Pages tagged “citizen cope”

Paste Premiere: The Voice Project

<em>Paste</em> Premiere: The Voice Project

Thanks to the work of organizations like Invisible Children, the plight of the people of Uganda has been well-publicized in recent years. For those who don’t know the story, it goes a little something like this: a man named Joseph Kony has for years been responsible for the abducting of children, drafting them into his LRA and forcing them to fight in Africa’s longest-running conflict; they are sometimes required to kill friends, family members and neighbors. Soldiers who escape from the LRA often take cover in the bush, too ashamed of what they’ve done to return to their homes. In...  read more

Found in: Music, News

Rothbury 2008: Day 3

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Following an Ice-Cream-Man-provided breakfast on Saturday morning, we reached the Ranch Arena, where Dead Confederate took the stage for an early-bird batch of haunted, shoegazing southern rock tunes. “Thanks for coming,” mumbled frontman Hardy Morris to the scattered audience. “We’re Vampire Weekend.” ...  read more

Found in: Blogs, Festivus

4 To Watch For: Citizen Cope

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These days it seems most artists you meet have a horror story to tell about the music business. They’re usually full of gripes about how the label didn't...  read more

Found in: Music, Features