Calling All Musicians

Calling all musicians!

• A Democracy Now Special: An Hour of Music and Conversation with Legendary Native American Singer-Songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie
• Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony.
  Through a chronological history of the South African liberation struggle, this documentary cites examples of the way that music was used in the fight for freedom.
• Before the Music Dies: A documentary about the current state of the music "industry".
• Brave Nation Interview with Bonnie Raitt and Dolores Huerta
  Interview of two “activists”: a musician, Bonnie Rait, and a non-musician, Dolores Huerta.
• David Gray: Don't Use My Music at Guantanamo.
  Singer-songwriter speaks out against music used in torture
• Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing
• In Guatemala's Countryside — the Beat Goes On.
  After attending President Alvaro Colom’s inauguration in January 2008, reporter Andi McDaniel followed a group of young indigenous musicians back to their hometown of Ixtahuacán. The group is a Mayan rock band called B’itzma which means “singing in harmon
• Mahmoud Darwish, Poet Laureate of the Palestinians, 1941-2008
• Music2Life
  Our goal is to build a network of Musician Activists who use their music as a tool for measurable social change in their communities. Historically, critical social justice movements– women’s equality, labor and civil rights, world hunger, poverty and envi
• Musician/activist Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman.
• Playing For Change: Peace Through Music."
• Punk Rock Legend Patti Smith on her Life, Her Art, Her Singing and Speaking Out
• Riot Folk musicians collective: "Making folk a threat again!"
  “We are an anti-profit mutual-aid collective of radical artists and musicians. We make music to provoke, educate, heal and inspire.”
• Rude Mechanical Orchestra
  The Rude Mechanical Orchestra is a 30-odd-piece New York City radical marching band and dance troupe. Through our music and performance, we strive to support people and communities working for social justice. We play protests, demonstrations, direct actio
• Sara Hickman's Blog
• The Church of Life After Shopping
  The Church of Life After Shopping is project of The Immediate Life, a New York based arts organization using theater, humor, and grassroots organizing to advance individuals and communities towards a more equitable future – starting today. We partner with
• The Onion: Scrappy Crew Of 'Good Morning America' Decides To Put On A News Show
  Saying they were bored and there was nothing fun to do in the ABC studios, the spunky crew of Good Morning America announced “really big plans” Thursday to write and broadcast their very own television news show all by themselves.
• The Willie Nelson Peace Research Institute
  “Share the dream. Share the song.”