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Yell Fire - Walking His
Talk
Two years ago Michael Franti decided to 'walk his talk' and traveled
to the war zones of Iraq, Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
This wasn't a USO green zone sponsored visit - Franti and his team
organized a trip that would take him to the core of the red-zoned, war
torn neighborhoods of Baghdad, the West Bank and Gaza Strip with his
guitar, video cameras and the intent to experience first hand the human
cost of war. Out of this journey, Franti has created a compelling
documentary film titled I Know I'm Not Alone and a searing, reflective new
album of original songs titled Yell Fire! recorded in Kingston, Jamaica and
Franti's hometown of San Francisco, California.
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Michael Franti Likes
the Tough Crowds
NPR Radio - Over
the last several year, singer/songwriter Michael Franti has performed in
Gaza and Baghdad, and a set at California's nortorious San Quentin tate
Prison. Franti joined Chideya to explain the satisfactions and
difficulties of playing music aganst the backdrop of war and prison
walls.
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Franti Raising The
Alarm
With a concert
tour to support a recent CD ("Yell Fire!") as well as a new book
("Food for the Masses: Michael Franti - Portraits & Lyrics")
and a documentary film ("I Know I'm Not Alone"), has Michael
Franti become the King of All Media?
"I'm the underground Rupert
Murdoch!" Franti says with a hearty laugh from his San Francisco
studio, where he's preparing his next album and the launch of a
tour...
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Franti Visits Walter
Reed Army Medial Center
Michael Franti
recently visited patients at Washington's Walter Reed Army Medial Center.
During his visit, Franti performed for the injured soldiers who live in a
special ward of the hospital and their families.
"I was moved by the courage of the young
men I met who were dealing with very intense injuries from sharttered bones
to lim amputations and how most of them seem to have a positive attitude
about their recovery and their plans for the future," Franti says of
his visit to WRAMC.
"One of the patients, Pete, played my
guitar even though he stll had shrpanel in his finger tips and in physical
pain," Franti explains....more
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