The Strongheart Group Gets Her to America Safely After Seeing Viral Video OCT 26, 2015 – Sonita Alizadeh, an Afghan teen that was locked into a forced marriage, made a rap-music video that went viral and caught the attention of the non-profit organization The Strongheart Group that likes to help young people in extremely challenging backgrounds, and…
Iman “Alphacat” Crosson Pokes Fun at Obama and Trump OCT 12, 2015 – Alphacat has put out a hilarious political musical video taking jabs at both President Obama and Donald Trump, check it out below. Thoughts? Share them below or on our JTMP Facebook Page. Check out Alphacat’s Facebook Page here.
Musical-Activist Would Have Been 75 OCT 9, 2015 – A musical-activist that is very near and dear to JTMP’s heart has a birthday today, John Lennon. The great musician and visionary would have been 75 today, and like Reverend Shawn Amos writes in Yahoo Music, his music and legacy still resonates 35 years later. Read…
Dr. Robert Davies Creates “Poetic science lecture with compelling imagery” OCT 5, 2015 – A physicist at Utah State University, Dr. Robert Davies, has created The Crossroads Project, in his words a “poetic science lecture with compelling imagery” using the power of music to help educate people about global climate change. Dr. Davies uses chamber music…
Activist-Musician Donates His Song Freely For Other Musicians to Use SEP 30, 2015 – Last year Neil Young wrote a song called “Who’s Gonna Stand Up and Save the Earth?”, and he gave permission to any person, musician, whoever out there to use the words and music freely on social media, video and music, and…
Musician and Poet Urges Other Musicians to Try Social Activism SEP 29, 2015 – Patti Smith, one of my favorite musicians from back in the day, just took part in Social Good Summit 2015 this week, and sat down with Mashable for an interview and talked music, activism and politics. I saw Patti Smith live…
Musical-Activist Writes Op Ed on HUffPo Attacking “Explicit” Music Labeling, Calls it “Censorship” SEP 16, 2015 – Musical-activist, radio show host of “The House of Hair” and lead singer to 1980s metal band Twisted Sister has written an Op Ed piece on HuffPo attacking the music industry for using labels on music such as “explicit…
Black Lives Matter, Environment and More in Creative & Positive Music Video August 13, 2015 – In our continuing effort to seek out and showcase musical-activists out there, JTMP wants to introduce Jen Chapin, an Americana artist whose new music video “Gospel” really steps up and speaks out on the current social issues such as…
Greenpeace’s Requiem For Arctic Ice Played in Front of Shell Offices August 5, 2015 – Inspired by the band that played on as the Titanic sank, Greenpeace has gathered classical and other musicians to play a full orchestral suite of music in front of Shell offices and other places to fight drilling for oil in…
Outspoken Rapper-Activist Speaks about Racism in America August 3, 2015 – OG Maco, well known for being a musical-activist and speaking his mind about issues, didn’t hold back as usual in an interview on Boombox.com. OG spoke about racism, Donald Trump and even Bree Newsome, the heroine activist who scaled the flag pole and took down…