- Allman Brothers track is Playing for Change’s Newest Song around the World
There was a time - from, say 1996 until late 2023 - when Sound Bites didn’t care if he ever heard “Soulshine” again.
But then Warren Haynes, on acoustic guitar and vocals that seem to defy the passage of time, re-recorded his 1994 Allman Brothers Band composition with a global cast for Playing for Change’s Song around the World campaign, and “Soulshine” shone brightly once again.
Turns out the overwrought song works perfectly in this setting with Shemekia Copeland, Ivan Neville and Hawaii’s Kawai Hoe on co-lead vocals - the latter also playing uke - and fantastic backgrounds emanating from ensembles in Jamaica and South Africa.
Add slide guitar from Italy; bass from Brazil; percussion from Ghana and Brazil; and a surprisingly effective saxophone solo from France, and the song takes on an entirely new meaning. And that bad taste Sound Bites has been carrying for lo these many years disappeared.
my all-time favorite False Childhood Memory is the time Mister Rogers guest-starred for an episode of The Magic School Bus. I can find no record of this actually happening but I remember it vividly and by gosh mcgolly wouldn't that have been the niftiest beans
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saw alot of comments on prev pages; saying 'i HATE that mean teacher! im gonna FIGHT HIM!!' & i LOVE the energy!! it WOULD be nice. to have that catharsis. but the story of young tidestrider is Not one of catharsis. it is a story of being so small and so special and sucking so bad.
Playing for Change is “Waiting on the World to Change”
One-hundred musicians and dancers. Eighteen countries represented. Two languages. One John Mayer song - global sounds united in the universal language.
Talent is everywhere - and Playing for Change found it for its latest Song around the World, Mayer’s “Waiting on the World to Change.”
Released in conjunction with COP28 - scheduled for Nov. 30-Dec. 12 in Dubai - “Change” eschews big Western names (Mayer doesn’t appear) in favor of of singers, dancers and players on such instruments as Portuguese guitar, kora, jarana, tabla, pipa, güiro and santoor alongside electric guitar and bass.
“The time is now; to unite as a human race,” Playing for Change’s Mark Johnson said in a statement. “Together we can change the world.”
me just casually watching around the world in 80 days and vibing to the theme song that was composed by HANS ZIMMER AND CHRISTIAN LUNDBERG. WHAT THE FUCK.