Resistance Songs On The Road with Jesse James DeConto & Claire Wellin

Jesse James DeConto brings powerful protest songs, joined by Claire Wellin performing deeply personal, resistance-rooted music.
About this Event

In celebrating Independence Day, The Pinkerton Raid’s songwriter Jesse James DeConto will release “The Fight for Freedom was in VOGUE,” a powerful piece about Lee Miller, Solange D’Ayen, and the Parisian artists who resisted Nazi occupation in the ways they knew how. “VOGUE” is part of a series of narrative-driven protest singles from his upcoming full-length album IF YOU LOVE SOMEBODY, TELL THEM, capturing his voice as a father holding onto hope while confronting American fascism and climate catastrophe.

Back home in Durham, NC, and working with partners like Indivisible, Jesse often leads singalongs of classic protest songs from Bob Dylan, NENA, Neil Young, 4 Non-Blondes, Crowded House, and more. “The sane response to tyrants is to sing,” Jesse says on “VOGUE,” inspired by a quote from revolutionary artist Pablo Picasso.

On July 7 at The White Lilac in Kenosha, Jesse will trade sets with Midwestern-born, NYC-based multi-instrumentalist Claire Wellin (San Fermin, Youth in a Roman Field), who will perform music from her new record The Sun and Fun Capital of the Midwest, created with support from the New York State Council on the Arts and centered on songs rooted in her family history. Claire is also active with the Kairos Center’s Songs in the Key of Resistance and is a proud member of SURJ NYC.