Tom Neilson -- Music with a Message

Name: Tom Neilson -- Music with a Message
Start: 2025-04-12T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-04-12T21:00:00-05:00
Location: Linneman's Riverwest Inn

Schedule

Sat Apr 12 2025 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Linneman's Riverwest Inn | Milwaukee, WI

An evening of music, satire and social commentary from troubador Tom Neilson, with Lynn Waldron.
Tom provides a voice for those who believe in the power of folk music to effect change. His award-winning songs of humor and compassion have been performed in 22 countries on 5 continents. His lyrics are celebrated for their sophistication, political astuteness, & wit.
Combining art with activism, he has appeared with Vijay Prishad, Medea Benjamin, Cynthia McKinney, Amy Goodman, Cindy Sheehan, Cesar Chavez, Noam Chomsky, Ralph Nader, Ray McGovern, Howard Zinn, David Cobb, many others, & played at the Martin Luther King Center in Havana, Cuba.
His travels are reflected in his songs, intertwined with farm roots and a fervent commitment to social justice, as he writes about historical and current events. He has been at the for-front in helping communities organize against water privatization, mountain top removal, nuclear energy, incinerators, GMOs, fracking, & toxic waste.
Known locally as the Bard Insurgent, Tom is a veteran of stage and street theater with his writing, acting, and directing. His songs draw the listener into his musical response to globalization.
He plays at union halls, colleges, conferences, cafes, house concerts, and has performed for countless benefits and causes. His music has been used in documentaries, TV shows, stage and street theater as he tells the stories of people’s struggles against greed & violence, interjecting a good deal of levity along the way. If you ask him, he'll tell you he's just a farm boy with a guitar who loves a good ball game and human rights.
A benefit for Milwaukee Veterans For Peace. Suggested donation $15, but all donations gratefully accepted.