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    The Unbroken Circle

    The Unbroken Circle

    Friday, November 20, 2020 @ 7:00PMFri, Nov 20, 2020 @ 7:00PM

    Cedar Lakes Conference Center , Ripley, WV

    Final monthly series for Xavier HS, Cincinnati Ohio

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    The Unbroken Circle Xavier HS Cincinnati, Ohio

    Friday, October 23, 2020 @ 7:00PMFri, Oct 23, 2020 @ 7:00PM

    Cedar Lakes Conference Center, Ripley, WV

    2nd monthly performance for visiting students

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    The Unbroken Circle

    The Unbroken Circle

    Friday, September 25, 2020 @ 7:00PMFri, Sep 25, 2020 @ 7:00PM

    Cedar Lakes Conference Center, Ripley, WV

    1st monthly event for Xavier students, Cincinnati, Ohio

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    Tom breiding included on superstar compilation release

    "Bullmoose Special"  Appears on Frontera Records Compilation Release Miners Angel

    Along side the likes of Bob Dylan, Utah Phillips, Tom Russell, Billy Bragg, Steve Earle,  Joel Rafeal, Robert Earle Keene, Gretchen Peters, Si Kahn, Hal Ketcham and many others, Tom's song The Bullmoose Special from his acclaimed 2008 release The Unbroken Circle: Songs of the West Virginia Coalfields appears on this tribute to Mother Jones CD.  All proceeds from this Frontera Records project will help pay for the upkeep of the Mother Jones Monument at her burial site in Mt. Olive, Illinois. You can purchase this CD by clicking the link below.

    http://minersangel.com

    Breiding front page lead Story post gazette

    In Waynesburg, working class anger bubbles up at coal miners rally

     By Daniel Moore / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

    Carried by an Americana folk chord progression on acoustic guitar, musician Tom Breiding’s message was as poignant as any rallying cry issued from the podium at the Greene County Fairgrounds on Friday.

    “Promises made, promises broken,” Mr. Breiding crooned over a D-chord. “Alpha they promised, Alpha they lied,” calling out bankrupt coal company Alpha Natural Resources, the owner of two mines in the county that this week sought to break its contract with workers so it can restructure its finances.

    In multiple verses, he named others: Peabody Energy, Patriot Coal, Murray Energy. Clad uniformly in United Mine Workers of America camouflage, more than 5,000 supporters of the Appalachian coal industry whooped and hollered.