Although musicians within Iran's borders probably have to be at least as careful as other Persians these days, artists and bands around the world can lend their support for the protesters via their websites and concerts. Feel free to post any news of groups and solo recording artists supporting socially progressive movements and events.
Iranian musicians, Persian music history
Iranian Music and Persian Musical Instruments
AryaLive.com Farsi Music online
Persian Nights Dance Mix by Best Pop From Iran
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
BP Artists Blog; New focus on Social Protest and Activist Music
Watch this blog in coming weeks as we will be posting news of political protests featuring conscious music.
Also keep an eye on my new Original Joe College Punk Rock and Ecology Blog
Things are about to heat up on this rolling ball of blue, green and brown fun in the sky!!!
Also keep an eye on my new Original Joe College Punk Rock and Ecology Blog
Things are about to heat up on this rolling ball of blue, green and brown fun in the sky!!!
Sunday, November 02, 2008
Springsteen performs for 80,000 at Cleveland Ohio Barack Obama for President rally
With just 48 hours until the first polls close in the USA Presidential election, Bruce Springsteen performed Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land" in a singalong with eighty thousand fans in support of Barack Obama. The he performed his classic song The Rising, and was joined onstage by Barack and Michelle Obama and their children.
Two days to go until the world can breathe a sigh of relief, with Obama's pending victory returning the United States to normalcy after eight years of incompetence and self-interest on behalf of the Texan mafia.
Springsteen performs at Cleveland, Ohio rally for Barack Obama
Springsteen Serenades USA Voters at Ohio Barack Obama Rally
Obama and Springsteen Rally Ohio Crowd Despite the Rain
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Teenage Head's Frankie Venom remembered by fans around the globe
The late great Frankie Venom was a powerful force in Canadian punk rock music, and his band Teenage Head was considered a Canuck version of The Ramones. Here are some tributes to Frankie from his home in Hamilton, Ontario and around the world:
Teenage Head's Frank Kerr dead at 51 - Winnipeg Sun
Teenage Head's Gord Lewis speaks about death of Frankie Venom - PunkNews.org
Tributes pour in for Frankie Venom - Hamilton Spectator
Canadian punk band lead singer dies of cancer - Globe and Mail
Frankie Venom - Canadian Punk Legend - Pulmyears Music Blog
Francis Hannah Kerr, a.k.a. Frankie Venom, 1957 - 2008 - The Last Pogo
Film The Last Pogo shows the late Frankie Venom at heart of Toronto's early punk scene
Teenage Head's Frankie Venom dies - Toronto Sun
Official website of Teenage Head www.TeenageHead.ca
Monday, September 01, 2008
Sarah Palin's 17 year old daughter Bristol to have 2nd child
USA news media were asking all the wrong questions today as only the first shoe has dropped in the saga of young Bristol Palin. Any family can experience a teenage pregnancy, but it often takes a hypocritical socialite to hide one.
For those just catching up, all of the circumstances surrounding the birth of Sarah Palin's son / grandson Trig indicate the baby was actually conceived, carried and delivered by Bristol, who experienced a 5 month bout of "mono" at the time. You can Google the details ...
So what is Rove up to here? One would think he knew of both matters before picking her as McCain's VP, so the drama will likely continue to unfold. Look for them to evade the bigger story until after her speech Wednesday, by which time the media will have had more time to research and will begin to ask harder questions. Sarah Palin's confession and asking of forgiveness will likely come next weekend.
For those just catching up, all of the circumstances surrounding the birth of Sarah Palin's son / grandson Trig indicate the baby was actually conceived, carried and delivered by Bristol, who experienced a 5 month bout of "mono" at the time. You can Google the details ...
So what is Rove up to here? One would think he knew of both matters before picking her as McCain's VP, so the drama will likely continue to unfold. Look for them to evade the bigger story until after her speech Wednesday, by which time the media will have had more time to research and will begin to ask harder questions. Sarah Palin's confession and asking of forgiveness will likely come next weekend.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Music Stars line up to endorse Barack Obama for USA President
Here's a small list of some of Barack's supporters from the music industry:
Bruce Springsteen
Toby Keith
Nelly
Moby
Bono
Kanye West
Chris Daughtrey
Death Cab For Cutie
Rage Against The Machine
Here's a New York Times article on musicians performing at the Democratic National Convention in Denver:
August 23, 2008
Pop Stars to Descend on Democratic Convention to Party and Politic
By BEN SISARIO
The first big circled date on the national concert calendar this year was in March, for the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Tex. Then came Coachella in April, Bonnaroo in June and Lollapalooza in early August, each drawing tens of thousands to varied, overflowing lineups.
