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"It’s high time to make the powers that be dance to a different tune and Mike has supplied the soundtrack for that mission. I believe music can be a driving force for change and I’m glad Mike Stout is behind the wheel."

Come out for an evening of Americana Folk Music on Saturday Oct 2 and get free copy of the Americana Dreams CD

Mike Stout and the NewLanders.
 

You're invited to the "Americana Dreams" CD Release Party

October 2, 2010 at 7:30 PM

Youth Preservationists

110 East 8th Avenue

Homestead, Pa. 15210

Tickets are $20 and include a Free copy of the CD.

Call Mike at 412-461-5650 or email him at mikestout619@comcast.net for Tickets

Proceeds will benefit Just Harvest   www.justharvest.org

Map to Youth Preservationists maps.google.com/maps

 The World's Grievance Man, Mike Stout, is taking up our complaints and advocating for us to join together to fight for environmental controls, worker saftey, and investment in jobs. 

In the bluesy new song "The Tale of Marcellus Shale"  Mike sings about the dangers of Marcellus Shale drilling and the need for us to take action to control it.  In the Americana folk tune "29 Miners Buried and Gone" he calls on us to honor the miners killed at Upper Big Branch by fighting for enforcement of mine safety laws.  In "We Are the Cops of the World" he asks that we urge our politicians to stop spending four-hundred million dollars a day on 700 military bases around the world and invest in infrastructure, education, and jobs in America.  The warm violin backed folk ballad "The Promise Kept" Mike sings about the rewards of keeping our promises.   Mike's new CD release "Americana Dream: - keeping the promise is about keeping the American Dream alive.

Come rally to these causes.  Enjoy an evening of delicious Americana Folk music with sound of the fiddle, dulcimer, mandolin, guitar and warm harmonies in the tradition of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger from

Just Harvest is a membership organization that mobilizes the citizens of our community to work for the elimination of hunger and poverty. In partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare Just Harvest helps its low-income clients obtain food stamps. Each applicant is assisted in overcoming common hurdles in the application process.  Just Harvest is boosting the paychecks of low-income workers by providing free tax preparation assistance. In 2010, Just Harvest's tax assistance volunteers helped over 2,200 people file their taxes, getting them almost $4.5 million in refunds. Working with local officials, farmers, and neighborhood groups Just Harvest has expanded the reach of farmers' markets into low-income neighborhoods and worked to allow produce to be purchased through government benefits such as WIC. Just Harvest advocates for better more compassionate administration of welfare programs and legislative action to aid the poor.

The NewLanders   http://www.newlanders.com

The NewLanders have researched and rediscovered songs that capture the American experience.  By interweaving traditional instruments, including the Appalachian lap dulcimer, fiddle, and mandolin, with richly layered harmonies and electric guitar and bass, the NewLanders have created a contemporary sound, while honoring and preserving the inspiring stories of the past.  A NewLanders' performance includes engaging narrations and real-life accounts from the mills, mines, rivers, and fields of their home region, western Pennsylvania, as well as haunting songs and poignant stories that celebrate the enduring spirit that built our nation. "Your songs provide powerful images of our nation's heritage and raise the spirit of Pennsylvania's rich past." Mr. John M. Perzel, The Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Hear "Dark as a Dungeon"www.newlanders.com/mp3s/Dark%20as%20a%20Dungeon.mp3

Watch The NewLanders on Youtube www.youtube.com/watch

In 1909 one of the most deadly in-humane places to work in Allegheny County was the Pressed Steel Car Company plant located near McKees Rocks, Pa.  The bodies of workers killed on its assembly lines were kicked aside as fresh workers took their place.  The Pittsburgh Leader called the plant “the most outrageous of all industrial plants in the United States”.  When workers organized to demand humane working conditions and treatment, the owners of the Pressed Steel Car Company suppressed their demands leading to a violent bloody confrontation.  It was one of the bloodiest battles in American labor history.  Over 500 men where injured and 13 killed when the blood spilled in McKees Rocks.  Mike Stout commemorates the heroism of the 1909 Strikers in his song "Blood on the Rocks"

On the centential of Bloody Sunday a march through McKees Rocks was held past the site of the Pressed Steel Car Company to the small town to Preston where a historical marker in honor of the 1909 strikes was dedicated. Mike Stout performed at the dedication ceremony and at a community picnic.

To Learn more about Bloody Sunday and the 1909 Press Steel Strike

Read the Point of Pittsburgh Blog: thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/post/blood-on-the-rocks---13-killed-in-mckees-rocks.html

See the Post-Gazette Article: www.post-gazette.com/pg/09228/990709-51.stm

Marker Dedication Ceremony: www.post-gazette.com/pg/09228/990710-51.stm

Pittsburgh’s singer/song-Writer and social activist Mike Stout is embarking on March 13, 2009 on his fourth concert tour of Germany. In 2008 Mike performed for thousands at Berlin’s historic Brandenburg Gate as part of the German Nation Protest Day. Mike’s German fans and promoters have organized a March tour of Germany with ten appearances in 7 cities across Germany. He will return in May with more dates in more cities. See Mike's Events page for date and venues.