23-534: The Clearwater Festival (officially the Great Hudson River Revival ) is a music and environmental summer festival and America's oldest and largest annual festival of its kind. This unique event has hosted over 15,000 people on a weekend in June for more than three decades. All proceeds benefit Hudson River Sloop Clearwater , Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit environmental organization. The festival,
46-495: A celebration for the Hudson River , features singer-songwriters, performers and musicians offering fun with a purpose – a diverse mix of contemporary, traditional and American Roots music, dance, family-oriented entertainment and storytelling . In addition to music and dance, a juried craft show, Green Living Expo, working waterfront, environmental education sites, and a "circle of song" featuring audience participation fill out
69-473: A documentary feature film that uses dramatic and musical performances of the letters, diaries, and speeches of everyday Americans, based on historian Howard Zinn 's A People's History of the United States .[5] She appeared in the off-Broadway Rebel Voices , a dramatization of Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove's Voices of a People's History of the United States in late 2007. Also, in 2009, she appeared on
92-486: A land-based Festival at Croton Point Park, which hosted the Festival for a decade, until pollution problems from the park's landfill forced a relocation to a suburban college campus. It was not until 1999 that the Festival was able to move back to the park and the shores of the Hudson River . The 2016 festival, which would have been the 50th anniversary of the festival, was canceled so that resources could be directed to
115-528: A substantial restoration of the sloop Clearwater. The festival returned in 2017. In 2022, the Clearwater Board President, Steve Stanne, announced that the festival could not be held in 2022, but that the board was working toward a "re-envisioned festival" in 2023. The Great Hudson River Revival is produced by Hudson River Sloop Clearwater , Inc., a nonprofit, member-supported, environmental organization, to raise funds and consciousness on
138-642: A tribute to her songwriter friend, the late Walter Hyatt , singing his "Tell Me Baby" at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium . Nashville agent Bobby Cudd was in attendance and subsequently introduced her to renowned producer and MCA Nashville president Tony Brown . After a few meetings, Brown asked her to cut some demos for the label. Two tracks—"Pardon Me" and "Call My Name"— from that session were included on her first MCA album, Alabama Song . When Brown moved from MCA Records to sister label Universal South , Moorer followed. Her 2002 album, Miss Fortune , earned more raves, but didn't meet sales expectations. It contained
161-463: Is an American country singer-songwriter. She signed with MCA Nashville in 1997 and made her debut on the U.S. Billboard Country Chart with the release of her debut single, "A Soft Place to Fall", which she co-wrote with Gwil Owen . The song was featured in Robert Redford 's The Horse Whisperer and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1999. Moorer performed at
184-869: The BBC series Transatlantic Sessions , Series 4, Episodes 4 and 5, performing a version of the Irish folk song, "Carrickfergus". She toured with the Jerry Douglas and Ally Bain led Transatlantic Sessions band in early 2011. In 2015, Moorer released her ninth album, Down to Believing , which marked a return to collaborating with Kenny Greenberg . In August 2017, Moorer released her tenth album, Not Dark Yet , in collaboration with her sister. Produced by British folk singer Teddy Thompson , it featured covers of songs by Merle Haggard , Bob Dylan , Nirvana and The Killers as well as one original song written by Moorer and Lynne, "Is It Too Much." During an extended interview at
207-497: The Country Music Hall of Fame , the duo revealed that they were planning a second collaborative album which would instead feature all original material and that they were to begin writing together for the new project in 2018. Moorer co-produced the 2019 Hayes Carll record What It Is . She and Carll were married on May 12, 2019. Moorer's album Blood was to be released October 25, 2019; her book, Blood: A Memoir ,
230-841: The Best Country Collaboration with Vocals Grammy, for the song "Days Aren't Long Enough" from Earle's Washington Square Serenade in 2008. The song was also nominated for an Americana Music Association award. Moorer gave birth to the couple's first child, John Henry Earle, on April 5, 2010, but they separated in 2012 and divorced in 2015. Moorer released the Buddy Miller -produced Mockingbird in February 2008;[4] an album mainly of covers of songs by female singer/songwriters including her sister, Shelby Lynne. In 2009, Moorer performed in The People Speak ,
253-573: The Buffalo , Buckwheat Zydeco , Jonatha Brooke , Drive-By Truckers , Indigo Girls , Josh Ritter , Suzanne Vega , Jorma Kaukonen , Billy Bragg , David Bromberg , Peter Yarrow , The Low Anthem , The Felice Brothers , Punch Brothers , Toubab Krewe , the Foremen , and Justin Townes Earle . In 2009, the festival celebrated several auspicious occasions, including the 40th anniversary of
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#1732783913077276-719: The Hudson River from 1963 to 1982. The Festival has also had its origins in the Sloop Clearwater itself. To raise money to build the Sloop, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater founders Pete Seeger and friends held a series of small fundraising concerts in the Hudson River Valley and at Sandy Hook in New Jersey, and passed a banjo around the crowd to collect donations. By 1978, the concerts had evolved into
