PREVIEW Playing For Change at SXSW

Tuesday March 22, 2011

From The Austin Chronicle

It’s only fitting that a night of world music be anchored by a band from literally all over the globe. In 2005, song catcher Mark Johnson was walking down the streets of Santa Monica, Calif., when he was arrested by the soulful howl of Roger Ridley. In a video now viewed online 30 million times, Johnson recorded Ben E. King’s “Stand by Me” with musicians in New Orleans, Amsterdam, New Mexico, Italy, Russia, Venezuela, the Congo, Israel, and South Africa that had never met one another. The result was a stunning collaboration that made Playing for Change a global phenomenon for the Digital Age. An upcoming CD/DVD captures more far-flung collaborations, featuring the music of John Lennon and Bob Marley, and documents the 2009 tour that brought the musicians together at SXSW.

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