VH1 Save The Music Aims to Restore Musical Education in Public Schools
With all the recent attacks on music in public education, JTMP wants to let people know of the great work being done over at VH1 Save The Music, where they…
H.R. 1891 To Strip Funding for Music and Arts
Today, a bill that would deliver a devastating blow to arts in schools was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Education and the Workforce. The Committee voted…
Alaa Wardi – Arab Musician Sings About Lack of Opportunities for Facebook Generation in Arab World
Alaa Wardi, is an Arab musician who sings of his want to get a visa and leave the Arab world, because of what he describes as a "very boring" life…
The Black Eyed Peas to play a Free Ticketed Concert at Central Park to Benefit the Robin Hood Foundation on June 9
The Black Eyed Peas will play a free concert in New York's Central Park to benefit Robin Hood, a non-profit that fights poverty in New York. Robin Hood's website points…
NUKEFREE.ORG: From Bonnie, Jackson & Graham: “We May Be on the Brink….”
Musicians Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne and Graham Nash have spoken out against nuclear power through the website NUKEFREE.ORG. In their statement they say "We may be on the brink of…
ARTISTS COME TOGETHER FOR TORNADO VICTIM BENEFIT ALBUM
Global climate change is widely believed to be the cause of the devastating tornadoes that ravaged Alabama this spring, with some tornadoes wreaking a path of destruction 300 miles long.…
COMMON PERFORMS SPOKEN WORD AT WHITE HOUSE
Artist Common performed at the White House Poetry Jam the other night, and he gave a positive and brilliant performance. The video is below.
The 2009 White House Evening of Poetry, Music and the Spoken Word
The White House held an "Evening of Poetry, Music and the Spoken Word" in 2009, to celebrate and explore the wonderful and rich American poetry culture. Performances ranged from jazz…
Music Builds: Benefit Concert for Flood Victims
President Obama makes a brief remark, and the band Little Big Town performs, "Fix You" to help raise awareness and money for the flood victims in the south. For more…
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TUNISIA - EGYPT - LEBANON - YEMEN - SYRIA - IRAN - NEW YORK JTMP is committed to supporting civil and voting rights for young people at home and all around…