Monthly Archives: November, 2011

NOV 11, 2011 - Gogol Bordello played an acoustic set at Occupy Burlington in City Hall Park, Burlington, Vermont. Thanks to Eugene Hutz and the entire band for coming down to support Occupy Vermont in Burlington. Watch a video of the performance below. 

NOV 11, 2011 - Legendary musical activist Joan Baez swore she would visit the Occupy Wall Street, and now she has kept to her word and has announced she would do a concert today from 1PM to 5PM, the 11/11/11 Veterans Day Concert and the slogan will be, "Honor the Dead, Fight Like Hell for the Living!" Tens of thousands are expected, and speakers will include Marine Sgt. Shamar Thomas who became famous for decrying police brutality against unarmed peaceful protesters, and other speakers. At first she wanted to hold the concert in Zuccotti Park, but officials balked at that, and Foley Square was chosen instead. JTMP will post videos of the concert when they are posted, so check back.

Read more on NY Daily News.

The visit to Zuccotti Park and impromptu acoustic guitar set by the legendary musical activists David Crosby and Graham Nash has generated a lot of buzz in the last 48 hours. Washington Post has a great article about it and music and Occupy here, and several more videos came out from their "concert" at Zuccotti Park.

NOV 9, 2011 - Activist musicians David Crosby, who visited Zuccotti Park recently, and Graham Nash discuss what they think about Occupy Wall Street and the movement on Countdown with Keith Olbermann and perform an original song a cappella.