Makana’s performance of “We Are the Many” is one of the great moments of courage in the history of music. Last November, the 33-year old Hawaiian singer and slack-key guitar virtuoso was invited to play dinner music at the Asia-Pacific Economic Summit in Honolulu. With President Obama and other heads of state feeding their faces, …
Category: Music
Aug 23
How Rich is that Romney in the Window?
How rich is that Romney in the window? He tells such a waggely tale How rich is that Romney in the window? He looks like a well-nourished male How rich is that Romney in the window? I’d sure like to know all the facts He always steps out in a limo But only paid pennies …
Aug 23
Earth Day Video is Up
On April 22, 2012, people gathered all across the nation (plus groups in Spain, Costa Rica, and Kazakhstan) to sing Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land” in the same key (D) and at the same time (noon Pacific, 1 pm Mountain, 2 pm Central, 3 pm Eastern). Hali Hammer created and organized the project, …
Aug 22
Singing on the Street
Occupella — www.occupella.org — was founded by six women who are veterans of the folk song movement. Here I am on the left holding a sign; seated with the guitar is Hali Hammer, one of Occupella’s founders, and the organizer and producer of this year’s international Earth Day sing-out (see separate posts). Occupella sings on …
Apr 25
Singing for Earth Day
A few members of the La Peña Community Chorus and members of other Bay Area choruses joined together on the main stage of Earth Day in San Francisco on Sunday April 22 to sing “This Land is Your Land” simultaneously with similar groups in a number of other cities and countries. This very short …
Apr 25
In Support of the People of Aysén
The La Peña Community Chorus of Berkeley recorded these two pieces as a message of support for the people of Aysén, Chile, who have since the beginning of this year been in a state of confrontation with the central government. Lichi Fuentes, co-director of the chorus, and a native of Chile, organized the performance. I …
Apr 24
Victims of the Argentine Dictatorship
With my family background of resistance and survival in Nazi Germany, I sometimes forget how many other dictatorships there have been and are, and how many other families resist and survive, or not. A poignant testimony to the sufferings of the Argentinian people under the dictatorship there comes in a song by Victor Heredia, Ojos …
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