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Songs in the Key of Free
Prison Prophets
Prison Prophets provides a powerful connection to incarcerated artists via interviews and original music. We take the listener inside the prison, where we hear the stories of 25 incarcerated men, many in their 50s and 60s. These voices have never been heard by the public, nor has the music, which was created for an album addressing mass incarceration. We hear each man talk about his first memory of music, and speak or sing lyrics that are lifelines keeping spirits alive even when many have no hope of parole. These interviews and songs testify to the healing power of music, dismantle...
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Ain't No Kumbaya
Published 07/25/20
As bell hooks says, “Love is profoundly political. Our deepest revolution will come when we understand this truth.” That powerful truth resonates in the song “Take a Knee,” from Songs in the Key of Free. "Love is at the root of our resistance"--those words from Colin Kaepernick are echoed in...
Published 07/09/20
For George Floyd, it was a suspicious $20 bill; for Freddie Gray, a pocketknife; for Sandra Bland, a burned-out turned signal; for Eric Garner, some loosies—because of white suspicion and deeply ingrained racism and fear, Black Americans end up dead at the hands of police. For the same reasons,...
Published 07/02/20
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