Holly Near

Holly Near ( born June 6, 1949 in Ukiah, California) is an American songwriter, singer, actress and teacher.

Life

After her schooling in near singer of the U.S. band Freedom Singers, the songs American folk music was recited. Near studied at UCLA in California and attended the theater program at the University. Near participated as a student at the Vietnam protests and became a member of the organization Another Mother for Peace.

Since 1969, she appeared in several television productions in U.S. television. Her first television appearance was in the TV show The Mod Squad. This was followed by appearance in the television series All in the Family and The Partridge Family. Furthermore Near occurred in the films Slaughterhouse-Five, and Minnie and Moskowitz. In 1970, she played the role of Fran in The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart. Short term was near a member of the musical comedy troupe First National Nothing, the album If You Sit Real Still and Hold My Hand, You Will Hear Absolutely Nothing - brought out (Columbia Records LP C 30006 ). In addition, near- played in 1970 in the Broadway musical Hair. Together with musical colleagues she protested because of the Kent State massacre. In this incident near reacted with their song It Could Have Been Me, which she published in 1974 on their album. In 1971 Near participate in the FTA tour, an anti - Vietnam War Road Tour, which was organized by the activist Fred Gardner and actors Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland. In the 1970s and 1980s, wrote the lyrics and sang near other songs that she released in different albums.

Among other things, she sang in her musical career as a singer with musicians like Ronnie Gilbert, Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, Mercedes Sosa, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Meg Christian, Cris Williamson, Linda Tillery, Joan Baez, Phil Ochs, Harry Belafonte and other singers, such as the Chilean group Inti Illimani -.

In the 1970 Near lived for three years together with musician Meg Christian. Near wrote her autobiography in 1990, entitled Fire In The Rain, Singer In The Storm. For the Unitarian Universalist Association, she wrote the anthem We Are A Gentle, Angry People.

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Near received, among other awards from the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Lawyers Guild, the National Organization for Women, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, from Ms. Magazine ( Woman of the Year ), the Legends of Women's Music Award and from the Impact Fund.