Axis of Justice » Music http://axisofjustice.net fighting for social justice Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:08:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 The Nightwatchman To Release Union Town; All Profits To Benefit Union Struggles http://axisofjustice.net/the-nightwatchman-to-release-union-town-all-profits-to-benefit-union-struggles/ http://axisofjustice.net/the-nightwatchman-to-release-union-town-all-profits-to-benefit-union-struggles/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 06:40:02 +0000 aoj http://axisofjustice.net/?p=3398 April 28th, 2011 — New York, New York — Tom Morello is set to release Union Town via New West Records digitally on May 17th with a physical CD and Vinyl release to follow on July 19th.  All profits from Union Town will benefit The America Votes Labor Unity Fund via SaveWorkers.org.  The studio recording consists of  8 pro-union songs featuring three Tom Morello originals, as well as the Woody Guthrie classic “This Land Is Your Land” (including the more radical, often censored verses).  On February 21st of this year, Tom Morello performed at the Capitol Square in Madison, WI in protest to an anti-union bill put forward by Governor Scott Walker. To read Morello’s editorial about his experience, “Frostbite and Freedom: Tom Morello on the Battle of Madison,” please visit RollingStone.com.  The title track from the Union Town EP (full track listing below) is available now at SaveWorkers.org.  On the heels of Union Town, Tom Morello, as The Nightwatchman, will release his third full length solo album, World Wide Rebel Songs, late Summer via New West Records.

Morello stated, “Performing in Madison, Wisconsin and seeing 100,000 people in the streets demanding justice inspired me to record an album of union fighting songs. I’ve been a proud union man for 22 years and my mom was a union public high school teacher, so for me this fight is very personal. Unions are a crucial counterweight to the raw corporate greed that torpedoed our economy, threatens our environment and wants to strip away decades of social progress. From Cairo to Madison, workers are pushing back and tyrants are falling. Here’s a soundtrack for our fight.”

The America Votes Labor Unity Fund  supports the unified efforts of a broad coalition of national labor organizations to defend workers and their unions against state legislation, ballot measures and executive orders that will undermine or destroy their rights.  The America Votes Labor Unity Fund accepts donations from labor organizations and individuals who donate on their own behalf.  Please visit www.saveworkers.org for more details and to make a donation.

Tom Morello is an original member of the rock bands Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, two artists responsible for multiple Grammy Awards and a combined 30 million albums sold worldwide.  He released his first album as The Nightwatchman in 2007.  In 2009, Morello formed the band Street Sweeper Social Club with Boots Riley of The Coup.  Morello was also recognized by Rolling Stone as one of the “100 Greatest Guitar Players of All-Time (#26).”

Tom Morello graduated from Harvard University with honors as a Political Science major and has been a widely recognized political activist throughout his career.  In 2006, he was the recipient of the Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award.  Morello’s family has been a constant source of political and social inspiration as his great-uncle, Jomo Kenyatta, was the first President of Kenya, and his mother, Mary Morello, founded Parents for Rock and Rap, an anti-censorship counterweight to Tipper Gore’s PMRC (Parents Music Resource Center).  With System of A Down’s Serj Tankian, Morello formed Axis of Justice, an organization whose purpose is to bring together musicians, music fans, and grassroots political organizations to fight for social justice.  In the spring of 2008, Morello launched The Justice Tour, a recurring nationwide concert tour.  Tour stops, which have featured members of Guns and Roses, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Jane’s Addiction, MC5, Alice in Chains, Cypress Hill and many more, have visited cities with a day dedicated to a local charity and a rock show to benefit that charity at each stop.

Tom Morello : The Nightwatchman Union Town Track Listing:

1. Union Town

2. Solidarity Forever

3. Which Side Are You On?

4. A Wall Against The Wind

5. 16 Tons

6. This Land Is Your Land

7. I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night

8. Union Song (Live - Capitol Square, Madison, Wisconsin Feb. 21st, 2011)

]]> http://axisofjustice.net/the-nightwatchman-to-release-union-town-all-profits-to-benefit-union-struggles/feed/ Axis Song of the Day: Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) (Woody Guthrie cover) Outernational ft. Tom Morello http://axisofjustice.net/axis-song-of-the-day-deportee-plane-wreck-at-los-gatos-woody-guthrie-cover-outernational-ft-tom-morello/ http://axisofjustice.net/axis-song-of-the-day-deportee-plane-wreck-at-los-gatos-woody-guthrie-cover-outernational-ft-tom-morello/#comments Fri, 17 Dec 2010 22:52:08 +0000 aoj http://axisofjustice.net/?p=3106

Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) (Woody Guthrie cover)
Outernational ft. Tom Morello
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Both Outernational’s politics and sound combine Woody Guthrie with Rage Against the Machine, so this cover was inevitable. Recorded during the outcry over Arizona’s harsh anti-immigration laws, “Deportee” revives a 1948 ballad with picket-line hollering and plenty of accordion. Never one to miss a good political protest, Rage’s Tom Morello lends a helping hand.