And the next festival highlight is ... the Democratic National Convention?
A certain amount of celebrity glow has long been a part of both political parties’ gatherings. But thanks in part to the youthful charisma of Senator Barack Obama, the presumptive nominee, the Democratic convention, which begins on Monday in Denver, is shaping up as an unlikely hot spot for the music world, with multiplatinum rappers, indie-rock scenesters, D.J.’s and Jennifer Lopez arriving by the van- and private planeload to perform, rally or schmooze with the political elite.
“It’s the Sundance Film Festival for politicos,” said Laura Dawn, the cultural director of MoveOn.org, who also happens to sing with Moby. “It’s a really intense festival atmosphere with a lot of parties.”
Kanye West will be there on Wednesday for a party sponsored by the Recording Industry Association of America and One, the antipoverty campaign founded by Bono. That night the Black Eyed Peas will perform for the Creative Coalition. Fall Out Boy will play for Rock the Vote on Monday, and the reunited Rage Against the Machine will do a free show at the Denver Coliseum on Wednesday.
Those are just the big shows. Members of the band Death Cab for Cutie are booked for acoustic performances, Moby will be spinning records at late-night parties, and various outdoor shows will align rock and hip-hop acts with on-the-ground activists.
“People feel comfortable expressing themselves in an artistic way at this convention more than they ever have,” said Kimball Stroud, a founder of the Impact Film Festival, which will screen documentaries at both conventions. “I don’t recall another convention where hip-hop artists were embraced like they are.”
For all but the most connected fans, however, getting into the shows will be a challenge. Many are at private parties given by lobbyists and charities; even at the events that do not explicitly bar the general public, any spots not occupied by political insiders will probably be scooped up by the 15,000 expected members of the news media.
The music industry also knows how to take advantage of a big moment for promotional purposes. In an e-mail message to music journalists, a publicist for the rapper Murs noted his client’s coming album and convention schedule, adding, “If you will be at the Democratic National Convention in Denver and would like to do something with Warner Brothers Recording artist Murs, please e-mail me back.”
Chris Daughtry, the “American Idol” rock singer, is playing both conventions with his band and taking a strictly nonpartisan stance. “We’re not trying to tell someone who to vote for,” he said, “as much as we are saying, ‘Hey, just get out there and have your voice heard.’ ”
Just who will hear Mr. Daughtry’s message is hard to say. On Tuesday at the Democratic convention, he is playing a private fund-raising event for the Grammy Foundation. (His performance at the Republican convention, on Sept. 3, is presented by the Recording Industry Association and One. It is also private.)
Plenty about the music and entertainment at the conventions remains unclear to performers and local businesspeople, from attendance numbers to the events’ political efficacy.
One of the biggest musical events in Denver will be the Rage Against the Machine concert, part of an antiwar rally by Iraq Veterans Against the War and Tent State, a group of student protesters. Eight thousand tickets will be given away by lottery, and a spokeswoman for the concert said that she was planning for as many as 40,000 to apply.
But not everyone in Denver is expecting large numbers of young people to come through town for the festivities. “I don’t think a lot of kids are going to come in for the music,” said Chuck Morris, a veteran concert promoter and the president of the local branch of the national music company AEG Live.
Nathan Willett, lead singer of Cold War Kids, an indie-rock band from Long Beach, Calif., that is playing a public outdoor show on Wednesday for MoveOn, said he supported Senator Obama and was particularly interested in his education policy. But he also said he questioned the influence rock bands can have on voters.
“I wonder how many people who were going to vote for McCain are now going to vote for Obama because they know that Death Cab likes him,” Mr. Willett said. “A lot of these bands are preaching to the choir.”
Politics aside, the musical and other artistic attractions at the convention are likely to make it simply an important pop-culture pit stop.
Greg Lucas, who works with ArcheDream, an experimental dance group from Philadelphia, said that his group was shuttling between the convention and Burning Man, the freewheeling arts festival in the Nevada desert. Before appearing there, ArcheDream will perform in Denver on Tuesday at a party for the Impact Film Festival, as part of a lineup that screams strange bedfellows: it also features Nelly, the St. Louis rapper who has won three Grammy Awards and sold 20 million albums.
“Nothing will surprise me coming directly from Burning Man,” Mr. Lucas said. “But I think that this will be just as surreal and psychedelic.”
