Administrator +Salty Dog 69,193 Posted June 6, 2020 Author Administrator Share Posted June 6, 2020 In this episode of Behind The Song, we sit down with songwriter and former member of The Band, Robbie Robertson, and PFC producer Mark Johnson, to talk about "The Weight." Get an inside look at how this Song Around The World came to be... Go "behind the song" with us as producer Sebastian Robertson, discusses making "The Weight" around the world along with featured musicians Lukas Nelson, Marcus King, Sherieta Lewis, Roselyn Williams and more. Link to post Share on other sites
Administrator +Salty Dog 69,193 Posted July 2, 2020 Author Administrator Share Posted July 2, 2020 This video from our Live Outside series features PFC band members Clarence Bekker, Roberto Luti and Jason Tamba. Filmed on the streets of Brescia, Italy during the European leg of the PFC Band's United World Tour, enjoy this acoustic version of the Gnarls Barkley hit, "Crazy." 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Administrator +Salty Dog 69,193 Posted July 2, 2020 Author Administrator Share Posted July 2, 2020 We invite you to watch and enjoy another Song Around The World from our PFC 3 album, "Guantanamera". We started the song with Carlos Varela in Havana and it features over 75 Cuban musicians around the world, from Havana and Santiago to Miami, Barcelona and Tokyo. We recorded and produced this track with Jackson Browne, who explains that "traveling with Playing For Change across Cuba was one of the most rewarding and inspiring musical experiences of my life." 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Administrator +Salty Dog 69,193 Posted July 2, 2020 Author Administrator Share Posted July 2, 2020 From the award-winning documentary, "Playing For Change: Peace Through Music", comes an incredible rendition of the legendary Bob Marley song "One Love" with Keb' Mo' and Manu Chao. This is the third video from the documentary and a follow up to the classic "Stand By Me" and the incredible "Don't Worry." Released in celebration of Bob Marley's birthday on February 6th, this tribute to the legend is performed by musicians around the world adding their part to the song as it traveled the globe. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Administrator +Salty Dog 69,193 Posted July 2, 2020 Author Administrator Share Posted July 2, 2020 This performance is a reminder of what love, music, and conviction can create. We all share the human heart, let the music bring us all back to our humanity. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Administrator +Salty Dog 69,193 Posted July 8, 2020 Author Administrator Share Posted July 8, 2020 We started this track in West Africa with a musical group named Tinariwen. We asked them to play a groove in the key of G, then as we traveled the world we added more musicians to the song. Over the course of our travels, it transformed into a global jam with its roots in the blues. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Administrator +Salty Dog 69,193 Posted July 8, 2020 Author Administrator Share Posted July 8, 2020 The PFC Band performs Mermans Mosengo's original song "Matinda," a Congolese Rumba deeply rooted in Cuban music. This song is an excerpt from our CD/DVD, Playing For Change Band: Live in Brazil. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Administrator +Salty Dog 69,193 Posted July 8, 2020 Author Administrator Share Posted July 8, 2020 From the Byron Bay Bluesfest! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Administrator +Salty Dog 69,193 Posted July 8, 2020 Author Administrator Share Posted July 8, 2020 This song is a favorite of the PFC Band and reminds us all that there are brighter days ahead. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Administrator +Salty Dog 69,193 Posted July 18, 2020 Author Administrator Share Posted July 18, 2020 This song was originally written and performed by the late, great Peter Tosh and speaks about the beauty and strength of Africa. We united Peter's son, Andrew Tosh, with Donald Kinsey and Fully Fullwood who performed with Peter many years ago and added musicians all over the world from Africa to Jamaica to the USA. Turn it up and feel how the heartbeat of Africa resonates through this uplifting song. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Administrator +Salty Dog 69,193 Posted July 18, 2020 Author Administrator Share Posted July 18, 2020 We invite you to enjoy this classic Bob Marley song, "I Shot the Sheriff" performed live outside by Mermans Mosengo and Ali Boulala in the beautiful Kingdom of Bahrain. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Administrator +Salty Dog 69,193 Posted July 18, 2020 Author Administrator Share Posted July 18, 2020 We are proud to share a new video titled, "La Tierra Del Olvido" (The Land of The Forgotten), featured on our PFC 2 CD/DVD. This video features over 75 musicians across the country of Colombia. Throughout our journey, we have learned that music is the greatest tool for healing broken countries, cultures and hearts. With this video we set our to unite and inspire the people of Colombia so they can move forward from years of conflict and create a positive future. Listen to the music, see the smiling faces and remember we are going to make it as a human race!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Administrator +Salty Dog 69,193 Posted October 13, 2020 Author Administrator Share Posted October 13, 2020 We started this performance with PFC Band members Titi Tsira and Clarence Bekker while on a trip together in Rio de Janeiro. Wherever we traveled we would add more musicians, strings in Serbia, guitar and bass in Chicago, pandeiro in Brazil and the final piece came together with Sara Bareilles' vocal performance at Washington Square Park in NYC. The message of this song is as strong as ever and it's up to us to make the change we want to see. Music can show us the way. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Administrator +Salty Dog 69,193 Posted October 13, 2020 Author Administrator Share Posted October 13, 2020 Today is a great day!!! We present to you all a new PFC Song Around The World featuring Keith Richards in collaboration with Roberto Luti, Titi Tsira and a number of worldwide musicians on a rendition of his reggae song, "Words of Wonder," off 1992's Main Offender. This video also leads into a cover of Bob Marley's "Get Up, Stand Up," featuring Keb' Mo', Mermans Mosengo, Aztec Indians, Natalie Pa'apa'a of Blue King Brown, and Jamaican singer Sherita Lewis. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Administrator +Salty Dog 69,193 Posted October 13, 2020 Author Administrator Share Posted October 13, 2020 This video was created through a partnership between PFC and the United Nations Millennium Development Goals Achievement Fund. We realize that true change for the good of everyone always comes from the hearts of the people, and with music, we can unite together to make the world A Better Place. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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