years_active birth_place label landscape name background birth_date instrument genre article_title birth_name occupation
1981 -- present united states aquifer , rounder records , flying fish records no fred small solo_singer 06 november 1952 guitar american folk music , protest music fred small -lrb- singer-songwriter -rrb-
 frederick emerson small musician , songwriter , lawyer , unitarian minister
fred small -lrb- singer-songwriter -rrb-

frederick emerson small -lrb- born november 6 , 1952 -rrb- , known publicly as fred small , is an american singer-songwriter .
he is also a lawyer and a unitarian universalist minister .
his songs often make a political or ethical statement .
among his best-known songs are `` heart of the appaloosa , '' `` everything possible , '' `` peace is '' , and `` cranes over hiroshima '' .
he is hailed by pete seeger as `` one of america 's best songwriters '' .
his debut album , `` love 's gon na carry us '' -lrb- 1981 -rrb- , featured small singing and accompanying himself on guitar .
as his fame and success increased , so too did the production level of his albums , as he included more instrumentation , and appearances by other artists , including instrumental and vocal backing by popular new england folk artists .
famous fiddlers , guitarists , and mandolin players alike became a part of small 's discography and helped small increase his popularity .
in 1996 he became the minister of first church unitarian in littleton , massachusetts .
on april 20 , 2008 , he was called as senior minister at the first parish church in cambridge , massachusetts .
small has performed a yearly concert at first parish in cambridge since 2008 .
