Name: Holly Near
Date of Birth: 6 June 1949 Sister of Laurel and Timothy NearAccomplished songwriter and folksinger. Her composition "Singing For Our Lives" appears in "Singing the Living Tradition", the official hymnal of the Unitarian Universalist Association, under the title "We Are A Gentle, Angry People" .Began her career on stage (the musical-comedy troupe "First National Nothing", Broadway's "Hair"), TV ("The Mod Squad") and film ("Slaughterhouse Five") before focusing full time on her political activism through her music.Considere... d an ambassador of peace, she was named "Woman of the Year" in 1985 by Ms. Magazine.Has written hundreds of songs and recorded 16 albums, alone and in collaboration.Her Redwood recording label has been the prolific center for alternative music since 1972. Pete Seeger, Bonnie Raitt, Arlo Guthrie and Peter, Paul and Mary have are only a few of the label's stream of politically-conscious artists and peace activists. Redwood has since closed, but tracks from the records issued by Redwood are available on CD from her website.The "guest speaker" at the Cathedral of Hope on Sunday, September 16th 2007. The Cathedral of Hope is the largest LGBT church in the world...Read more Holly Near movies (actor)User Comments |
