I had so much fun at the 10th annual Power To The Peaceful gathering this weekend! If you're in the Bay Area, be sure to check out the 100% FREE people-powered event next year. Here's a few of the many photos I captured of the concerts... Ziggy Marley lookin' too cool for school at PTTP 2008: Ziggy sang songs from his 1st solo album Dragonfly as well as the Bob Marley tunes, "Redemption Song"...
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I dig Michael Franti and I LOVE Spearhead, but my interest in his work had started to wane in recent years. For starters, I'm wide awake,angry and aware of what's going on in the world, so Yell Fire! is preaching to the converted. Plus, I liked their reggae sounds of yesteryear and wasn't so into the rock stylings they've adopted. Well, Franti must have noticed this shift in his fanbase, coz...
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Michael Franti & Spearhead may not have Azeem on board anymore, but the new album features new up-and-coming rebel rockers plus the Riddim Twins themselves, Sly and Robbie. When I last wrote about the upcoming new album, All Rebel Rockers, I was swooning over the warm reggae vibe pulsing from the new "All I Want Is You" video. And, judging from the tracklist and guest artists, I was anticipat...
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Sly & Robbie can do no wrong! Masters of their craft, the Riddim Twins are blazing with a quiet power alongside Spearhead in this new Michael Franti tune, "All I Want Is You". The bass, the drums, the echo are smooth and lazy like this sweltering heatwave in Cali right now. And yes - the reggae is back in sublime effect:Michael Franti & Spearhead 'All I Want Is You':Pure niceness.Directed by...
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Albums keep getting worse and worse these days. Nothing very exciting hits stores this week. The industry seems to be in a drought this summer.Rick Springfield - Venus in OverdriveAlice Cooper - Along Came a SpiderThird Day - RevelationScars on Broadway - Scars on BroadwaySoulfly - ConquerJohnny Winter - Live Bootleg Series Volume ThreeJohnny Flyn - A LarumGeorge Carlin - It's Bad For YaWalls o...
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Michael Franti & Spearhead are celebrating the success of their 2006 album Yell Fire! with the digital only release of Yell Fire! Live this fall. Yell Fire! was critically acclaimed, praised for its educational, socially conscious lyrics, yet still keeping the music fun, entertaining and Fresh. Franti also released a documentary about the Iraq war in 2005 titled "I’m Not Alone". Franti & Spearh.
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One of my favorite bands, Counting Crows, are in the midst of one of the summer’s most exciting tours: The Saturday Night Rebel Rockers Traveling Circus & Medicine Show.The Traveling Circus features Michael Franti & Spearhead, and Augustana along with Counting Crows in a very unique setup. Rather than each band playing their respective set, [...]
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To add a little to the post below...A few years back Franti went to middle east to meet with locals and see first hand how the new American occupation of Iraq and older Israeli occupation of Palestine effects the lives of citizens. He filmed his encounters and assembled them into the documentary, "I Know I'm Not Alone." It's an extremely well done, powerful piece of film. While Franti lyrics...
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--- - |- the 10th annual power to the peaceful festival , starring michael franti & spearhead and ziggy marley, among others, will take place on speedway meadow in golden gate park tomorrow, saturday 6 september, beginning around 11a and running until about 5p. this is a free, and pretty neat, event, packed with music and art and dedicated, according the festival website , to educating atten...
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