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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.

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.

NOV 9, 2011 - In a recent interview with NewsTimes, musician activist Joan Baez said she and her crew who are in Connecticut for a show were inspired by the Occupy movement adding, "I've been thinking about what is a good song to start with, But I'm not sure what that song will be." She also said she wants to visit Occupy Wall Street at Zuccotti Park but added, "I don't want to go in toting my guitar. This has a very different tone. I am going to want to talk to the people." Watch her sing "Finlandia" below in a clip from Michael Moore's "Slacker Uprising".

Denver Hip-hop artist Sole - Phot credit: HeyReverb.com

OCT 21, 2011 - Local musicians from the Denver area will join Occupy Denver this weekend, from hip-hop artist Sole to the Flobots. HeyReverb has a great article about it, and in it Bobby Rogers, aka King F.O.E. of BLKHRTS says, “Just seeing how dedicated and passionate people is awesome. People believe in the cause enough to sleep outside and risk getting arrested every single night. They’re doing that for us, so this is just a way for us to give back and have a good time. ”

Flobots - Photo credit: Thuja Soul Wiki

In the article Sole spoke about the whole Occupy movement, “When history is happening, it’s a tsunami — you can’t predict it. There’s no telling where we’re going to be in a month. One thing that’s clear, though, is that the lost generation are finally finding their voices. I never thought this would happen, and it’s incredibly inspiring. ”

Read the HeyReverb article here.

OCT 20, 2011 - The rap duo group Rebel Diaz, comprised of RodStarz and G1, seek to bring Hip Hop into the liberal world of Occupy Wall Street. In a recent Wash Po article, RodStarz said, “We wanted to bring hip-hop to the white liberal table,” RodStarz says. “For the first time in a long time, large numbers of young white kids are no longer benefiting from the privileges of capitalism. Maybe they’re feeling what immigrants and poor communities have been feeling for years.”

They have launched the #occupytheairwaves campaign and made available for download 2 new songs, "Troy Davis Lives Forever" and "We the 99%" on their website here. Below is the duo performing live down on Occupy Wall Street on Democracy Now.