They’re back! — Emma’s Revolution will return to All Souls Church on Friday, Oct. 25, at 7:30 p.m. with a concert to benefit the Community Asylum Seekers Project (CASP).
Pat Humphries and Sandy O, the duo that makes up Emma’s Revolution, were among the many musicians who performed for the sold-out Pete Seeger 100th celebration at the church back in May. They are returning to lend their enthusiastic support for CASP, whose mission is to provide basic needs and a supportive community for those in the process of seeking asylum in the United States.
Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds, according to concert organizers. Tickets can be purchased at Everyone’s Books in Brattleboro and Village Square Booksellers in Bellows Falls. Online sales are available at tinyurl.com/CASP-Benefit or emmasrevolution.com/concerts. More information is available about the concert from George Carvill at 802-490-2052 or george@carvill.net.
Their video “So Impeachable,” a humorous and biting song parody of Irving Gordon’s “Unforgettable,” was released the week of the July Mueller hearings but has suddenly become more relevant. You can listen to “So Impeachable” on YouTube here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2DZpzM0GtU.
Pat and Sandy’s songs have been sung for the Dalai Lama, praised by Pete Seeger, and covered by Holly Near. With beautiful harmonies and genre-defying eclecticism, Emma’s Revolution delivers the energy and strength of their convictions, in an uprising of truth and hope for these tumultuous times.
Pete Seeger, speaking on NPR’s All Things Considered, said, “The powers that be can control the media but it’s hard to stop a good song… Pat’s songs will be sung well into the 22nd century.”
Emma’s Revolution has shared the stage with Pete Seeger, Holly Near, Rev Jesse Jackson, Amy Goodman, Indigo Girls, Joan Baez, Rev William Barber and Bill McKibben and has performed at concerts, justice events and mass demonstrations across the country, including the #FamiliesBelongTogether Day of Action in San Francisco, Women’s March Oakland and the Poor People’s Campaign National Demonstration in Washington DC.
The duo continues to write songs that are tools of inspiration and motivation to fuel today’s resistance movements. The duo debuted “Trumpty Dumpty (That’s An Emergency)” at the Day of Action opposing President Trump’s national emergency declaration. And their stunningly powerful song and video, “I Believe Her,” written in support of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, Dr Anita Hill and all survivors, was called “the musical equivalent of breaking news” by KPFA Radio.
