Author Daniel Buttry writes ‘The World Music Festival,’ a series of profiles with videos of musical peacemakers. Here he reports on Mahalia Jackson.
Category: WORLD REGION
Sweet Honey in the Rock
Author Daniel Buttry writes ‘The World Music Festival,’ a series of profiles with videos of musical peacemakers. Here he reports on Sweet Honey in the Rock.
Eric Bogle’s “Green Fields of France”
Eric Bogle’s moving song, “Green Fields of France” captures the emotional struggle over the toll of war as the songwriter walks through a military cemetery.
Eric Bogle’s “And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda”
Peacemaker Daniel Buttry writes a series of reflections on WWI. Here, he focuses on Eric Bogle’s haunting song, “And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda.”
Víctor Jara (1932-1973)
Víctor Jara was a Chilean musician who was tortured and murdered during the 1973 Chilean military coup for his public nonviolent activism through song.