Music is the universal language. It has no borders. It has no boundaries. The music of protest has a long history in the United States of America and its songs are a testament to defining moments in the history of this nation.
The producers are declaring Sunday, May 18, 2025 “NATIONAL SING IT LOUD DAY”.
Music brings people together. This concert of songs of protest gives voice to our differences, even as we seek a “more perfect” union. It is a celebration of free speech through song. The event features residents and artists from the Upper Delaware National Scenic and Recreation Area and Narrowsburg, NY.
Singer songwriters from a small rural community in upstate NY and surrounding areas will be performing <strong>SING IT LOUD</strong>, a live concert featuring songs of protest intended to inspire people locally and nationally to do the same on street corners, in clubs and concert halls, online and everywhere music can be heard.
The concert will be presented Sunday, May 18, 2025 from 1-3pm before a live audience in Delaware Hall in The Narrowsburg Union at 7 Erie Avenue, Narrowsburg, NY 12764. Admission will be free, but contributions will be gladly accepted. The event will be streamed live on Facebook.
The program will feature classic and original protest songs performed by a wide variety of musicians including Lucas Maehara Rotman, Richard Traviss, Poison Love, Doug Rogers, Kathy Geary, Spook Handy and more. The concert will feature a sing-along with the audience.
SING IT LOUD is being produced by Kathy Geary, Cynthia Nash and Jill Behling Padua and was first conceived by Jane Bollinger after reading a January 2025 Rolling Stone article listing the greatest songs of protest.
Says Kathy Geary who is host of “Now and Then” on WJFF Radio Catskill and also a prominent member of the music scene in the region, “The music of protest has a long history in the United States of America, and its songs are a testament to defining moments in the history of this nation.”
Cynthia Nash adds, “This concert of songs of protest gives voice to our differences, even as we seek a ‘more perfect’ union. It is a celebration of free speech through song.”
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