Country singer/songwriter Jason Isbell’s song “White Man’s World” off his “The Nashville Sound” album is a perfect counter-point to Trump’s America with the disgruntled white male demographic of Trump’s “base.” One of the major themes in our global peace warrior network is “mainstream/margin.” Isbell gives a great example of someone from the mainstream who hears… Read more »
Category: Folk & Country
Jec Dan Borlado
There are many peacemaking musicians who haven’t gained fame and fortune as entertainers but who have poured the passions into song. Their music is often the heartbeat of grassroots movements for justice, peace, and human rights. One such activist musician is Jec Dan Borlado from the Philippines, and one of our Peace Warriors. In 2012… Read more »
Peter, Paul and Mary
One can’t think about the protest movements in the ’60s without including the music of Peter, Paul and Mary. Formed in 1961, the trio of Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey and Mary Travers popularized songs by Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan and others as well as adding some of their own rich tunes into the vibrant mix. … Read more »
David LaMotte
David LaMotte is a singer-songwriter and a global peacemaker living in Black Mountain, North Carolina in the U.S. He’s made his living as a musician for many years, but in 2008 he became a Rotary Peace Fellowship which opened up the activist opportunities. As a Rotary Peace Fellow he studied in Australia and worked with… Read more »
Zoe Mulford, Joan Baez and Jeff Scher
Following the 2015 mass shooting at “Mother” Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, Zoe Mulford wrote an evocative song about the shooting and President Barak Obama spontaneously singing “Amazing Grace” during the memorial service. Joan Baez included it in what is reported to be her final album “Whistle Down the Wind” released in March… Read more »