Utah Phillips may have the white beard of an elderly man, but the folk singer's rabble-rousing politics keep him young and spry. After unsuccessfully running for office as a member of the Utah Peace and Freedom Party in 1968, Phillips began touring the coffee-house circuit with his union songs and hobo tales. A longstanding activist for labor rights, he employs his natural abilities as a raconteur to connect to bygone folk traditions — a point not lost on younger devotees like Kate Wolf and Ani DiFranco. This bill at the Freight & Salvage celebrates his legacy and helps pay his medical bills.