August-September 2018 News

Dear Friends: Progress continues on the two projects I wrote about in last month’s news. In the case of Working Class Heroes, Yvonne and I have completed the recording of 20 songs which will eventually be available on a cd. We’re working to finish the...

June-July 2018 News

Dear Friends: Two important items this month. First, progress with Songs of Slavery and Emancipation. Second, progress with a new project: Working Class Heroes. In late May, I traveled with my good friend and filmmaker, Reto Camenisch, to Peterboro, New York and to...

April-May 2018

The big news is that my trip to Berea, Kentucky was an overwhelming success. Songs of Slavery and Emancipation now has the official endorsement of Berea College https://www.berea.edu/. Berea, moreover, will furnish practical support of various kinds. This includes...

February-March 2018 News

February was preoccupied with organizing three projects to be completed this year or early next. First and foremost is Songs of Slavery and Emancipation. As many of you reading this know, we are at a critical phase, moving from research and compilation of the...

New Year 2018

above is the German-language interview published December 21st 2017 in Swiss newspaper WOZ- My New Year’s message is simple: End War-Set A Deadline End Fossil Fuel use-Set A Deadline Practical steps to end war: 1. abolish NATO-all foreign (US) troops and weapons out...

October-November 2017

Dear Friends: I spent most of October on the East Coast of the US working on Songs of Slavery and Emancipation (see July/August news for background: http://matcallahan.com/?p=575). I met historians in Poughkeepsie, musicians and filmmakers in Brooklyn and had several...