(Mama Said Knock You Out is somewhere in the 40s)
]]> http://axisofjustice.net/axis-song-of-the-day-deportee-plane-wreck-at-los-gatos-woody-guthrie-cover-outernational-ft-tom-morello/feed/ Song Of The Day: ‘Get Up, Stand Up’ By Bob Marley http://axisofjustice.net/song-of-the-day-get-up-stand-up-by-bob-marley/ http://axisofjustice.net/song-of-the-day-get-up-stand-up-by-bob-marley/#comments Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:57:56 +0000 Allie http://axisofjustice.net/?p=2845 Song: ‘Get Up, Stand Up’

CD: Burnin\’

The late, saintly Bob Marley’s signature anthem has become a fill-in-the-blank template for righteous causes of all stripes. Not only is it the official fight song of Amnesty International, but Peter Tosh’s sung-spoken interlude – “You can fool some people sometime/ But you can’t fool all the people all the time” — has been called a precursor to rap.

Website:www.bobmarley.com


]]> http://axisofjustice.net/song-of-the-day-get-up-stand-up-by-bob-marley/feed/ Axis Song Of The Day: “What’s Going On?” By Marvin Gaye http://axisofjustice.net/axis-song-of-the-day-whats-going-on-by-marvin-gaye/ http://axisofjustice.net/axis-song-of-the-day-whats-going-on-by-marvin-gaye/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:54:09 +0000 Allie http://axisofjustice.net/?p=2812 Song:  “Whats Going On“

CD: Whats Going On

The album is told from the point of view of a Vietnam War veteran returning to the country he had been fighting for, and seeing nothing but injustice, suffering and hatred.

Website: www.marvingayepage.net

]]> http://axisofjustice.net/axis-song-of-the-day-whats-going-on-by-marvin-gaye/feed/ Axis Song Of The Day:”Machine Gun” by Jimi Hendrix http://axisofjustice.net/axis-song-of-the-daymachine-gun-by-jimi-hendrix/ http://axisofjustice.net/axis-song-of-the-daymachine-gun-by-jimi-hendrix/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:50:06 +0000 Allie http://axisofjustice.net/?p=2800 Song: Machine Gun

CD: Band Of Gypsys

 It is a lengthy, loosely defined (jam-based) protest of the Vietnam War, and perhaps a broader comment on conflict of any kind.

Website: www.jimmyhendrix.com

]]> http://axisofjustice.net/axis-song-of-the-daymachine-gun-by-jimi-hendrix/feed/ Song Of The Day: I Ain’t Marching Anymore by Phil Ochs http://axisofjustice.net/song-of-the-day-i-aint-marching-anymore-by-phil-ochs/ http://axisofjustice.net/song-of-the-day-i-aint-marching-anymore-by-phil-ochs/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:23:00 +0000 Allie http://axisofjustice.net/?p=2741 Song: “I Ain\’t Marching Anymore”

CD: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Phil Ochs

An anti-war song by Phil Ochs, a U.S. protest singer from the 1960s known for being a harsh critic of the American military industrial complex.

Website:www.phil-ochs.com

]]> http://axisofjustice.net/song-of-the-day-i-aint-marching-anymore-by-phil-ochs/feed/ Song of The Day: “London Calling” by the Clash http://axisofjustice.net/song-of-the-day-london-calling-by-the-clash/ http://axisofjustice.net/song-of-the-day-london-calling-by-the-clash/#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:48:59 +0000 Allie http://axisofjustice.net/?p=2718 Song: “London Calling”

CD: London Calling

“London Calling”, the album’s opening track was partially influenced by the March 1979 accident at a nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania. Strummer’s lyrics also discuss the problems of rising unemployment, racial conflict and drug use in Britain.

Website: www.theclash.com

]]> http://axisofjustice.net/song-of-the-day-london-calling-by-the-clash/feed/ Song of The Day: “Imagine” by John Lennon http://axisofjustice.net/song-of-the-day-imagine-by-john-lennon/ http://axisofjustice.net/song-of-the-day-imagine-by-john-lennon/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:32:55 +0000 Allie http://axisofjustice.net/?p=2708 Song: “Imagine“

CD: Imagine

A Quote From Lennon: It’s not a new message: “Give Peace a Chance” — we’re not being unreasonable. Just saying “give it a chance.” With “Imagine” we’re asking, “can you imagine a world without countries or religions?” It’s the same message over and over. And it’s positive.

Website: www.johnlennon.com

]]> http://axisofjustice.net/song-of-the-day-imagine-by-john-lennon/feed/ Song of The Day: “Ohio” by Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young http://axisofjustice.net/song-of-the-day-ohio-by-crosby-stills-nash-young/ http://axisofjustice.net/song-of-the-day-ohio-by-crosby-stills-nash-young/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:23:47 +0000 Allie http://axisofjustice.net/?p=2668 Song: “Ohio”

CD: 4 Way Street

This song describes a historical event in America during the Vietnam War.  It is about the shootings that took place at Kent State University on May 4, 1970; when the National Guard opened fire on a large group of people and killed four protesters.

Website: www.crosbystillsnash.com

]]> http://axisofjustice.net/song-of-the-day-ohio-by-crosby-stills-nash-young/feed/ Song of The Day: “Blowin’ in the Wind” by Bob Dylan http://axisofjustice.net/song-of-the-day-blowin-in-the-wind-by-bob-dylan/ http://axisofjustice.net/song-of-the-day-blowin-in-the-wind-by-bob-dylan/#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:33:21 +0000 Allie http://axisofjustice.net/?p=2526 Song: “Blowin’ in the Wind”

CD: Freewheelin’ with Bob Dylan

A protest song about peace, war, and freedom. ”Blowin’ in the Wind” has been described as an anthem of the 1960s civil rights movement.

Website: www.bobdylan.com

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