NOTE: This contribution is for the livestream only and does NOT include the in person event (CLICK HERE for the in person page).

BENEFIT CONCERT FOR PEOPLE'S MUSIC NETWORK
Joel Landy, Pat Lamanna and Steve Suffet

Activist musicians Joel Landy, Pat Lamanna, and Steve Suffet have agreed to donate their respective shares of the admission and live streaming receipts to People's Music Network for Songs of Freedom and Struggle. Also known as PMN, it is a diverse community of performing artists, activists, and allies who use music, poetry, and other art forms as catalysts for a just and peaceful world. Joel, Pat, and Steve are all longtime members.
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Note: Joanie Calem, who was scheduled to be part of this show, had to cancel due to a family emergency. Joel Landy, longtime PMN activist and PVC performer, has agreed to pinch hit for Joanie.

JOEL LANDY

Known for his energetic stage performances, witty parodies and insightful lyrics, Joel Landy is the host of “Songs of Freedom Television,” an award winning cable program celebrating the dignity of human struggle. Joel is also a Peoples' Voice Cafe volunteer producer and a fan favorite. A retired high school teacher who is active in the local NYC chapter of People’s Music Network, Joel continues to get into good trouble organizing and appearing at rallies and demonstrations in addition to playing at coffeehouses and clubs. "He's a real live wire!" --Pete Seeger
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PAT LAMANNA

Singer-songwriter Pat Lamanna's songs have a strong folk influence, and cover social justice issues as well as philosophical, spiritual and personal topics. She is a 2019 winner of the South Florida Folk Festival songwriting contest, and was named "Interfaith Music Maker of 2025" by the Dutchess County Interfaith Council. She lives in the Hudson Valley with her partner, Richard Mattocks.
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STEVE SUFFET

Better known in the United Kingdom than back home in the USA, Steve Suffet is best described as an old fashioned folksinger in the People's Music tradition. His repertoire is a mixture of railroad songs, trucker songs, coal miner songs, cowboy songs, union songs, old time ballads, blues, ragtime, Gospel, bluegrass, topical-political songs, Woody Guthrie songs, Irish songs, and whatever else tickles his fancy, including several songs he has written himself in traditional style. What all his songs have in common is that they are about working people, their lives, their loves, their hopes, and their struggles.
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