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Good afternoon,
So we got a call from the Red Cortez crew saying that the Neda Project is a cause near and dear to their own soulful, bohemian hearts. As such, they will be joining us for the return to the Echo benefit on May 25th in Los Angeles. Red Cortez joined us for our entire fall North American tour last year and suffice it to say, they put on a SCORCHING live show. Thanks, lads.
Here’s a video for their song titled, appropriately enough, “In the Fall”:
(You can also click HERE.)
Tickets for the show sold out immediately. Thank you all for supporting the cause.
We will be debuting our new song “Neda” at the show. The song will be also released June 8th on iTunes, with all proceeds to benefit Amnesty International’s work on human rights in Iran.
The video for the song will also be released online on June 8th. It will retell the events surrounding the death of Neda Agha-Soltan and the historic protests in Iran against the disputed presidential election.
Neda is in our hearts as are the many who gave their lives for basic freedoms and the chance to stand up to tyranny. June 12th is the one-year anniversary of the historic disputed election. June 20th is the one-year anniversary of Neda’s death.
In the coming weeks, we will be asking you to join us to make a statement in solidarity with the people of Iran, a statement in support of basic human rights, a statement about the democratization of broadcasting and the new freedom that represents.
People have asked us: Why now? Why this? Why Neda?
Because there are people halfway across the world in jail cells—people we’ll never meet—who need our help.
Because Neda represents the most basic morality of the human spirit confronted by the most violent...
Photo Credit: adelach
Good morning,
It’s funny how traveling makes you see your home in a new way. We’ve been back from tour for two weeks and Los Angeles seems, well, rather sprawl-y. Big. Dusty. Bright. Something of an ethnic stew with all the signs in Thai, Korean, Armenian and Farsi. Most places are just very much themselves: one language, one culture, one type of footwear. This city is a bit of everywhere, a bit of everyone, a bit of everything. And a bit of nothing.
You probably know this.
Speaking of the road, for our North American tour we have asked along the Henry Clay People and Red Cortez, two bands from the neighborhood that we believe in, admire and want to hang out with. You will too.
If you’ve never seen the fistfight between Pavement and Bruce Springsteen that is the Henry Clay People, then you have denied yourself one of the best live experiences a person can see. Somewhere along the way, rock got lost. Or at least that’s the argument. And the Henry Clay People have found it again. Their show is...