299-659: The Oscars ceremony the same year. She has made ten albums and her songs have been recorded by Trisha Yearwood , Kenny Chesney , Miranda Lambert , Steve Earle , and Hayes Carll . Moorer was born in Mobile, Alabama on June 21, 1972. She was raised in Frankville, Alabama , and later Monroeville, Alabama , after the deaths of her parents. Growing up, Moorer and her sister also lived in Jackson, Alabama at various times. Music
322-487: The ballad "Tumbling Down," which was featured on the soundtrack of the popular 2002 film The Rookie . Her live album Show was recorded in one night at 12th and Porter in Nashville. It features the first recorded collaboration between Moorer and Lynne. After releasing Show and a DVD on Universal South, Moorer moved to independent label Sugar Hill Records . With a slightly rougher edge than past efforts, The Duel
345-481: The festival's first-ever hip-hop act ReadNex Poetry Squad. Emphasizing the importance of the Hudson River to the festival, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater has added a number of river front activities such as kayaking and rowboating, and rides on the tall ships Clearwater , Mystic Whaler , and Woody Guthrie. The festival was founded in the wake of the Storm King Mountain controversy that focused on
368-769: The launch of the sloop Clearwater , the 90th birthday of Pete Seeger and the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson ’s voyage up the river on the Half Moon . Fittingly, festival performers included some longtime folk-centric Clearwater traditions as well as many new artists who made their first appearance at the festival. First-timers in 2009 included veteran vocal group The Persuasions , Grace Potter & The Nocturnals , psychedelic rock band Dr. Dog , Elvis Perkins in Dearland and A.C. Newman , as well as singer-songwriters Alejandro Escovedo and Allison Moorer , plus bluegrass/jam band acts Old Crow Medicine Show and Cornmeal, and
391-485: The plight of the river and the earth, as well as uniting the community around the river. All proceeds go directly to support Clearwater's environmental research, education, and advocacy to help preserve and protect the river and its tributaries, as well as communities in the river valley. The Festival makes possible innovative educational initiatives such as Clearwater's New Hudson River School, which has helped more than 430,000 young people and over 250,000 adults experience
414-453: The weekend's schedule. All behind-the-scenes elements, such as the seven sustainable biodiesel-powered stages, recycling of food waste , volunteer meal preparation, and sponsor selection, are done with goals of sustainability and social responsibility in mind. Use of carpooling , bicycling, and public transportation are encouraged. The entire festival is wheelchair-accessible and staffed with American Sign Language interpreters. Clearwater
437-704: The wonders of the River from aboard the Sloop Clearwater. 41°10′56″N 73°53′35″W / 41.18222°N 73.89306°W / 41.18222; -73.89306 Hudson River Sloop Clearwater Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.226 via cp1108 cp1108, Varnish XID 228945779 Upstream caches: cp1108 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 08:51:53 GMT Allison Moorer Allison Moorer (born June 21, 1972)
460-962: Was an important part of the Moorer family. Moorer's father was a heavy drinker who abused his wife. In 1985, her mother fled with the two girls to nearby Mobile, but her father soon discovered their whereabouts. In 1986, when Moorer was 14 and her older sister Shelby (now Shelby Lynne ) was 17, he shot and killed his wife before taking his own life. Moorer graduated from the University of South Alabama in Mobile in June 1993 and then moved to Nashville, Tennessee , without even collecting her diploma to join her sister, singer/songwriter Shelby Lynne, who lived there and had already released three albums. Moorer began singing backgrounds in Lynne's band full time and toured extensively with her. In June 1996, Moorer took part in
483-734: Was one of the first festivals to provide ASL interpreters, with 16 working at the 2011 event. The festival also includes services for the disabled, including 20 on-site wheelchairs and seating in front of every stage. The festival was founded in 1966 by Toshi Seeger and her husband, folk singer Pete Seeger , who regularly performed at it. Among those who have performed over the years are Janis Ian , Arlo Guthrie , Tom Paxton , Michelle Shocked , Tish Hinojosa , Dizzy Gillespie , Paul Winter , Odetta , Buffy Sainte-Marie , Dar Williams , The Skatalites , Ani DiFranco , Taj Mahal , Alhaji Bai Konte , Toshi Reagon , Christine Lavin , Steve Earle , Shawn Colvin , Joan Osborne , Railroad Earth , Donna
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#1732783913077506-466: Was released in April 2004. Moorer's first husband, Doyle Lee Primm, was featured as a songwriter on her first four albums. They divorced in 2005. After serving as his opening act on a European tour, Moorer married fellow singer/songwriter Steve Earle . Earle produced her 2006 album, Getting Somewhere . Moorer wrote all the songs, with the exception of one co-written with Earle. They were both nominated for
529-463: Was scheduled for publication on October 29, 2019, on Da Capo Press . In May 2024, Moorer announced that she had taken a job as a writer-editor at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum . In 2005, she married country singer-songwriter Steve Earle with whom she had a son, John Henry Earle, in April 2010. Their son was diagnosed with autism at 23 months old. In March 2014, it was announced that Earle and Moorer had separated. Their divorce
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