Drew Velting

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   

Updated November 19, 2019 7:59 AM

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Outstanding podcast from NPR's "All Songs Considered" previewing this year's Newport Folk Festival, which celebrates its 60th year this month. Wow. 

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Nice article providing some updates on Pete Seeger's centennial celebration. Well may the world go...

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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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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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Posted August 30, 2018

Recent article published by the Long Island Herald regarding my new song release, "The Mournful Death of Heather Heyer"

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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…

Informative piece from the New York Times that provides much-needed historical perspective on a timeless African-American spiritual. 

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Wonderful article paying tribute to the incomparable Phil Ochs. A folk singer-songwriter for the ages. It's his birthday today. Definitely worth reading.

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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…

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…