Playing for Change Hits The Road

Thursday January 05, 2012

From PhillyBurbs.com

Playing for Change to bring new tour to Sellersville
By: Naila Francis

They’re back and this time promising their most diverse lineup yet.

Playing for Change, the all-star collective of world musicians who launched a movement with their interpretation of Ben E. King’s classic “Stand By Me” in 2009, will play the Sellersville Theater Feb. 28 as part of its 2012 “Back to Our Roots” tour.

The band lineup will feature renowned musicians from around the world, including Grandpa Elliott (vocals/harmonica), Peter Bunetta (drums), Renard Poche (lead guitar) and Reggie McBride (bass), all from the U.S.; Clarence Milton Bekker (vocals), from The Netherlands; Mermans Mosengo (vocals/guitar/percussion) and Jason Tamba (vocals/guitar), from the Congo; Titi Tsira (vocals), from South Africa; Mohammed Alidu (percussion), from Ghana; and Louis Mhlanga (flying guitar), from Zimbabwe.

Playing for Change, the brainchild of producer Mark Johnson, began when he used a mobile recording studio to create a video collage of musicians from across the globe contributing verses to “Stand By Me.” The video has since accumulated more than 38 million views on YouTube. It would spawn several other trans-global YouTube clips, with the project evolving into a multimedia and global sensation that not only brings musicians of all backgrounds together but seeks to inspire, educate and empower through the Playing for Change Foundation, which creates music and art schools in developing communities.

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