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Anne Feeney
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Anne Feeney (born in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, on 1 July 1951; died 3 February 2021) was an American folk musician and singer-songwriter. political activist and attorney Feeney graduated from high school in 1968. After saving for one year she purchased a Martin D-28 guitar that she played all her life. The Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement were influential events that shaped her politics and songwriting. Feeney was also influenced by her grandfather, William Patrick Feeney, who was a mineworkers' organiser and a violinist who also used his music in the service of political and labor causes. Feeney worked for about 12 years as a trial attorney and served as President of the Pittsburgh Musicians' Union. She also spent two decades involved in community activism and regional performances at political and labor rallies. She was a member of the Industrial Workers of the World. From 1991 Feeney toured North America and the world to perform and participate in political and labor rallies and events. Her first recording, Look to the Left, was released in 1992. Since then she has released several more albums, most recently If I Can't Dance. Feeney and her daughter Amy Berlin performed Feeney's song "Ain't I A Woman" at the "March for Women's Lives" in Washington, DC on April 25, 2004. Feeney's music has been recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary and played in concert as well. Political cartoonist Mike Konopaki included Feeney's recording of Union Maid, in a flash animation in 20
top songs
albums
Have You Been to Jail for Justice?
Union Maid
Dump the Bosses Off Your Back
Original Recordings
If I Can't Dance
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Look to the Left
Enchanted Way
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Classic Labor Songs from Smithsonian Folkways
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Classic Labor Songs
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Hail To The Thieves, Volume III: Songs To Take Our Country Back!
Heartland
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Classic Labor Songs: From Smithsonian Folkways