tag:drewveltingmusic.com,2005:/blogs/news?p=2News2022-04-15T13:10:31-04:00Drew Velting falsetag:drewveltingmusic.com,2005:Post/69339432022-03-28T10:32:25-04:002022-03-28T10:32:25-04:00Drew Velting will be playing at the 2022 Tucson Folk Festival! <p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/269563/75d1191fab8bc1acead1d81df9113e1f64612c2e/original/2022-tff-instagram-graphic-1-1080x1080.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Catch his set on Saturday, April 2 at 4:00 pm on the Courthouse Stage! For the full stage schedule, visit <a contents="Tucson Folk Festival Stage Schedules" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.tucsonfolkfest.org/stage-schedule/" target="_blank">Tucson Folk Festival Stage Schedules</a></p>Drew Velting tag:drewveltingmusic.com,2005:Post/67701912021-10-08T16:12:38-04:002021-11-27T10:06:19-05:00Drew Velting nominated for Best of Long Island in Arts and Entertainment (Best Singer)<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/269563/98e0d05433ac5b02f212f63d10e6003d5b7e428e/original/best-of-long-island-nomination-2022.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>Drew Velting tag:drewveltingmusic.com,2005:Post/66095442021-04-20T17:30:57-04:002021-11-28T10:04:54-05:00Drew Velting's music featured on WFUV on Woody's Children <p> </p>
<p><span class="font_small"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/269563/0b8db6e2d9b9f9a55fd98cca60982537daeb9c6f/original/wfuv-music.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></span></p>1:00:03Drew Velting tag:drewveltingmusic.com,2005:Post/65573322021-02-24T09:43:38-05:002021-11-28T10:04:20-05:00American Songwriter announces the March/April 2021 Lyric Contest winners! <p> </p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/269563/f2645e6c3afdf41126a4e14be0998335dd86df65/original/white-logo-w-shadow-696x305.png/!!/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Grateful to learn that my song, "Widows Walking" won second place in the March/April 2021 American Songwriter Magazine lyric contest. Thanks to the women who inspired the song!</p>
<p><a contents="Click here for more information about the song and contest" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://americansongwriter.com/march-april-2021-lyric-contest-winners/" target="_blank">Click here for more information</a></p>Drew Velting tag:drewveltingmusic.com,2005:Post/69491242020-01-10T10:00:00-05:002023-10-16T10:51:45-04:00Drew Velting places as a semi-finalist in the Music City SongStar Fall 2019 songwriting contest for his entry, "Where Do the Homeless Dwell?"<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/269563/b644b92914baa7e1ccd32518ade8df41a858cc5e/original/music-city-drew-velting-copy.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>Drew Velting tag:drewveltingmusic.com,2005:Post/59684962019-11-21T15:55:51-05:002021-11-28T10:03:05-05:00LI psychologist helps Long Island's homeless through song<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/269563/0779712bf54d10b5fb617f8fd39dd588700088f1/original/drew-velting-with-guitar.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Merrick singer-songwriter Drew Velting, who has released a new song, launches a tour of LI homeless shelters to raise awareness during National Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week. Photo Credit: Linda McNally </p>
<p><em>Updated November 19, 2019 7:59 AM</em></p>
<p><a contents="Click this link to see the full article in Newsday" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/drew-velting-music-1.38577383" target="_blank">Click this link to see the full article in Newsday</a></p>Drew Velting tag:drewveltingmusic.com,2005:Post/59513902019-11-06T11:40:02-05:002021-11-18T06:57:13-05:00New Single Release! Where Do the Homeless Dwell? <p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/269563/05c214642f172383bea2b4950cbdce2f7e7d4540/original/where-do-the-homeless-dwell-drew-velting.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<h2>All proceeds from this song are being donated to the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans</h2>
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<h4><a contents="Click here for more" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B081MRNPVR?tag=songlink0d-20" target="_blank"><span style="color:#8e44ad;"><span class="font_large">Click here for more</span></span></a></h4>
<h2> </h2>Drew Velting tag:drewveltingmusic.com,2005:Post/58339892019-07-23T15:28:34-04:002021-10-26T10:47:47-04:00Newport Folk Festival Preview 2019<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/269563/336a6b3d2ff460288726f9afc4eb6f568a5ae108/original/gettyimages-1006709316-wide-ab9abc9a025d266833238b2cfa97f3a9190509cc-s800-c85.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Outstanding podcast from NPR's "All Songs Considered" previewing this year's <a contents="Newport Folk Festival" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.newportfolk.org/" target="_blank">Newport Folk Festival</a>, which celebrates its 60th year this month. Wow. </p>
