ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (March 4, 2020) — Charlie King and the Prince Myshkins will perform Friday, March 20, at Broadway Presbyterian Church, 710 23rd Street, Rock Island, at 7PM
The concert will raise money for Progressive Action for the Common Good, with participation from the Native American Coalition of the Quad Cities, Palomares Center for Social Justice and the Centro Maya Project. Donations are requested but not required.
Charlie King is a musical storyteller and political satirist, based in Massachusetts. He sings and writes passionately about the extraordinary lives of ordinary people. Pete Seeger hailed him as “One of the finest singers and songwriters of our time.”
King is currently touring with the Prince Myshkins. The trio, which has been touring off and on since the 1990s, have released a recording called For the Record. It’s a mix of 15 songs recorded live in concert. The songs are a blend of satire and sorrow, hope and horror, startling harmonies, and incendiary lyrics.
The Prince Myshkins are Rick Burkhardt and Andy Gricevich, based in Madison, Wisconsin. They tour the US singing humorous political songs (written by Burkhardt), which have been performed and recorded by folk musicians across the country. Burkhardt plays accordion and sings; Gricevich plays guitar and sings. They co-founded the Utopia Train theater company, and later formed The Nonsense Company, dedicated to the performance of new works of contemporary classical music. They are also poets and performers of political theater.
