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 by Elew and Esperanza Spalding, to spoken word by Mayda del Valle, an artist who has toured extensively and whose work has helped to raise the bar in poetry circles all over the world. James Earl Jones performed Othello, and Brave New Voices” slam champion Jamaica Osorio performs her spoken word, "Kumulipo". Some of the videos are below. For the rest of the videos please visit http://www.whitehouse.gov/video.
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 information, go to http://www.cmtonecountry.com. To help out please visit http://www.redcross.org and donate what you can.
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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 the world. We want this place to be a forum for the peaceful and non-violent protests calling for freedom that is spreading from Tunisia, Egypt, Iran, Syria, Lebanon and even home here in New York when it comes to Youth, Social Media, and Freedom, civil rights, and free and fair elections.
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Australian Broadcast company have teamed up with REAL scientists in a "rap" music video, to let the world know that "Climate Change is Reeeal!" The song is called, "I'm a Climate Scientist (Hungry Beast)" and you can watch it below.
