Month: September 2015

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?”,…

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…

Festival gathered and motivated music fans for social change Sep 28, 2015 – NY Times is out with a review on Global Citizen’s Festival this weekend in New York, lauding…

Beyonce, Ed Sheeran and Other Musicians to Play Music to Help End Poverty SEP 26, 2015 – Global Citizen, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending poverty, is holding their free Global Citizen…

Washington (CNN)British singer Natasha Bedingfield and rapper Sean Paul have joined forces with other artists to combat climate change in a new tune called “Love Song to the Earth,” and its…

Musical-Activist From Dixie Chicks Speaks Out on Justice and Lack of Support From Her Hometown SEP 19, 2015 – Natalie Maines, outspoken musical-activist and singer for Dixie Chicks, gives a candid…

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…

Musical-Activist and SPLC Call For Mississippi to Remove Confederate Battle Flag Emblem From State Flag SEP 10, 2015 – Musical-Activist Steve Earle with his band “the Dukes” has released a powerful and great song…

Singer/Guitarist Says They Do “Great Damage” To Women During BBC’s Woman’s Hour SEP 10, 2015 – Chrissie Hynde, Leader of the 1980s English punk pop rock band The Pretenders, has…

Group considering lawsuit to “protect the integrity of their music” SEP 8, 2015 – As Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis emerged from her prison cell after being imprisoned for discriminating against…