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Artist
Mike Stout
12+ albums
left wingsocial activistpeace and justicepoliticalconscious
about
The World's Grievance Man Mike Stout is a socially conscious singer song-writer and community leader. He leads crusades against local and global economic injustice rallying people with his music and he organizes them to take action. His sound and lyrics are influenced by his musical hero’s Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and Neil Young. John Hayes of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette wrote of Mike "In the Woody Guthrie tradition, his songs reflect contemporary issues without resorting to journalism. They're more like partisan op-ed columns that grab political opponents by the throat and don't let go." Mike tells his stories from the heart about people who are effected by unemployment or social injustice or war. Mike Stout is a hard-working singer-song writer calling on Americans to work together in solidarity to to overcome their struggles. Along with his day job running a union print shop, he has worked many long nights in the studio creating music to raise awareness about serious social and political problems. His ninth CD release “Soldiers of Solidarity” combines hard hitting new protest songs with updated versions of the working class anthems that are the standards of his performances at labor and political rallies in the U.S and Europe. Guitarist/engineer Fred Nelson (who contributes hook laden electric guitar and rich vocal harmonies) creates a rich musical fabric of alternative country/folk rock sounds that brightly illustrate Stout’s strong socia
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