An Afternoon Performance with Grant Livingston | Between the Covers

Books & Books presents Singer/Songwriter Grant Livingston for a special Sunday afternoon performance at the intersection of books and songs. Grant will sing his original songs and talk about what inspires him, relating each song to a book here in the store.

He'll also give some tips on songwriting. We might even make something up together!

Grant is passionate about our natural environment. He wants you to laugh, to think, to sing-along, to believe, and ultimately to be the ones who make a difference for our future. He takes a lighthearted approach to serious things. His songs include armadillos, lionfish, Melaleuca trees, pythons, and how to tell the difference between an alligator and a crocodile.

His musical style draws on ragtime, country-blues, swing, Vaudeville and Tin Pan Alley. He’s got a bit of 1960s troubadour in him, too. The New Times named Grant one of the "Ten Greatest South Florida Folksingers of All Time" and has called him "a cross between Jimmy Buffett and Sesame Street."

Grant was Artist-in-Residence in Everglades National Park (AIRIE) in 2019 and has partnered with organizations like Tropical Audubon, Native Plant Society and more. He has appeared at venues throughout Florida, including 37 years at the Florida Folk Festival. He has taught songwriting at festivals, at Miami-Dade College and co-hosts the Nashville Songwriters Association workshop in Miami.

Grant recently appeared here at Books & Books in support of environmental author Michael Grunwald's new book, We Are Eating the Planet, creating and performing a new song, Land is Not Free, for the occasion.

Grant travels nationwide with Storyteller and Ranger Gary Bremen to present their show Songs and Stories of Our National Parks. They have appeared at Yosemite National Park, Pullman National Monument, Indiana Dunes National Park, and at many venues throughout Florida. Gary and Grant appeared as part of Princeton and Yale Univerity's Climate Storytellers Summit in April 2025.

CDs of original songs include One Everglades, Florida Rain, Let Me Off The Leash, and The One That Got Away. Many of Grant's more recent recordings are available online in audio and video format. Details are available at Grant's website

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