- Holly Near【 11 albums 181 lyrics 】
- Holly Near (born June 6, 1949 in Ukiah, California) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, teacher, and activist.
Holly Near's professional career began in 1969 with a part on the television show The Mod Squad, which was followed by appearances in other shows, such as Room 222, All in the Family, and The Partridge Family. She also appeared in films such as Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five, and Minnie and Moskowitz, and had a prominent role in the 1991 film Dogfight.
She was briefly a member of the musical comedy troupe, 'First National Nothing', and appeared on the troupe's only album, If You Sit Real Still and Hold My Hand, You Will Hear Absolutely Nothing (Columbia Records – LP C 30006).
In 1970, Near was a cast member of the Broadway musical Hair. Following the Kent State shootings in May of that year, the entire cast staged a silent vigil in protest. The song, 'It Could Have Been Me' (which was released on A Live Album, 1974), was her heartfelt response to the shootings. In 1971, she joined the FTA (Free The Army) Tour, an anti-Vietnam War road show of music, comedy, and plays, organized by antiwar activist Fred Gardner and actors Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland.
In 1972, Near founded an independent record label called Redwood Records to produce and promote music by 'politically conscious artists from around the world'. She was one of the first women to found an independent record company. Near's record company went out of business in the mid-1990s due to financial difficulties.
During her long career in folk and protest music, Holly Near has worked with a wide array of musicians, including Ronnie Gilbert, Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, Mercedes Sosa, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Meg (Shambhavi) Christian, Cris Williamson, Linda Tillery, Joan Baez, Phil Ochs, Harry Belafonte, and many others, as well as the Chilean exile group Inti-Illimani. Holly Near has been recognized many times for her work for social change, including honors from the ACLU, the National Lawyers Guild, the National Organization for Women, NARAS, Ms. Magazine (Woman of the Year), and the Legends of Women's Music Award.
Near wrote an autobiography in the early nineties called Fire in the Rain, Singer in the Storm. Later, with her sister Timothy, Near co-wrote a one-woman show based on the stories in the book. The show was presented at The San Jose Rep and in Los Angeles at The Mark Taper Forum, as well as productions in San Francisco and off Broadway in NYC. In April 2004, Holly performed at the March for Women's Lives in Washington, DC where she sang 'We Are Gentle Angry People' and 'Fired Up' a capella. The following year, Near was named among the '1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize'. Near continues an active tour schedule and as of 2012 had a discography of 29 albums. She is still active as a performer and composer, and she has begun issuing CDs available through her website that include tracks from her out-of-print albums. Her song 'Singing For Our Lives' appears in Singing the Living Tradition, the official hymnal of the Unitarian Universalist Association, under the title 'We Are A Gentle, Angry People' (Hymn #170). The hymn was also performed by Quaker Friends in an episode of the TV series Six Feet Under. In 2015, the same song, credited as 'Singing For Our Lives' appeared in the Australian independent film The Lives We Lead, alongside its theme song 'I Am Willing', another rousing Near-penned protest song.
Holly Near was named as an Honoree for National Women's History Month for 2015.
Discography
Hang in There, Redwood Records (1973) (Theme: support of the people of Vietnam)
A Live Album, Redwood Records (1975)
You Can Know All I AM, Redwood Records (1976)
Imagine My Surprise, Redwood Records (1978) (with Meg Christian)
Fire in the Rain, Redwood Records (1981) produced by June Millington
Speed of Light, Redwood Records (1982)
Journeys, Redwood Records (1983)
Lifeline, Redwood Records (1983) (with Ronnie Gilbert)
Watch Out!, Redwood Records (1984) (with John McCutcheon and Trapezoid)
Sing to Me the Dream, Redwood Records (1984) (with Inti Illimani)
HARP, Redwood Records (1985) (with Pete Seeger, Ronnie Gilbert and Arlo Guthrie)
Singing With You, Redwood Records (1987) (with Ronnie Gilbert)
Don't Hold Back, Redwood Records (1987)
Sky Dances, Redwood Records (1989)
Singer in the Storm, Chameleon Music Group (1990) (with Ronnie Gilbert)
Musical Highlights, Redwood Records/Calico tracks Music (1993) (from the play Fire in the Rain written by Holly Near & Timothy Near)
This Train Still Runs, Abbe Alice Music (1996) (with Ronnie Gilbert)
With a Song in My Heart, Calico Tracks Music (1997) (songs from the 30s & 40s)
Edge, Calico Tracks Music (2000)
Cris & Holly, HC Recordings (2003) (with Cris Williamson, pianist John Bucchino)
Show Up, Calico Tracks Music (2006)
Sing to Me the Dream, Calico Tracks Music (2008) (an historic live recording of the 1984 Peace in the Americas Tour with Inti Illimani)
We Came to Sing, Calico Tracks Music (2009) (with emma's revolution)
Peace Becomes You, Calico Tracks Music (2012) - Sorted by ＞ Sorted by album (Time) Sorted by song name (Characters) Sorted by other
- Album name Release Date Song
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Peace Becomes You
2012
1.One Good Song
2.I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face
3.Shirt in the Wind
4.Crazy
5.She Just Wants to Dance
6.My Favorite Year
7.It Won't Take Long
8.We've Come a Long Way
9.There's a Meeting Here Tonight
10.Here Comes the Hard Part
11.Carousel
12.Let's Face the Music and Dance
13.Sway
14.The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want to Get Over You)
15.Seemed Like a Good Idea16.It's a Lazy Afternoon
17.What About Me?