<p>Click the link to listen to the complete podcast <a contents="Newport Folk Festival 2019 Preview " data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2019/07/23/743114100/newport-folk-festival-preview-2019" target="_blank">Newport Folk Festival 2019 Preview </a> </p>Drew Velting tag:drewveltingmusic.com,2005:Post/57450052019-05-06T17:01:14-04:002021-11-28T02:08:09-05:00Celebrate Pete Seeger’s 100th Birthday at Nationwide Concerts This Weekend <p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/269563/6736129f8111db766085e7d81c481ca71055bd71/original/ext.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Nice article providing some updates on Pete Seeger's centennial celebration. Well may the world go...</p>
<p><a contents="Click this link to read the article in Rolling Stone " data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pete-seeger-100th-birthday-celebration-tribute-concert-830797/" target="_blank">Click this link to read the article in Rolling Stone </a></p>Drew Velting tag:drewveltingmusic.com,2005:Post/56302932019-02-06T11:33:32-05:002021-10-14T12:06:40-04:00Izzy Young, Who Presided Over the Folk Revival, Dies at 90<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/269563/b721f41db1f73702908ea71e61b6ad09f697aae4/original/merlin-150226695-4ea29440-c784-4ae3-9534-d3cd54ab564e-superjumbo.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p><a contents="Click here for the full article in the NY Times" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/05/obituaries/izzy-young-dead.html" target="_blank">Click here for the full article</a></p>
<p> </p>Drew Velting tag:drewveltingmusic.com,2005:Post/54856562018-10-25T10:38:27-04:002021-11-23T05:07:46-05:00LI Sound: Merrick's Drew Velting writes song about Charlottesville victim Heather Heyer<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/269563/9001b0e425e07c95ab138591bd00e2135b3d365b/original/dv-clark-gardens-concert.jpg" class="size_orig justify_left border_" />Merrick singer-songwriter Drew Velting was inspired to write a song about the woman killed during the 2017 Charlottesville riots. Photo Credit: Olivia Velting </p>
<p><em>Updated October 20, 2018 3:00 PM</em></p>
<p><a contents="Click this link to see the full article in Newsday " data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/columnists/glenn-gamboa/drew-velting-heather-heyer-charlottesville-1.22125246" target="_blank">Click this link to see the full article in Newsday </a></p>
<p> </p>Drew Velting tag:drewveltingmusic.com,2005:Post/54091952018-08-31T11:49:54-04:002021-11-01T11:29:37-04:00Remembering Charlottesville: Merrick man sings of 'The Mournful Death of Heather Heyer' <p>Posted August 30, 2018</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/269563/66f2a3b9e901fb7a91088815d8eebaa259386ffb/original/tim-kaine-inspects-a-makeshift-memorial-to-heather-heyer.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Recent article published by the <a contents="Long Island Herald" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.liherald.com/" target="_blank">Long Island Herald</a> regarding my new song release, "The Mournful Death of Heather Heyer"</p>
<p><a contents="Click here to read the full story written by Erik Hawkins for the Long Island Herald" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.liherald.com/stories/the-mournful-death-of-heather-heyer,106580?" target="_blank">Click here to read the full story written by Erik Hawkins for the Long Island Herald</a></p>Drew Velting tag:drewveltingmusic.com,2005:Post/53817542018-08-09T23:58:21-04:002021-10-16T11:33:18-04:00New York Musician Writes Song Honoring Heather Heyer<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/269563/9f9c5a825d91eaaf62cd136205ffc3e21e27c873/original/article.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" />by <a contents="Chris Cerbo" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.cbs19news.com/content/bios/476855563.html" target="_blank">Chris Cerbo</a> | Posted: Wed 4:37 PM, Aug 08, 2018 | Updated: Wed 6:30 PM, Aug 08, 2018 </p>
<p><strong>CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) --</strong> A New York-based musician is hoping a song dedicated to Heather Heyer will help heal some of the painful memories of the Unite the Right rally in 2017.</p>
<p>Drew Velting, a musician based out of Long Island, said that while he may not have known Heyer personally, her death and funeral left a lasting impression on him, and he aims to ensure that her death was not in vain. </p>
<p>"I'm really hoping that the song will really support Heather Heyer's legacy, as someone who, unfortunately, died an untimely, premature death in the service of trying to help other people," Velting said. </p>
<p>When asked about a stranger writing a song about her daughter, Susan Bro, Heyer's mother, said, "It's not as important to me to have my daughter's story make it around the world, as the idea of people are putting action into place to try to stop the spread of hate, to try to bring about racial equality." </p>
<p>While Velting agrees that more needs to be done to address issues of prejudice in society, he said that he is glad to be able to contribute in some small part to the cause. </p>
<p>"For me, it's important that I can make a difference by helping people to remember who she was, and that's why hopefully the song will be an account of what happened," he said.</p>
<p>Another underlying message in the song is that it is time for politicians to step up and help combat hatred. </p>
<p>The song is called the "<a contents="Mournful Death of Heather Heyer" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.amazon.com/Mournful-Death-Heather-Heyer/dp/B07GHTF8M3/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=mournful+death+of+heather+heyer&qid=1566331450&s=gateway&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Mournful Death of Heather Heyer</a>" and a music video will be released before the Aug. 12 anniversary. </p>
