Award-winning American folk singer Chris Vallillo will perform a free concert on Monday, July 19, from 1:00 pm to 1:00 pm in Room 206 of the Madison County Courthouse Administration Building. The concert, Oh freedom! Songs of the civil rights movement, celebrates the incredible music that emerged from the early struggle for equality. The concert takes place in conjunction with the Voices and voices Exhibition that opens that day in the same location.
In a show created to mark the 50th anniversary of the civil rights movement, Vallillo plays key songs from the music that inspired and supported this groundbreaking movement. Blended with the music, Vallillo presents firsthand accounts of the historical struggle and discusses the impact of music on our nation’s major social concerns.
Vallillo has an affinity for American roots music and plays six-string and bottle-neck slide guitars and harmonica. His inclusion of Oh freedom! Civil Rights Movement Songs # 6 on the folk charts when it was released in 2016.
If guests prefer to visit the concert virtually from their computer, tablet or smartphone, use the link below: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/535801845. There is also a telephone dial-in option: (312) 757-3121 (access code 535-801-845).
This concert is offered free to the public by the Madison County Government and the Madison County Historical Society through a grant from Illinois Humanities. Chris Vallillo is part of the Illinois Humanities Illinois Road Scholars Program.
For more information about the concert, call the Madison County Archival Library at 618-656-7569, visit the County History Museum website, or the Madison County Historical Society website, madcohistory.org.
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