I'm an activist, organizer, songwriter, folksinger, troublemaker and hellraiser from Pittsburgh, PA. I graduated from high school in 1968 and worked for a year to save up enough money to buy the beautiful Martin D-28 guitar that I still play. The Vietnam war and the Civil Rights Movement shaped my conscience and consciousness. My musical influences are pretty varied, but I love Phil Ochs, Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger, Jimmy Collier, Brian MacNeill, Bob Dylan, Peter Paul and Mary, Billy Bragg, Jon Fromer, Rosalie Sorrels, Hazel Dickens, Utah Phillips, David Rovics, Leon Rosselson, Joe Hill, Woody Guthrie, Pam Parker, Anais Mitchell, Evan Greer, Pat Humphries, Rebel Voices, Chris Chandler and so very many more. I worked for a dozen years or so as a trial attorney and served as President of the Pittsburgh Musicians' Union. I have two great kids, Dan and Amy Berlin.
...Now, I'm on the road 200+ days a year... all over the US and Canada, and more recently, Sweden and Denmark. If you're on strike, or in an organizing drive, or doing community organizing for women's rights, the environment, human rights, anti-poverty or anti-racist work, I want to be there.
If you want to help make that possible, you could drop a donation into my virtual tip jar --
Thank you!!!
The most current news about what I've been up to is on my Tour Dates and on my blog. You can also email me at unionmaid@annefeeney.com and subscribe to my once-a-month email news The Fellow Travelers' Advisory."
On May 18th, 2008 Larry Duncan and a video crew from Chicago's LABOR BEAT recorded my concert at the Heartland Cafe. Check it out!
Here's a cool video of my visit to the ConnSelmer Strike in Elkhart, IN
Check out this video done by Harry Plummer of OPSEU at the National Labor College in Washington, DC last year. That's Janet Stecher and Susan Lewis (Rebel Voices) of Seattle, WA and Jon Fromer of Mill Valley, CA (with the bionic arm) lending the wonderful supporting vocals. When the camera pans the audience you'll see Charlie King, Shelley Kessler, Pam Parker, Charlie Bernhardt, Bobbie Rabinowitz and Labor's Troubadour, Joe Glazer, singing along. The Great Labor Arts Exchange is a fantastic annual event. And below that is a video of some other folks who like to sing my song... Enjoy! Get this video and more at MySpace.com
I'm watching a CNBC special called The Age of Wal-Mart: Inside America's Most Powerful Company. They just played a UFCW video that included your song War on the Workers. That was pretty cool. I just hope that they're paying you for that use.
Hi Anne Nice energy in your music. New videos now at Myspace! Wishing you all the best. David Rice Liston to my song for peace in this world "Where are we going to" at cdbaby. com/all/collection
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I finally bought Dump the Bosses Off Your Back last night. I put it in my MP3 player and listened to the entire thing between walking to work and walking after work. I've listened to the title track 10 times already, including 6 times on the way to work. It will go down as one of my favorite title tracks of all time, along with Have You Been to Jail for Justice and many others. Keep up the great music!
P.S. I finally found out about MC Lars and added his video for Download This Song to my page. Please watch it and let me know what you think!
