Michelle Shocked comes to Asheville on the the Roadworks 2012: Roccupy!! tour, Sunday night at the Grey Eagle.
It’s easy to win two tickets. Jut be the first commenter to tell us the name of Shocked’s debut release.
From the Grey Eagle:
ABOUT THE SHOW:
The show opens with a brief “Folkaoke” singalong – like karaoke but without the shots of Jagermeister – whilst Michelle will accompany with guitar as audience volunteers onstage sing – wait for it – Blowin’ in the Wind, Do-Re-Mi, Deportee or This Land is Your Land; next up, Michelle will sing a few familiar favorites -Anchorage, Memories of East Texas, When I Grow Up, Come a Long Way or Graffiti Limbo; leading to the introduction of a few new songs from her as-yet-unrecorded work-in-progress “Indelible Women” – Take Your TIme (Billie’s Song,) Algun Dia (Frida’s Song), I Will be Loved (Marilyn’s Song) and the self -portrait inspired by the Willardson painting of Michelle, titled This is Me (Michelle’s Song); after a brief intermission Michelle will lead a brief forum on foreclosure fraud; followed by a Roccupy!!-themed finale with electrifying songs that will inspire and empower and invite to unite, “We are the 99%!!”
ABOUT MICHELLE:Michelle Shocked is a traveling troubadour whose musical talent is so eclectic it is difficult to categorize. As a young feminist, she left Texas to travel, Kerouac-style, and was caught up in Reagan-era grassroots politics. Her musical career was ignited by a bootleg recording made around a Kerrville Folk Festival campfire on a Sony Walkman.
In a 26-year career that has seen critical acclaim at every juncture, she famously escaped major-label indentured servitude in 1996, subverting the artist-label relationship that helped lead to the current trend toward artistic self-containment. She has made good use of her independence, releasing more critically-acclaimed albums on her Mighty Sound label. Her 2009 album, Soul of My Soul, was the latest of these. Her current work-in-progress, the as-yet-unrecorded Indelible Women is schedule for a 2014 release. In 2010, she launched Roadworks, an ongoing, 5-year touring project which curates audience’s favorite songs while developing Indelible Women. “Michelle Shocked” is the nom de guerre given at her arrest in a political protest called “The War Chest Tour” during the 1984 Democratic National Convention in San Francisco, California. The demonstration challenged the practice of U.S. corporations receiving lucrative military contracts from the U.S. government while giving generous campaign contributions to both political parties, thus benefiting from political favors regardless of election results. “Michelle Shocked” was intended to invoke the spectre of “shell shock” as a result of Reagan’s Cold War policies.
Show is at 7pm. Tix are $20 advance / $25 day of show.
Advance tickets available online and at our local outlets.
Fully seated show.
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Good try Carol & better luck next time. Thanks for all the delicious baked goods.
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A-M, you are our winner! Congrats. I will be in touch about your tix!
Sweet, thanks!