Pages tagged “playing for change”

Playing For Change Covers "Gimme Shelter"

Playing For Change Covers "Gimme Shelter"

In 2004, Mark Johnson and Enzo Buono began traveling around the world documenting street performers. Filming musicians in countries such as South Africa, Spain and Israel, the duo launched the multimedia music project Playing For Change as a way to “inspire, connect, and bring peace to the world through music.”...  read more

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Five Reasons Why Globalization Rocks

Five Reasons Why Globalization Rocks

The world is getting smaller. We're increasingly more connected to folks around the world and have broader access to other cultures' news and arts than ever before. We at Paste are continually excited as global collaborations in the vein of Paul Simon and Ladysmith Black Mombazo's Graceland seem to be springing up every day. Some are made possible by the ease of modern travel, others by the infinite potential for exploration in the internet's music library and the growing bandwidth that allows musicians to telecommute across continents, laying down synth in Brooklyn and drumbeats in Bangkok. Here's a list that...  read more

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