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- August 15 - Singer/songwriter Ani DiFranco, the latest artist to support Dennis
Kucinich for President, will join Willie Nelson in a concert to benefit
the campaign. Ani is a successful, staunchly independent performer -- a
poet and feminist who launched her own record company, Righteous Babe Records, at the age of 19.
This will be the first time Ani and Willie have appeared together. The
concert is set for Cleveland, the hometown of Congressman Kucinich, on Saturday, Sept 6 at the State Theater. Ani will perform solo; Willie
with his full band.
Congressman Kucinich commented: "Ani DiFranco and Willie Nelson are both
socially-engaged artists and it's an honor to have their help in this
campaign."
The Willie/Ani concert is one of a series of campaign benefits that
begin with Willie Nelson's performance on Labor Day in Des Moines: Monday, Sept. 1 at the Polk County Convention Complex. Details on a third September concert have not been finalized. Tickets can be
purchased through the Kucinich for President website: http://www.kucinich.us
Ani and her record company proudly hail from Buffalo, New York, a rust belt city on the Great Lakes. Kucinich is former mayor of Cleveland who co-chairs the Congressional Progressive Caucus and advocates for
workers, the environment and civil rights. Of the presidential
candidates, he was the first and most vocal opponent of the Iraq War.
Other musical artists are supporting the campaign. Michelle Shocked
performed recently at a Southern California rally with Kucinich. The
David Zollo Band will join Willie on the bill in Des Moines.
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