<p>Velting plans to donate the proceeds from the song to the <a contents="Heather Heyer Foundation" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.heatherheyerfoundation.com/" target="_blank">Heather Heyer Foundation</a>.</p>
<p><a contents="Click here to watch the feature story on CBS19 News (Charlottesvile, VA)" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.cbs19news.com/content/news/Song-Honoring_Heather-Heyer-490388411.html" target="_blank">Click here to watch the feature story on CBS19 News (Charlottesvile, VA)</a></p>
<p> </p>Drew Velting tag:drewveltingmusic.com,2005:Post/50747312018-02-12T09:50:00-05:002021-11-03T13:20:40-04:00About That Song You’ve Heard, Kumbaya<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/269563/6f01baaf24f206a2a391a36238f8e5dd0eb4f7c6/original/00kumbayah-superjumbo-1.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Informative piece from the <a contents="New York Times" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.nytimes.com" target="_blank">New York Times</a> that provides much-needed historical perspective on a timeless African-American spiritual. </p>
<p><a contents="(click on this link for the full article)" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/us/kumbaya-gullah-geechee.html" target="_blank">(click on this link for the full article)</a></p>
<p> </p>Drew Velting tag:drewveltingmusic.com,2005:Post/49847302017-12-19T15:59:39-05:002021-11-26T10:10:27-05:00Why Phil Ochs is the obscure '60s folk singer America needs in 2017<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/269563/6f8cd09d7b5af512784039c880a4143f59038a5d/original/phil-ochs-film-a-l.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>Wonderful article paying tribute to the incomparable <a contents="Phil Ochs" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Ochs" target="_blank">Phil Ochs</a>. A folk singer-songwriter for the ages. It's his birthday today. Definitely worth reading.</p>
<p><a contents="(click on this link for the full article)" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/posteverything/wp/2017/01/24/why-phil-ochs-is-the-obscure-60s-folk-singer-america-needs-in-2017/">(click on this link for the full article)</a></p>Drew Velting tag:drewveltingmusic.com,2005:Post/48811692017-10-06T21:24:12-04:002021-11-18T08:23:49-05:00New Concert Program - Bob Dylan: The Early Years<p><em>Bob Dylan: The Early Years </em>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 Dylan’s early original compositions (1961- 1973) along with songs by Woody Guthrie and other folk singers who profoundly influenced and inspired Dylan’s work. The concert begins with songs of protest that ensured Dylan’s status as a leading counterculture figurehead in the early 1960’s and moves on to highlight his musical development as poet, folk-rock icon and Nashville recording star – a celebration of the ever-changing, musical genius that Dylan demonstrated over the first decade of his career.</p>Drew Velting tag:drewveltingmusic.com,2005:Post/48801432017-10-03T11:55:00-04:002021-11-22T21:57:54-05:00Woody Guthrie died 50 years ago today <p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/269563/2f47a282dca03ce1937d0bfc1ec647184d02e96b/original/1-1ykagi70bq5-1bcqp1dfog.jpg?1507302258" class="size_l justify_center border_" />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 <a contents="Woody Guthrie" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.woodyguthrie.org/" target="_blank">Woody Guthrie</a> - a folk music icon for the ages. In these difficult times, it's comforting to recall what Woody once said about hope and resiliency:</p>
<p><em>Whatever you do, wherever you go</em><br><em>Don’t lose your grip on life and that means</em><br><em>Don’t let any earthy calamity knock your dreamer and your hoping machine</em><br><em>Out of order</em></p>Drew Velting tag:drewveltingmusic.com,2005:Post/48812672017-09-04T12:55:00-04:002021-11-26T04:55:09-05:00Seeger had profound impact on labor movement<p> </p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/269563/cca4c825dd6af55c5a4e76900a74bdb0ea6775e3/original/1390918868000-seeger-1-bw.jpg?1507347821" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Happy Labor Day and thanks to all those working (and those who want to work) for your many contributions and achievements.</p>
<p><a contents="Seeger had profound impact on labor movement" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/28/pete-seeger-labor-movement-impact/4957731/" target="_blank">(See USA Today article)</a></p>Drew Velting tag:drewveltingmusic.com,2005:Post/48826672017-08-23T14:30:00-04:002021-07-19T06:13:06-04:00Happy Birthday, Malvina Reynolds! <p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/269563/78b816582a87c11e3f6e0088b4fcaaacf2799ced/original/lede-1.jpg?1507498019" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><a contents="The Life and times of Malvina Reynolds" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.ocweekly.com/music/the-life-and-times-of-malvina-reynolds-long-beachs-most-legendary-and-hated-folk-singer-7474438" target="_blank">The Life and Times of Malvina Reynolds Long Beach’s Most Legendary (and Hated) Folk Singer (click link for article)</a></p>Drew Velting