The DC Voting Rights Tour is a success.
While we may have had a cumulative total of 75 paying customers over five nights, we also had hits in the AP, the Washington Post, and the Christian Science Monitor.
The print edition of the Post article featured photos of Rob and The Dance Party, and the online edition featured video of Analog Jetpack. link / video link.
The AP happened to be on hand when Rob interviewed Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, and worked their interview into a broader coverage of the pop movement around the issue. They quote Norton telling us, “Thank you for singing us into freedom!” link.
And Rob composed an editorial for the Christian Science Monitor that ran Monday in time with the Voting Rights March: link.
This exposure does much more than we could ever hope to playing club to club in New England. Now imagine what Indie Roots can do when we take it coast to coast…