Jon Brooks in Concert

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Sunday, December 5th, 2010
8:00 PM

Though Jon�s music is filled with grey and morally ambiguous characters living on the outskirts of approval, his mandate is unequivocal: �I�m not interested in �happy songs� � I�ve chosen to write healing songs and, for that reason, I�m obliged to reveal a wound or two now and then. I�m even less interested in writing unhappy songs: I want to write hopeful songs, inspiring songs and I expect I owe today�s listener some hopeful argument � some legitimate reason - as to why we should believe our present world could be improved, or healed. The highest aim of song is to invoke empathy - to offer that rare sight of ourselves in others. In this sense, the folk singer is simply trying to politicize love, hence, my contention that today�s songwriter should be a lobbyist for compassion to be our principle representative in government office.�

Whether about the times we live in, its past or its future promise, Brooks' songs are underscored throughout by his gently weather-beaten voice, the singular beautiful sound of hand on guitar, and his uncanny ability to press his ear against the heartbeat and the soul of the times we live in - transforming, inspiring and uplifting us as we bear witness.
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