Still Hungry After All These Years: Musicians Sing for Neighbors' Supper
From: Rhonda J. Miller
Series: Folk River
Length: 03:45
The economic downturn has hit hard in Rhode Island. Unemployment is 11.8 percent. The smallest state in America has been losing manufacturing jobs for years and new business is inching along. Ten years ago musicians
produced a CD called The Time Is Now to raise money and focus awareness on hunger. But many musicians say economic conditions in the Ocean State have only gotten worse, so the time is now, again, to help put food on the table of those who are straining to make ends meet.
Singing for Your Supper: The Rhode Island Hunger Project kicked off October 16, 2010 at Stone Soup Coffee House in Pawtucket. Proceeds from the $10 admission and donated canned goods will go to the Pawtucket Soup Kitchen, which is serving about 500 hot meals a week, with demand continuing to increase and many people coming from neighboring cities and towns.
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The economic downturn has hit hard in Rhode Island. Unemployment is 11.8 percent. The smallest state in America has been losing manufacturing jobs for years and new business is inching along. Ten years ago musicians
produced a CD called The Time Is Now to raise money and focus awareness on hunger. But many musicians say economic conditions in the Ocean State have only gotten worse, so the time is now, again, to help put food on the table of those who are straining to make ends meet.
Singing for Your Supper: The Rhode Island Hunger Project kicked off October 16, 2010 at Stone Soup Coffee House in Pawtucket. Proceeds from the $10 admission and donated canned goods will go to the Pawtucket Soup Kitchen, which is serving about 500 hot meals a week, with demand continuing to increase and many people coming from neighboring cities and towns.
Transcript
Still Hungry After All These Years:
Musicians Sing for Their Neighbors' Supper
INTRO
When the going gets tough, Rhode Island musicians get going. The Rhode Island Songwriter's Assocation is launching a year-long project to keep food on the table for families straining to make ends meet. Rhonda Miller has more on the power of music to feed the hungry.
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This is not the first time Rhode Island musicians are singing to feed their neighbors. Ten years ago they produced a CD to draw attention to hunger. But singer/songwriter John Fuzek (sounds like MUSIC) says too many people are still hungry after all these years.
"Basically in 10 years we've gone through 9/11, we've gone through, wars and it's just.. things at home, you know… there's unemployment, and the housing crisis. Actually, if anything, it's gotten worse."
Rhode Island has been hit hard by the recession. U...
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Intro and Outro
INTRO:When the going gets tough, Rhode Island musicians get going. The Rhode Island Songwriter's Assocation is launching a year-long project to keep food on the table for families straining to make ends meet. Rhonda Miller has more on the power of music to feed the hungry.
OUTRO:Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Can't Run and Hide Blues | Ed McGuirl | Live at Stone Soup Coffeehouse. | 2010 | 00:30 | |
| Still Got Nothing to Show | Jan Luby | Live at Stone Soup Coffeehouse. | 2010 | 00:30 |
