Here is the Summer Gathering programming as of today (5/16)!

Our registration goal is 80 or more members -- and we're halfway there!

There's strength and community in numbers, so join us and enjoy us!

Did you know that a new Boston-area Chapter of PMN is forming right now? 

That is exciting! 

Send an email to membership-comm@peoplesmusic.org to request more information!

Did you know that a new DC-Maryland-Virginia (D-M-Va) Chapter of PMN is developing? 

That is exciting news!

Send an email to membership-comm@peoplesmusic.org to request more information!

MEMBERS OF THE MONTH

MAY, 2026

A “Member of the Month” is a PMN member in good standing (your dues are current).  Since this presentation is focused on educating ourselves about our colleagues and learning from each other, there is no “test” you need to pass to be nominated – though preference may sometimes go to an individual who has been “of service” to PMN. 

The MOMs-to-date have been Joanie Calem, Eric Law, Lindsey Wilson, Jane Sapp, Colleen Kattau, Evan Greer, and Rubén González!

Please welcome our newest MOMs, Dan & Faith Senie, and Dilson Hernandez.

DAN & FAITH SENIE

Dan and Faith are an award-winning, touring New Hampshire-based husband and wife singer-songwriter duo who describe their music as dream-inspired folk. Daniel Senie (guitar, banjo, harmonica, vocals) and Faith Senie (mandolin, acoustic bass guitar, ukulele, mountain dulcimer, vocals) tap into the imagery captured from dreams and everyday life in crafting their original songs that tell the stories of people and places, real and imagined.

Among the duo’s five studio albums are Who We Are (2024), Then and Now (2020), Seeking (2016), and Simple Grace (2014). An earlier album and a live EP are no longer available.

Their latest album, Who We Are, was produced by Joe Jencks, mixed by Mark Dann and mastered by Charlie Pilzer. Contributing artists include Tracy Grammer, Joe Jencks, Michael G. Ronstadt, Mark Dann, Christine Stay and Aidan Quinn (Friction Farm), Catherine Miles (Miles and Mafale), Brad Yoder, and Raianne Richards. The album has received airplay and has charted on the Folk DJ chart. Tracks from Who We Are and from prior albums and singles have received a great deal of play on Spotify, reaching over 500,000 streams in 164 countries in 2025.  It has also received stellar reviews. Recording is underway at this time for a new album.

A recent review notes, "Fans of storytellers like Joan Baez and John Gorka will find much to love. Dan and Faith push themselves, and the genre, with rich ideas and honest sound." 

Raised in New York City and the Berkshires of western Massachusetts, Dan Senie has been singing for as long as he can remember. Although he took piano and French horn as a child, neither instrument kept his interest. However, he enjoyed spending many summers at Camp Taconic, singing folk songs of the 1960s and 1970s, many of which remain favorites of his to this day. Upon moving back to NYC, Dan joined the Manhattan borough-wide chorus and, later, the New York All-City Chorus and Concert Choir.

Faith Senie was raised in Cooperstown, NY, where she began playing piano at an early age. She sang in her school choir, was an accompanist for school shows and concerts, and also took to acting.

Faith and Dan met while both were students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.  Although professional life led them to abandon their musical pursuits for more than 20 years, a songwriting workshop series with Pete and Maura Kennedy prompted them to return to their musical roots.

The duo got their musical start in New England and now travel throughout the U.S. and Canada in a camper-van packed with instruments and sound gear as they bring their music and stories to coffeehouses, festivals, libraries, house concerts, and other listening rooms.

DILSON HERNANDEZ

Dilson is a Dominican-American performing artist from the Bronx, New York. His talents include creative writing, playing various instruments, spoken-word poetry, singing, and digital production.  He has been involved with PMN's NYC Chapter for a few years.

In 2019, Dilson was named the Resident Artist for the Inspired Word, an open mic series in New York City. As the Resident Artist, he made his Off-Broadway debut at the Triad Theatre, where he performed the blueprint to his one-man show Bachatú.

In 2024, Dilson was the recipient of 3 major grants from the Bronx Council of Arts: The Juvenile Justice Residency, the Arts Fund, and Bronx Cultural Visions Fund. The Visions Fund allowed him to present a reading of Bachatú at Intar Theatre.

In addition to performing, Dilson has composed for a variety of Off-Broadway productions such as, Guadalís del Carmen's Bees and Honey (MCC Theatre) and Julissa Calderon's Vámonos! (Intar Theatre). 

Dilson wishes to change the world with his art and community work, aiming to strive for a more progressive and creative future. Some of his work abroad included teaching English in Haiti and building dorm spaces for underprivileged children in rural India.

