ellen cherry
Hard Times: Great Depression vs. 'Great Recession'
In 2005, I wrote a song entitled "1933: To California" inspired in part, by Dorothea Lange's famous photograph "Migrant Mother." I became interested in hobo culture and traveled to Britt, IA, to the annual National Hobo Convention (Local Tourist #63). For the Ignite! presentation, I would like to perform my song with slides that show some of Dorothea Lange's photographs, including "Migrant Mother" and a few slides that show comparisons between the Great Depression (1930-1933) and what financial experts have dubbed the "Great Recession" (2007-2009), so we might gain some perspective on their differences.
About ellen cherry:
Emmy nominated singer/songwriter ellen cherry is a full-time touring and working performer based in Baltimore, MD. She has licensed her music to the Oxygen Network, MTV, and Soap.net for several television programs. In 2009, she wrote, recorded and performed a TV campaign for FOX Networks and also composed the score for a shadow puppet piece entitled “Alonzo’s Lullaby”, which has been awarded the prestigious UNIMA Citation of Excellence. She has been awarded Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Awards for Vocal Performance (2007) and Music Composition (2009) and founded her own studio and label, Wrong Size Shoes, in 2004. Recording continuously since 1997, her most recent album, (New) Years, crosses genres, artfully displaying her talents in folk, pop, jazz, and instrumental music. ellen cherry mesmerizes her audience with her powerful voice and uses her keen, on-the-fly sense of humor to weave history, storytelling, and melody together.
