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| Summer 2007, Volume 1 |
Yell Fire - Walking His Talk
Two years ago Michael Franti decided to 'walk his talk' and traveled to the war zones of Iraq, Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. This wasn't a USO green zone sponsored visit — Franti and his team organized a trip that would take him to the core of the red-zoned, war torn neighborhoods of Baghdad, the West Bank and Gaza Strip with his guitar, video cameras and the intent to experience first hand the human cost of war. Out of this journey, Franti has created a compelling documentary film titled I Know I'm Not Alone and a searing, reflective new album of original songs titled Yell Fire! recorded in Kingston, Jamaica and Franti's hometown of San Francisco, California.
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Michael Franti Likes the Tough Crowds
NPR Radio - Over the last several year, singer/songwriter Michael Franti has performed in Gaza and Baghdad, and a set at California's nortorious San Quentin tate Prison. Franti joined Chideya to explain the satisfactions and difficulties of playing music aganst the backdrop of war and prison walls.
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Franti Raising The Alarm
With a concert tour to support a recent CD ("Yell Fire!") as well as a new book ("Food for the Masses: Michael Franti - Portraits & Lyrics") and a documentary film ("I Know I'm Not Alone"), has Michael Franti become the King of All Media?
"I'm the underground Rupert Murdoch!" Franti says with a hearty laugh from his San Francisco studio, where he's preparing his next album and the launch of a tour...
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Franti Visits Walter Reed Army Medial Center
Michael Franti recently visited patients at Washington's Walter Reed Army Medial Center. During his visit, Franti performed for the injured soldiers who live in a special ward of the hospital and their families.
"I was moved by the courage of the young men I met who were dealing with very intense injuries from sharttered bones to lim amputations and how most of them seem to have a positive attitude about their recovery and their plans for the future," Franti says of his visit to WRAMC.
"One of the patients, Pete, played my guitar even though he stll had shrpanel in his finger tips and in physical pain," Franti explains....more
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