In New York City, Dilson facilitated music workshops and advocated in courtrooms for incarcerated youth via the Youth Justice Network. He is currently an employee at Carnegie Hall's Social Impact Programs where he helps curate programming for justice-involved youth via the Future Music Project.

Please use the website’s home page as your first reference point.  There are two calendars – the official PMN activities is on top and below that is a calendar of events presented by organizations or individuals with connections to PMN, including members.

So, please check the website daily for important information and updates, including registration for the Summer Gathering and registration for other events.

If you have suggestions for the website or events to schedule, please contact newsletter@peoplesmusic.org.

Happy Birthday to our

PMN May Babies!

You share this month with millions,

including these folks: 

Al Franken,  Albert Finney,  Andre 3000

Andrea Corr,  Annette Bening,  Artie Shaw

Audrey Hepburn,  Bea Arthur  

Benny Goodman,  Beverly Sills

Bill "Bojangles" Robinson,  Billy Joel

Bobby Darin,  Bono,  Brian Williams

Burt Bacharach,  Busta Rhymes

Candace Bergen,  Cate Blanchett

Chazz Palminteri,  Cher,  Christine Baranski

Colin Farrell,  Cynthia McFadden

Darius Rucker,  Dave Buckner

Dave Mason,  Debra Winger

Dennis Hopper,  Dixie Carter,  Eddy Arnold

Edward Lear,  Engelbert Humperdinck

Enya,  Fats Waller,  Florence Nightingale

Frank Capra,  Frank Oz,  Frankie Valli

Gabourey Sidibe,  Gabriel Byrne

Gary Cooper,  George Carlin

George Clooney, George Lucas

Gladys Knight,  Grace Jones

Hank Williams, Jr.,  Harvey Keitel

Helena Bonham Carter,  Henry Fonda

Ian McKellen,  Idina Menzel

Irving Berlin, Isadora Duncan,  Jack Paar

James Brown, James Mason,  Janet Jackson

Jewel, Jim Thorpe,  Jimmy Stewart

J.M. Barrie, Joan Collins,  Joe Cocker

Joe Louis, Joe Namath,  Joey Ramone

John F. Kennedy, John Fogerty

Joseph Fiennes,  Judy Collins

Julia Ward Howe,  Karl Marx

Katharine Hepburn,  Laurence Olivier

Lauryn Hill,  Lenny Kravitz,  Liberace

Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes,  Louis Gossett, Jr.

Malcolm X,  Martha Graham,  Mel Blanc

Melissa Etheridge,  Melissa Gilbert

Mike Myers,  Mike Wallace,  Miles Davis

Nora Ephron,  Orson Welles,  Patti LaBelle

Paul Winfield,  Peggy Lee,  Pete Seeger

Pete Townsend,  Peter Carl Faberge

Peter Yarrow,  Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ramsey Lewis,  Raymond Burr

Remy Ma, Richard Schiff, Rita Coolidge

Ritchie Valens,  Rosanne Cash

Rosario Dawson, Rosemary Clooney

Scatman Crothers, Sharon Gless

Stephen Colbert, Steve Winwood

Stevie Wonder, Sugar Ray Leonard

Sugar Ray Robinson, Tammy Wynette

Tim Russert,  Tommy Chong, Trini Lopez

Tyrone Power,  Vincent Price

Ving Rhames,  Walt Whitman

Willie Mays, Wynonna Judd

Name one living PMN member

whose birthday is in May! 

If you can’t name one,

then get to know your fellow members

better when you attend the

Summer Gathering at Grotonwood

from May 29 - May 31!

By the way, if you would like to compile a list of

social justice movement leader birthdays

that we should put on our monthly lists,

then please feel free to volunteer! :)

THE PEOPLE'S MUSELETTER

The People’s Music Network for Songs of Freedom and Struggle is a diverse community of singers, artists, activists and allies that cultivates music and cultural work as catalysts for a just and peaceful world.

We use music and culture to promote progressive ideas and values. We’re committed to working with and supporting grassroots and community organizations, to explore and present the diversity of people’s culture. We learn from our communities and each other and we have fun doing it!

We represent many social, racial, cultural, and ethnic communities as well as a great variety of musical and political interests. We are anti-racist activists, peace activists, children’s activists, feminists, labor organizers, lesbians and gays, and more. Our network stretches across the U. S. and Canada and includes other international members.

PMN is based on the celebration and respect of diversity, including gender, age, race, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, economic status, gender expression, and personality.