Watch Episode 14 : EARTH DAY
FEATURED ARTISTS: PETE SEEGER & Friends: Solartopia, Will Kimbrough & Brant Miller: I Wanna Be Cool, Karla Lara: Que Corra el Rio, PLUS Global Notes with: Ishaan Rao and the Taiwan “Recorder Lovers” Purly Rae Gates: Host
ABOUT the ARTISTS and their WORKS
Folk music icon Pete Seeger co-wrote Solartopia with David Bernz. Harvey “Sluggo” Wasserman, a long-time friend of Pete’s, coined the word Solartopia, and played an important role in the filming. “Solartopia” appears on Seeger’s album “Tomorrow’s Children“. The song was recorded in a studio in Beacon, New York, with Pete Seeger, Dar Williams, David Bernz, and the Rivertown Kids’ Choir. The album was released in 2010 and won a Grammy Award in the “Best Musical Album for Children” category in 2011. Wasserman coined the word “solartopia” and published his book Solartopia! in 2006. “In the spirit of Brave New World and Ecotopia, SOLARTOPIA is a classic futuristic novel of the Earth in A.D. 2030, after a revolution in green energy has transformed the planet. Fast-moving and a breeze to read, this novel will stand for decades as the definitive environmental vision of an ideal world to come. “ I Wanna Be Cool is an outstanding example of teamwork and talent coming together in a world-wide message of hope and action on climate change to attain a sustainable future. Songwriters Will Kimbrough and Brant Miller were paired by the Climate Music Project, Music Declares Emergency and the Be Cool Climate Action Team, and crafted their science-based work of art. Thanks to a team of dedicated volunteers, thousands of enthusiastic students from around the world were able to participate in the production of I Wanna Be Cool. Joined by a group of climate scientists and an excellent production team, the music video blossomed into an energetic and inspiring climate anthem.Karla Lara, who for years has been making music that inspires people to be a part of constructing a better reality in places across Central America, now is a leader of the feminists-in-resistance and artists-in-resistance who are a part of the struggle for human rights, justice, and democracy going on in her own country. “Que Corra el Rio” is Karla Lara’s beautiful, moving tribute to the defense of the Gualcarque River, in Honduras, when it was threatened by a hydroelectric project nobody in the region wanted. Here’s a link to another song written for Berta (Cáceres), by Honduran poet and feminist Melissa Cardoza and sung by Karla Lara. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=879074659549503 https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=879074659549503Happy Earth Day!
SONG CREDITS – EPISODE 14
SONG CREDITS – EPISODE 14 / Happy Earth Day!Podcast Theme excerpted from ‘Back To Life’ © 2022 Seth Handelman Recorded at Autumn Leaf Studios – Nashua, New Hampshire Saxophones, Guitars – Seth Handelman. Bass, Drum track – Alan J. King Recording Engineer: Alan J. King SolarTopia Composed by Pete Seeger, David Bernz and Harvey Wasserman. © 2010 Pete Seeger and Harvey Wasserman. Pete Seeger, Dar Williams – Lead Vocals. David Bernz – Guitar. Performed by Pete Seeger, Dar Williams, David Bernz and the Rivertown Kid’s Choir at the Jeff Haynes Studio in Beacon, NY on October 24, 2009. Recording Produced by David Bernz. Recorded by Jeff Haynes. Executive Producer: Dorthy Fadiman. Solartopia Produced by Harvey Wasserman. Film Directed by Dan Keller and David Bernz. Film written and edited by Dan Keller and David Bernz. Camera: Rawn Fulton, Michael Hanish, Dan Keller. Stock Footage Courtesy of Greenpeace. Dar Williams appears courtesy of Razor Tie Records. Listen for Solartopia! on Pete Seeger’s “Tomorrow’s Children” CD from Appleseed RecordingsThe Climate Message: Featuring Ishaan Rao – Piano. New Delhi, IndiaI Wanna Be Cool. Music and Lyrics © 2024 Will Kimbrough and Brant Miller. Vocals, guitars, keyboard & production: Will Kimbrough. Drums & Percussion: Bryan Owings. Trumpet: Matt Serice, Free Radicals,Houston TX. Trombone: Aaron Houzvicka, Free Radicals,Houston TX. Background vocals: John McCutcheon, Cathy Richardson, Becky Hobbs, Claire Lynch, AY Young, Scarlet Rivera, Raine Stern, Falira Gbetie Paul, Yoshie Nakayama, Lucia Antonini +2600 young people from 4 continents. Recorded at Kimbrough Super Service. Mixed by Dylan Alldredge at Skinny Elephant. Mastered by Alex McCullough at True East. Video design and editing: Imaginary Forces. Video camera work: Peter Menchini, Art Koch. Graphics and social media: Charlotte Saunders. Produced by Music Declares Emergency / The Climatemusic Project. The Climate Message: Featuring Chingwei Lin & Students – Recorder Ensemble. Taichung, Taiwan QUE CORRA EL RIO (Let the River Flow/ Run, River, Run) Words and Music © 2013 Karla Lara. Karla Lara: Vocal, Guitar. Guitar: Dany Morales. Video Direction: Juan Pablo Méndez. Production: Katia Lara, Terco ProduccionesGive Thanks To The Earth © 1983, P. Gates BMI [from the album “Singin’ On a Star / Purly Gates & David Levine]. Purly Rae Gates, Vocal, Guitar. David Levine, Vocal. Jack Hume, Pedal Steel. Peter Jung, Upright Bass