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Sounds Like a Revolution

Directed by: Summer Love & Jane Michener
Produced by: Summer Love & Jane Michener
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Sounds Like a Revolution is a pro-active and energizing documentary about a new generation of activist musicians who are living proof that music is an important and powerful tool in the ongoing struggle for social change. From the Dixie Chicks to Michael Franti to the punk band Anti-Flag, artists across the musical spectrum recount their motivations and struggles in a post-9/11 environment where dissent was silenced and censorship was commonplace. With themes that explore the role of artists in society, freedom of expression and democratic participation Sounds Like a Revolution presents a unique historical perspective behind the new wave of protest music sweeping America and offers new hope for the future.

Featuring artists Michael Franti, Henry Rollins, Natalie Pa'apa'a, Paris, Rage Against The Machine and more...

More info at the Sounds Like a Revolution website

Burnt Sugar creates new work for Apollo Theater's 75th anniversary
The Apollo Theater is widely recognized for its prominent role in previewing American culture to the public and has served as a valuable performance venue for quality theatrical productions such as George C. Wolfe’s Harlem Song and Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry Jam. The Salon Series is an innovative series featuring new works by emerging and established artists and is the landmark theater’s on-going venture into alternative programming. The artists and new works to be presented are selected by the Apollo’s Vice President of Programming, Laura Greer.  
More info at Apollo Theater

As part of their 75th Anniversary's events Burnt Sugar has been commissioned to create a new piece of music and re-orchestration of several medley's taken from James Brown's 3 'Live At The Apollo' albums.

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The family and friends of George Russell will be celebrating the life and legacy of the legendary composer, theoretician and innovator whose profound influence on artists of all musical disciplines spanned more than half a century. The memorial will take place on Saturday May 8 at 4PM at All Souls Church on 80th Street and Lexington Avenue in New York City. Doors will open to the public at 3:30.

Russell is a pivotal figure in the evolution of modern jazz. As the music's only major theorist and one of its most profound composers, he is a trailblazer whose ideas have inspired and literally transformed some of the greatest musicians of our time.

For more information please visit georgerussell.com