Music for Democracy - Interviews http://www.musicfordemocracy.org/taxonomy/term/1/0 An interview with an artist or politician. en MFD Interview with Michael Franti http://www.musicfordemocracy.org/michaelfranti <p>Music for Democracy interviews Michael Franti of Spearhead at the 2008 All Good Music Festival.<br /> <b>Part 1</b><br /> <object width="425" height="344"><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7U2m5-xWMkI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7U2m5-xWMkI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /> <strong>Part 2</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.musicfordemocracy.org/michaelfranti">read more</a></p> http://www.musicfordemocracy.org/michaelfranti#comments Featured Artists Interviews Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:24:57 +0000 mfdadmin 48 at http://www.musicfordemocracy.org MFD Interview with Mark Begich http://www.musicfordemocracy.org/node/42 <p><em>Mark Begich is the mayor of Anchorage, the biggest city in Alaska. He is the first mayor of the city who was born there, and is the son of Alaska's third congressman, Nick Begich. Begich's parents first came to the state in 1957 as teachers. After serving as the superintendent of military schools at Fort Richardson, Nick was elected to the state senate and then the US House of Representatives. While campaigning for reelection in 1972, Nick's plane disappeared over the Gulf of Alaska. Mark was 10 years old.</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.musicfordemocracy.org/node/42">read more</a></p> http://www.musicfordemocracy.org/node/42#comments Featured Politicians Interviews Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:48:37 +0000 mfdadmin 42 at http://www.musicfordemocracy.org MFD Interview with Tao Rodriguez Seeger http://www.musicfordemocracy.org/node/172 <p><i>Musician Tao Rodriguez Seeger is the eldest grandchild of Pete and Toshi (née Toshi-Aline Ohta) Seeger, and the son of Mika Seeger and Puerto Rican filmmaker Emilio Rodriguez. Rodriguez-Seeger sings in English and Spanish, composes, and plays guitar, banjo, and harmonica. He began performing in his teens with grandfather Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie, and later formed a band, RIG, with Guthrie’s daughter (Woody Guthrie’s granddaughter) Sarah Lee. Between 2001 and 2007, he released six albums with his contemporary folk band The Mammals.</p> <p><a href="http://www.musicfordemocracy.org/node/172">read more</a></p> http://www.musicfordemocracy.org/node/172#comments Artists Interviews Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:13:58 +0000 mitch 172 at http://www.musicfordemocracy.org MFD Interview with Mike Gordon http://www.musicfordemocracy.org/mikegordon <p><center><object width="425" height="344"><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/q01mwjFzPvw&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/q01mwjFzPvw&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> http://www.musicfordemocracy.org/mikegordon#comments Featured Interviews Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:02:42 +0000 mitch 156 at http://www.musicfordemocracy.org MFD Interview with John Medeski, Oliver Wood & Chris Wood http://www.musicfordemocracy.org/medeskiwood <p><center>John Medeski:<br /> <object width="425" height="344"><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/aSmenx1KlPs&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aSmenx1KlPs&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /> Part 2</p> <p><a href="http://www.musicfordemocracy.org/medeskiwood">read more</a></p> http://www.musicfordemocracy.org/medeskiwood#comments Featured Artists Interviews Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:35:35 +0000 mitch 148 at http://www.musicfordemocracy.org MFD Interview with Tom Wyka http://www.musicfordemocracy.org/node/100 <p><em>Tom Wyka is running for Congress in New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District. His calling into politics has evolved over the past several years with the gradual realization that too many of us have placed our democracy on auto-pilot, expecting someone else to pay attention to the issues. He is an activist and a DFA group leader in Morris County, where he is challenging a 14 year incumbent for the second time.</em></p> <p>Mitch Manzella: Tom, thanks for taking the time to talk to us today. What kinds of music do you like?</p> <p><a href="http://www.musicfordemocracy.org/node/100">read more</a></p> http://www.musicfordemocracy.org/node/100#comments Featured Politicians Interviews Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:01:50 +0000 mfdadmin 100 at http://www.musicfordemocracy.org MFD Interview with John Leopold http://www.musicfordemocracy.org/node/50 <p><em><a href="http://www.friendsofjohnleopold.com/" target="_blank">John Leopold</a> is running for 1st District County Supervisor in California's Santa Cruz county. He has served on the board of the <a href="http://www.rexfoundation.org/" target="_blank">Rex Foundation</a> -- the Grateful Dead's philanthropic organization -- since 2000, and the Cabrillo College governing board for eight years.</p> <p><a href="http://www.musicfordemocracy.org/node/50">read more</a></p> http://www.musicfordemocracy.org/node/50#comments Featured Politicians Interviews Fri, 19 Sep 2008 05:39:30 +0000 mfdadmin 50 at http://www.musicfordemocracy.org MFD Interview with Scott Kleeb http://www.musicfordemocracy.org/node/44 <p><object width="425" height="344"><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0Ccs1feXzQk&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0Ccs1feXzQk&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <p>Sara from the band Night Gallery interviews Nebraska Democratic Senate candidate Scott Kleeb about change, music, and experience.</p> http://www.musicfordemocracy.org/node/44#comments Artists Politicians Interviews Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:55:41 +0000 mfdadmin 44 at http://www.musicfordemocracy.org MFD Interview with Los Lobos' Steve Berlin http://www.musicfordemocracy.org/node/43 <p><em>For more than 25 years, Los Lobos has been one of the most creative, dynamic, and daring bands in the American landscape. The Latino core of the group -- David Hidalgo, Cesar Rosas, Louie Pérez, and Conrad Lozano -- started out as a </em>folklórico<em> band in East Los Angeles playing weddings and other events in the Mexican community, but were soon swept into the creative cauldron of the late-'70s L.A. music scene, where punk, rockabilly, and experimental bands could all share the same stage.</p> <p><a href="http://www.musicfordemocracy.org/node/43">read more</a></p> http://www.musicfordemocracy.org/node/43#comments Featured Artists Interviews Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:46:36 +0000 mfdadmin 43 at http://www.musicfordemocracy.org MFD Interview with Howard Dean http://www.musicfordemocracy.org/node/41 <p><embed src="http://www.thenewpop.com/viralads.swf?flashid=deanintvw_New_Pop&amp;cid=278&amp;aid=278.jpg&amp;aurl=http://www.musicfordemocracy.org" width="480" height="360" quality="high" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></p> http://www.musicfordemocracy.org/node/41#comments Artists Interviews Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:50:47 +0000 chrismillet 41 at http://www.musicfordemocracy.org