Recent stories in the news:
Barack Obama's VP candidate Joe Biden is progressive on energy policy
Google invests in geothermal power technology
T. Boone Pickens Plan promotes wind energy and natural gas
Bruce Springsteen
Toby Keith
Nelly
Moby
Bono
Kanye West
Chris Daughtrey
Death Cab For Cutie
Rage Against The Machine
Here's a New York Times article on musicians performing at the Democratic National Convention in Denver:
August 23, 2008
Pop Stars to Descend on Democratic Convention to Party and Politic
By BEN SISARIO
The first big circled date on the national concert calendar this year was in March, for the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Tex. Then came Coachella in April, Bonnaroo in June and Lollapalooza in early August, each drawing tens of thousands to varied, overflowing lineups.
And the next festival highlight is ... the Democratic National Convention?
A certain amount of celebrity glow has long been a part of both political parties’ gatherings. But thanks in part to the youthful charisma of Senator Barack Obama, the presumptive nominee, the Democratic convention, which begins on Monday in Denver, is shaping up as an unlikely hot spot for the music world, with multiplatinum rappers, indie-rock scenesters, D.J.’s and Jennifer Lopez arriving by the van- and private planeload to perform, rally or schmooze with the political elite.
“It’s the Sundance Film Festival for politicos,” said Laura Dawn, the cultural director of MoveOn.org, who also happens to sing with Moby. “It’s a really intense festival atmosphere with a lot of parties.”
Kanye West will be there on Wednesday for a party sponsored by the Recording Industry Association of America and One, the antipoverty campaign founded by Bono. That night the Black Eyed Peas will perform for the Creative Coalition. Fall Out Boy will play for Rock the Vote on Monday, and the reunited Rage Against the Machine will do a free show at the Denver Coliseum on Wednesday.
Those are just the big shows. Members of the band Death Cab for Cutie are booked for acoustic performances, Moby will be spinning records at late-night parties, and various outdoor shows will align rock and hip-hop acts with on-the-ground activists.
“People feel comfortable expressing themselves in an artistic way at this convention more than they ever have,” said Kimball Stroud, a founder of the Impact Film Festival, which will screen documentaries at both conventions. “I don’t recall another convention where hip-hop artists were embraced like they are.”
For all but the most connected fans, however, getting into the shows will be a challenge. Many are at private parties given by lobbyists and charities; even at the events that do not explicitly bar the general public, any spots not occupied by political insiders will probably be scooped up by the 15,000 expected members of the news media.
The music industry also knows how to take advantage of a big moment for promotional purposes. In an e-mail message to music journalists, a publicist for the rapper Murs noted his client’s coming album and convention schedule, adding, “If you will be at the Democratic National Convention in Denver and would like to do something with Warner Brothers Recording artist Murs, please e-mail me back.”
Chris Daughtry, the “American Idol” rock singer, is playing both conventions with his band and taking a strictly nonpartisan stance. “We’re not trying to tell someone who to vote for,” he said, “as much as we are saying, ‘Hey, just get out there and have your voice heard.’ ”
Just who will hear Mr. Daughtry’s message is hard to say. On Tuesday at the Democratic convention, he is playing a private fund-raising event for the Grammy Foundation. (His performance at the Republican convention, on Sept. 3, is presented by the Recording Industry Association and One. It is also private.)
Plenty about the music and entertainment at the conventions remains unclear to performers and local businesspeople, from attendance numbers to the events’ political efficacy.
One of the biggest musical events in Denver will be the Rage Against the Machine concert, part of an antiwar rally by Iraq Veterans Against the War and Tent State, a group of student protesters. Eight thousand tickets will be given away by lottery, and a spokeswoman for the concert said that she was planning for as many as 40,000 to apply.
But not everyone in Denver is expecting large numbers of young people to come through town for the festivities. “I don’t think a lot of kids are going to come in for the music,” said Chuck Morris, a veteran concert promoter and the president of the local branch of the national music company AEG Live.
Nathan Willett, lead singer of Cold War Kids, an indie-rock band from Long Beach, Calif., that is playing a public outdoor show on Wednesday for MoveOn, said he supported Senator Obama and was particularly interested in his education policy. But he also said he questioned the influence rock bands can have on voters.
“I wonder how many people who were going to vote for McCain are now going to vote for Obama because they know that Death Cab likes him,” Mr. Willett said. “A lot of these bands are preaching to the choir.”
Politics aside, the musical and other artistic attractions at the convention are likely to make it simply an important pop-culture pit stop.
