NEW GLOBAL WARMING SONG
Listen to "We Are the Rainbow Sign" click here (mp3 file, 2.1 MB)
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My husband, Scott Slaba, was one of the 1,000 people selected and trained by Al Gore's Climate Project. I decided to write him a song to use with his presentations. It was premiered on President's Day weekend at the Puget Sound Guitar Workshop, with able song polishing and accompaniment by Tom Rawson, Meryle Korn, Hank Payne and Ellen Van der Hoeven. Thanks to all!
Pilgrimage: Journey to the Heart of Israel and Palestine
Linda's presentation through song, stories and images is now available. If you'd like more information on bringing Linda to your town, please contact her. Click here to see a poster (284k).
Linda is now seeking support for a return journey, to continue creating and teaching songs to accompany Dr. Sis Levin's teacher's manual for use with the Peacebuilders program. She is also seeking to raise funds for several organizations, including the Palestinian Child Arts Center. For photos of Linda's journey, click here.
To hear the song "Nobody Came," click here (mp3 file, 5.6 MB).
Her songs have been sung and/or recorded by many artists including Rebel Voices, Seattle Women's Ensemble, Wisconsin Women's Chorus, Cindy Mangsen, Frankie Armstrong, Judy Small and Faith Petric. They have appeared in publications such as Sing Out! and Broadside, in books and song collections, and have been used for numerous educational radio and television programs.
Her albums and CD's have featured outstanding artists including Margie Adam, Betsy Rose, Frankie Armstrong, Alison Brown, Geof Morgan, Cary Black, Julian Smedley, Philip Boulding, Nina Gerber, Tracy Spring and Erin Corday.
A prolific writer, Linda is also a song collector. In 1988/89 she was Resident Songwriter for the State of Washington's Centennial Project; she also worked extensively with the Washington Women's Heritage Project and the Washington Grange Music Heritage Project.
Linda has organized two community folk centers and in 1991 was awarded an Artist Trust Fellowship. She teaches classes, retreats and workshops throughout the year, serves as an artist-in-residence and enjoys going into schools, communities and conferences to give customized workshops on history, spirituality, singing, songwriting, and creativity
Linda Allen is a passionate and engaging performer whose songs are rooted in tradition and honed by years of commitment to an art that both informs and transforms. Her songs are bold, poignant, funny, informative, insightful and best described in a review from Folknik which called her music "·good holistic medicine for the spirit."
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