?â - Slava Bryn, Elder In school year 2013-2014, Larry Long initiated the creation and publishing of twelve story-song books through Community Celebration of Place in partnership with the West Metro Education Program and Minneapolis Public Schools. These books, written and illustrated
Larry is presently working with students from Sonnesyn Elementary School in New Hope, Minnesota to honor the life stories of Beni Persaud, Samuel Wagner Cooke, and Michael Favor in narrative and song through a program called, Elders' Wisdom, Children's Song.  The lyrics to their songs
Soulful folk-rock singer-songwriter Chastity Brown, jazz pro Prudence Johnson, and Gospel powerhouse Robert Robinson join Troubadour Larry Long and a stellar backing band for Dakota Concerts Saturday, November 1, 2014. Buy tickets now >
Tickets are still available for the September show at the Dakota. Don't miss this chance to see American Roots Revue back together again for an end-of-summer celebration. And as if you didn't have enough reasons, Robert Robinson is back! Featuring Larry Long, JD Steele, Robert Robinson, Tonia
KFAI will present âFor Peteâs Sakeâ, a celebration of the life and work of musician and activist Pete Seeger, as a holiday-brightening opener on Labor Day morning from 6 to 8 am. Seeger was a lifelong supporter of organized labor and union causes. When Pete died
When I suspend judgment and allow the best intentions of the people to be heard through the collective songwriting process, a power far greater than âIâ takes hold. A song has the potential to open up ones heart to love, so often concealed within the âbusyâ world in which we live. To
Thursday, August 14th, I collectively wrote an anthem for Beyond The Yellow Ribbon in Crookston, Minnesota with eleven of their supporters at the Crookston City Hall. They shared with me the story of how Beyond The Yellow Ribbon began and their commitment to help veterans and
Community Celebration of Place (501 C-3), through a Minnesota State Artâs Board âLegacy Tour Grantâ, sponsored American Roots Revue, which features several of Minnesotaâs most gifted performers and arts educators, to perform in five outstate Minnesota communities in partnership with homeless shelters, incarceration facilities; community
American Roots Revue will be performing this Thursday & Friday, August 14th & 15th,  in Crookston, Minnesota, as part of Ox Cart Days to honor our Veterans, in partnership with Beyond the Yellow Ribbon and the Crookston Chamber & Visitorâs Bureau.  Free & Open to the public! The 4th Annual
American Roots Revue will be performing for Hands Across the World in St. Cloud, Minnesota on July 31st, Thursday, from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm at Wilson Park, 625 Riverside Avenue NE, St. Cloud, MN. Free and open to the public! Rain or shine! American Roots
Larry Long sang on the front porch of the Old London House with Mary Jo Guthrie Edgmon (Woody Guthrie's Sister) - sharing memories at the Okfuskee Historical Society in Woody's hometown of Okemah, Oklahoma! Performing with is Fiddlin' Peter Peter J Watercott and Neil Gelvin, as part
âAmerican Roots Revueâ has now performed in two of the five out state Minnesota communities this summer. Each concert features a song collectively written by members of the host community at a two-hour âWorld CafĂ©â model workshop with Larry Long.In Cass Lake, Minnesota, the host organization
SUNDAY, JULY 20, Noon to 4 pm., Wabun Picnic Area D, Minnehaha Park Minneapolis 55417 Music/ Brief Speeches/ Childrenâs Games/ Historical Display FREE LUNCH-RAIN OR SHINE Featuring: LARRY LONG, Social Justice Troubadour, with Fiddlinâ Pete Watercott & Neil Gelvin; WISCONSIN SING ALONG GROUP, Nationâs longest
 For the past thirty nine years, a quiet unassuming organization has been very busy 'saving' what they call America's old-time music. Located in the very Midwestern State of Iowa, it was founded by Smithsonian Institution recording artists Bob & Sheila Everhart who make their home in