18.If I Were Alone
19.We're Still Here
20.Peace (Provided)
21.Because of a Song
22.Because of a Drum and a Song
23.99 Miles from L.A.
24.In the Shadow of War
25.Peace Becomes You
26.Jump Jump
27.Dream a Little Dream of Me
28.Full Moon Rising
29.Waiting -
Early Warnings
2012
1.The Meek Are Getting Ready
2.The Train Song
3.Couple of Friends
4.She
5.Sun Won't Stop
6.Sky Dances (Provided)7.West Virginia Friend
8.War of the Flea (Provided)
9.Watch Out!
10.Step It Out Nancy (Provided)
11.Nicaragua Night
12.Child -
Sing To Me The Dream
2007
1.Gracias a La Vida (Provided)
2.Todavia Cantamos (Provided)
3.Tinku (Provided)
4.Gypsy (Provided)
5.Colibri (Provided)6.El Arado (Provided)
7.Watch Out
8.Medley: HAY UNA MUJER DESAPARECIDA / VOICES
9.Samba Lando -
Show Up
2006
1.Family Band
2.Show Up
3.It's About Time
4.Drunken Sailor
5.This is Peace (Provided)
6.Oh River
7.Somebody's Jail8.Gandhi/Buddha (Provided)
9.I Am Willing
10.I Want You Gone Too
11.Lives in the Balance (Provided)
12.Bound by the Beauty (Provided)
13.Hattie and Mattie (Provided) -
Crushed!: The Love Song Collection
2002
1.I Really Didn't Want To
2.Back Off
3.The Right to Love (Provided)
4.The Letter (Provided)
5.Backing Off and Pulling Away
6.Dancing Bird
7.Lonely Days
8.Room for Me
9.Once or Twice10.Crushed
11.How Was I To Know
12.Bony Jaw Baby
13.Bird Gonna Fly (Provided)
14.Plain and Simple Love
15.How Bold
16.The Promise
17.Don't Hold Back -
And Still We Sing: The Outspoken Collection
2002
1.Don't You Worry
2.Te Doy Una Cancion (Provided)
3.The Great Peace March
4.Singing for Our Lives
5.La Marusa (Provided)
6.They Dance Alone (Provided)
7.Todovia Cantamos (Provided)
8.Pallet On the Floor (Provided)
9.Hay Una Mujer Desaparecida
10.Fight Back
11.Waterfall (Provided)
12.We're Not Alone
13.Mountain Song
14.Singer in the Storm
15.Ella's Song (Provided)
16.Wrap the Sun Around You
17.Change of Heart
18.No More Genocide
19.O Holy Night20.I Wish You Were Here (Provided)
21.It Could Have Been Me
22.Sing to Me the Dream
23.La Pajita (Provided)
24.Voices
25.They Are Falling All Around Me (Provided)
26.To Raise the Morning Star (Provided)
27.Power (Provided)
28.In the Face of Love
29.Fired Up!
30.I Ain't Afraid
31.Harriet Tubman (Provided)
32.Foolish Notion
33.I Got Trouble
34.No More Songs (Provided)
35.Family Promise
36.Simply Love
37.Ain't No Where You Can Run -
Simply Love: The Women's Music Collection
2000
1.Nina
2.Mountain Song/Kentucky Woman
3.You Bet
4.You Can Know All I Am
5.Harbor Me (Provided)
6.Golden Thread
7.Fire In the Rain
8.Infatuation (Provided)
9.Imagine My Surprise!
10.Put Away
11.The Rock Will Wear Away
12.Every Woman (Provided)13.Rock Me in Your Arms
14.Something About the Women
15.No Loss of Pride
16.Take It With You
17.The Woman In Your Life Is You (Provided)
18.Having Been Touched/Emma
19.Wonderful (Provided)
20.Perfect Night
21.Singing With You
22.Wouldn't You Rather
23.Testimony (Provided) -
Musical Highlights
2000
1.Sit With Me
2.If I Loved You (Provided)
3.Si Buscabas (Provided)
4.Water Come Down
5.You've Got Me Flying6.Icicle Blue
7.I Can't Give you Anything But Love (Provided)
8.Started Out Fine
9.Coming Home
10.Fine Me (Provided) -
Edge
2000
1.Planet Called Home
2.Think About Your Troubles (Provided)
3.Standard White Jesus (Provided)
4.Uh Huh
5.When Do We Rest
6.Didn't You Mean to Say7.Further to Fly
8.Kids Are Gonna Love
9.Love Don't Need a Reason
10.1000 Grandmothers
11.If It Were Up to Me -
With A Song In My Heart
1997
1.Love Is Here to Stay (Provided)
2.Where or When (Provided)
3.When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful (Provided)
4.You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To/Easy to Love (Provided)
5.I've Got the World on a String (Provided)
6.Old Devil Moon (Provided)
7.With A Song in my Heart (Provided)
8.The Nest Is Yet to Come (Provided)9.Just In Time (Provided)
10.Isn't This a Lovely Day (Provided)
11.The Nearness of You/My Romance (Provided)
12.I'm Beginning to See the Light (Provided)
13.What Are you Doing New Year's Eve (Provided)
14.The Very Thought of You (Provided)
15.Reprise: When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful (Provided) -
Miscellaneous
1.Quiet Early Morning
2.Don't Let The Singer Down
3.Crash My World4.15 Minutes
5.Over the Rainbow
【Correction of errors in the album information】