Greg Lucas, who works with ArcheDream, an experimental dance group from Philadelphia, said that his group was shuttling between the convention and Burning Man, the freewheeling arts festival in the Nevada desert. Before appearing there, ArcheDream will perform in Denver on Tuesday at a party for the Impact Film Festival, as part of a lineup that screams strange bedfellows: it also features Nelly, the St. Louis rapper who has won three Grammy Awards and sold 20 million albums.
“Nothing will surprise me coming directly from Burning Man,” Mr. Lucas said. “But I think that this will be just as surreal and psychedelic.”
Recent stories in the news:
Barack Obama's VP candidate Joe Biden is progressive on energy policy
Google invests in geothermal power technology
T. Boone Pickens Plan promotes wind energy and natural gas
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Oscar Peterson Memorial Tribute featured Herbie Hancock, Nancy Wilson, and Quincy Jones
Well, we tried to get in, but there were twice as many people there as people who got in, so we had to pick up some food from Nicey's and head home.
Here's a review of the Oscar Peterson Memorial Concert:
Stars say goodbye to jazz legend Oscar Peterson
By Scott Anderson Sun Jan 13, 12:34 AM ET
TORONTO (Reuters) - Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones and Nancy Wilson were among a star-studded group of performers who gathered on Saturday for a musical farewell to jazz piano great Oscar Peterson.
"He's on his second journey. The first is birth and the second is death," Hancock said as he swiveled in his piano chair to face a giant portrait of Peterson hanging over the stage at a Toronto concert hall. "So enjoy your journey, Oscar. I wish you well."
Peterson died at his home near Toronto on December 23 of kidney failure. He was 82.
One of jazz's most recorded musicians, Peterson rose from working-class beginnings in Montreal to become a major influence on generations of musicians. His honors included a 1997 Grammy for lifetime achievement and an International Jazz Hall of Fame Award.
Peterson was remembered for his love of life, people and music at the free show, attended by more than 2,500 people who started lining up 12 hours before it began.
"He is leaving a legacy of a very, very, very strong commitment to the jazz world. What he has done is set the path for so many of us. We will have other great jazz artists coming up, but there won't ever be another Oscar Peterson," jazz pianist Oliver Jones, Peterson's friend and protege, told Reuters.
"I owe him everything. He's irreplaceable," pianist and jazz composer Hancock said before playing a somber, solo piano piece.
"I am truly thankful to God that I was able to meet someone that I admired all my life," singer and composer Stevie Wonder said in a taped message played during the ceremony. "The man played the piano so well that you could hear it sing, dance and feel every single note and chord."
Wilson was brought to tears as she sang a goodbye song to Peterson.
"Nobody who I have ever loved has left," the Grammy-winning jazz singer said. "They are always here."
Here's a review of the Oscar Peterson Memorial Concert:
Stars say goodbye to jazz legend Oscar Peterson
By Scott Anderson Sun Jan 13, 12:34 AM ET
TORONTO (Reuters) - Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones and Nancy Wilson were among a star-studded group of performers who gathered on Saturday for a musical farewell to jazz piano great Oscar Peterson.
"He's on his second journey. The first is birth and the second is death," Hancock said as he swiveled in his piano chair to face a giant portrait of Peterson hanging over the stage at a Toronto concert hall. "So enjoy your journey, Oscar. I wish you well."
Peterson died at his home near Toronto on December 23 of kidney failure. He was 82.
One of jazz's most recorded musicians, Peterson rose from working-class beginnings in Montreal to become a major influence on generations of musicians. His honors included a 1997 Grammy for lifetime achievement and an International Jazz Hall of Fame Award.
Peterson was remembered for his love of life, people and music at the free show, attended by more than 2,500 people who started lining up 12 hours before it began.
"He is leaving a legacy of a very, very, very strong commitment to the jazz world. What he has done is set the path for so many of us. We will have other great jazz artists coming up, but there won't ever be another Oscar Peterson," jazz pianist Oliver Jones, Peterson's friend and protege, told Reuters.
"I owe him everything. He's irreplaceable," pianist and jazz composer Hancock said before playing a somber, solo piano piece.
"I am truly thankful to God that I was able to meet someone that I admired all my life," singer and composer Stevie Wonder said in a taped message played during the ceremony. "The man played the piano so well that you could hear it sing, dance and feel every single note and chord."
Wilson was brought to tears as she sang a goodbye song to Peterson.
"Nobody who I have ever loved has left," the Grammy-winning jazz singer said. "They are always here."
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