Outstanding podcast from NPR's "All Songs Considered" previewing this year's Newport Folk Festival, which celebrates its 60th year this month. Wow.
Click the link to listen to the complete podcast Newport Folk Festival 2019 Preview
“Amazingly relevant and strong lyrics...a Dylan for the New Age...folk is back!”
— B. Keating
“Very Woody Guthrie...”
— Resistance
“...reminds me of Tom Lehrer, who wrote great parody and original songs in the '60s...”
“Drew Velting writes moving, beautiful songs about what’s happening in the world akin to those of Tom Paxton and Bob Dylan. His work reflects a lifelong interest in folk music, its origins and how it can influence and improve our future – stunning!”
— Dave Sear, Folk singer and host of WNYC's Folk Music Almanac
“Hopefully, he will continue to write...songs of resistance, songs of healing, songs of equity, using his talent for social justice.”
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Celebrate Pete Seeger’s 100th Birthday at Nationwide Concerts This Weekend
Nice article providing some updates on Pete Seeger's centennial celebration. Well may the world go...
Izzy Young, Who Presided Over the Folk Revival, Dies at 90
Great article in the NY Times about Izzy Young, a key figure in the Great American Folk Music Revival at its peak. Sad to lose him.
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LI Sound: Merrick's Drew Velting writes song about Charlottesville victim Heather Heyer
Merrick singer-songwriter Drew Velting was inspired to write a song about the woman killed during the 2017 Charlottesville riots. Photo Credit: Olivia Velting
Updated October 20, 2018 3:00 PM
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Remembering Charlottesville: Merrick man sings of 'The Mournful Death of Heather Heyer'
Posted August 30, 2018
Recent article published by the Long Island Herald regarding my new song release, "The Mournful Death of Heather Heyer"
Click here to read the full story written by Erik Hawkins for the Long Island Herald
New York Musician Writes Song Honoring Heather Heyer
by Chris Cerbo | Posted: Wed 4:37 PM, Aug 08, 2018 | Updated: Wed 6:30 PM, Aug 08, 2018
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- A New York-based musician is hoping a song dedicated to Heather Heyer will help heal some…
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About That Song You’ve Heard, Kumbaya
Informative piece from the New York Times that provides much-needed historical perspective on a timeless African-American spiritual.
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Why Phil Ochs is the obscure '60s folk singer America needs in 2017
Wonderful article paying tribute to the incomparable Phil Ochs. A folk singer-songwriter for the ages. It's his birthday today. Definitely worth reading.
New Concert Program - Bob Dylan: The Early Years
Bob Dylan: The Early Years pays tribute to America's most influential singer-songwriter of the 1960’s and the only musician ever awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. With both guitar and banjo, Drew Velting plays and sings a wide-ranging selection of…
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Woody Guthrie died 50 years ago today
Sending hope and prayers out to the victims, families and people of Las Vegas and Puerto Rico (and RIP Tom Petty) on this day, October 3, 2017. 50 years ago today, we lost Woody Guthrie - a folk music icon…
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