Projects tagged "music for social change"

Music that Propelled the Indigenous Rights Movement
Practitioner:
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Date:
Aug 3 1969
"The Red Power Movement of the 1960s and 70s was a time of profound social change and progress for American Indians in the United States and Canada. In her outspokenness about the injustices facing Indigenous people, Buffy Sainte-Marie also sang for peace, the environment, women and children—believing that art can have impact and make a difference.
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Songs of the Revolution: A Bahrain Website Mixes Music and Activism
Practitioner:
Esra'a Al Shafei and others
Date:
Feb 15 2011
Songs of the Revolution: A Bahrain Website Mixes Music and Activism
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Word Sound Power | Blood Earth
Practitioner:
Delhi Sultanate, Chris McGuiness, Kush Badhwar
Date:
Aug 10 2011
Word Sound Power
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Music video in support of gay marriage rights
Practitioner:
Sam Smith
Date:
Feb 5 2015
Grammy nominee and Rolling Stone cover star Sam Smith unveiled the video for his new single "Lay Me Down," the latest track off his platinum-selling debut album In the Lonely Hour. The video, filmed at the parish church of St.
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Global Citizen Ticket Drive: Fans can earn points for concerts through social activism
Practitioner:
Global Citizen Tickets Initiative
Date:
May 1 2013
By Steve Knopper
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#DontMuteDC and Moechella Protest
Practitioner:
Don't Mute DC and Long Live Go-Go
Date:
Apr 7 2019
In response to white gentrifiers trying to silence go-go music on the corners of Florida Avenue and 7th Avenue, activists and D.C. residents poured into the streets by blasting go-go music and celebrating its rich history within the city. For those unfamiliar, go-go music is at the heart of D.C. culture and features live bands playing covers of, and sometimes original, music with all different types of drums and other percussion instruments.
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Global Citizen Festival Expands to India
Practitioner:
Global Citizen Tickets Initiative
Date:
Sep 12 2016
Jay Z, Coldplay and the Bollywood star Aamir Khan will join forces in India this fall as the Global Citizen Festival expands internationally.
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Paco Ibáñez (Valencia, November 20th, 1934)
Practitioner:
Paco Ibáñez
Date:
Mar 3 1966
Francisco Ibáñez Gorostidi (known as "Paco Ibáñez") is a spanish singer that has dedicated almost all his career to turning poems by classical and contemporary spanish and latin american authors into songs.
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Al Kufiyyeh 3arabeyyeh (The Kufiyeh is Arab)
Practitioner:
Shadia Mansour
Date:
Sep 1 2011
Mansour began rapping in 2003 and has gained recognition in the Middle East, Europe and the United States for her own songs and collaborations with other artists. She performs wearing a traditional Palestinian thawb and has said that she considers herself to be part of a "musical intifada" against the occupation of Palestine, conservatism and oppression of women.
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Beethoven’s 200-Year-Old ‘Fidelio’ Enters Today’s Prisons
Practitioner:
Heartbeat Opera, Ethan Heard, Daniel Schlosberg
Date:
Jan 1 2018
Few opera choruses are as moving as the one a group of prisoners sings in Act I of Beethoven’s “Fidelio.” Released temporarily from their cells, the inmates almost whisper a hymnlike paean to liberty: “Oh, what a joy to breathe freely again in the open air.”
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'Casseroles'
Practitioner:
Quebec students and residents
Date:
May 26 2012
'Casseroles'protests, based on the tradition of 'cazerolazo,' consists of protesting by banging on pots and pans in the street. This took place in May of 2012 in Montreal and across Quebec, in response to the government's proposed tuition increases and the controversial "Bill 78" passed to control and dissuade dissent.
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