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StreetcredMusic: Violence Against Women...Alessia Ramusino "Yallah"

I have received many OpEds over the years from women of power. By power I mean women who have spoken out, and live the life they speak about. All have discovered the many injustices women encounter, and want to expose them, and give a voice to those people who may not have the platform they have. This one comes from Alessia Ramusino.

"Yallah"

   This song is the hymn to the to the struggle for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

VIDEO: Yallah: Anthem of the movement

#RESPECTANDLOVE

Yallah is a hymn to love, love for life, an immensely great and precious gift for every single living creature. No one has power over the lives of others and everyone must be able to enjoy rights that must be guaranteed. Respect for life in all its aspects, religious freedom, the possibility of educating oneself and acquiring a solid culture, work, the right physical and material well-being are today indisputable rights and their respect and their promotion measure the degree of civilization that a society has achieved.

I studied and graduated in Science and Politics at the University of Genoa choosing the Socio-political address precisely because I always felt a strong motivation towards social issues.

I chose a word deliberately in Arabic and the song has the text in English, to enunciate a theme that involves all peoples in a transversal way to geographical, geopolitical, demographic, religious, cultural and social class factors.

Yallah is an Arabic word of common use which means "strength, strength, move". And this is precisely the message that we want to give, or a warning for all to take not only conscience of this social scourge but above all to set in motion and in place, each according to their possibilities, all the measures to defeat the phenomenon.

The Yallah project was born from the presentation of the flashmob connected to the song, in several sites and stages, first visible in the video clip >>> https://youtu.be/FcCVJA17yVw

100 women who all together repeat RESPECT AND LOVE in a universal march for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. A clear message with an international aim, a very touching moment with a very strong emotional impact.

Thus was born the vision of the artist, Alessia Ramusino, of a flashmob that would unite women not only in intent but also in appearance, dressing all in red, a color that has many symbolism's from love, blood, luck, passion: #100womendressedinred

The intent is to spread THE CULTURE OF RESPECT. 

Alessia Ramusino

“Yallah is undoubtedly a very important song for me because it represents the commitment of an artist in facing a social plague with her own soul, questioning herself and exposing herself in first person. This is why I created a path, which began on 8 March, the day when women come together to defend their civil rights to arrive on 25 November, a date designated by the United Nations General Assembly as the ‘International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women’, calling on governments, international organizations and NGOs to organize activities aimed at raising public awareness.

Many institutions, associations, organizations, anti-violence centers, which in recent years have supported and shared the project.”

The Yallah project has a beneficial purpose. Alessia Ramusino

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StreetcredMusic: Playing Free Gigs, One Woman's Opinion. "The Mop Up Band"

       
 Q: An open question about playing free gigs, while venue owners take in hundreds if not thousands of $$$ while you are on stage.

  A: Why would you disrespect yourself by allowing venues to make a profit off of you, with nothing in return for your hard work? As musicians, we need to start supporting our profession and stand up for ourselves.     
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Think about everything that you have done to get to where you are now.  When you play a gig, you are displaying thousands and thousands of hours of hard work to an audience.  You’ve suffered through lots of frustration, sacrifice, and even money to hone your craft.  Don’t let all of this time and energy go to waste by giving it all away for free! You are so much more valuable than that! Art is what drives culture forward, and you have chosen to be an ambassador of art.  You are giving a great service to your community, but you still need to survive just like everyone else. 

    Free gigs: You are devaluing the entire industry...  
                     Elizabeth, "The Mop Up Band"

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StreetcredMusic: Kosi, Hoboken Blues

Kosi Website

One of the things I love about the ten years of #Streetcred,
is getting to hear so many great original artist.

I'm  posting some of my very favorites. This tune is from Kosi
It's called Hoboken Blues, from the album, "Pictures Of Us"

Here is Video of "Hoboken Blues"

Thank you all for ten years of #Support!
......Pete Carma

StreetcredMusic: Janis Joplin, Billie Holiday. Wanna Sing Like Them?

  Wanna sing like Billie Holiday or Janis Joplin?
    There are a couple of prerequisites.

 You must have demons inside of you. You have to be able to sing from the inside out.
Some drug abuse, perhaps mixed with alcohol at times and a massive amount of misogyny thrown in you face daily, would help

Here's Janis VIDEO "Ball and Chain"

More about Janis Joplin Here's A Bio

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Some quotes from Billie Holiday:

 Singing songs like 'The Man I Love' or 'Porgy' is no more work than sitting down and eating Chinese roast duck, and I love roast duck.

 Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen and I was three.

Here's Billie Holiday: Classic "My Man" 

here is the sad story :: Of Billie Holiday



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StreetcredMusic: Songs For Fall, Exposé

Exposé, Seasons Change.

Exposé is an American Latin freestyle vocal group. Primarily consisting of lead vocalists Jeanette Jurado, Ann Curless, and Gioia Bruno, the group achieved much of their success between 1984 and 1993, becoming the first group to have four top ten hits on the Billboard hot 100 chart from its debut album, including the 1988 #1 hit "Seasons Change". In March 2015, Billboard magazine named the group the eighth most-successful girl group of all-time.

VIDEO: ENJOY~Seasons Change

more songs for Fall: HERE


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StreetcredMusic: Songs For Fall, "Autumn In New York" With Elia Bastida

"Autumn in New York" is a jazz standard composed by Vernon Duke in Westport, Connecticut in the summer of 1934. It was written without a commission or for a specific show, but was offered by Duke to producer Murray Anderson for his Broadway musical Thumbs Up! which opened on December 27, 1934 (and closed in May 1935) and was performed by J. Harold Murray.

 Many versions of the song have been recorded over the years by numerous musicians and singers. The only version to achieve chart success as a single in the USA was that by Frank Sinatra which reached No. 27 in 1949.

Jazz versions have been performed by Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Bing Crosby, Stan Kenton, Sarah Vaughan, Sheila Jordan, Bill Evans, Ahmad Jamal, and Salvador Sobral. The song was also recorded by Jo Stafford, and Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald recorded it as a duet. Among the instrumental performances of the tune is a legendary version by guitarist Tal Farlow.

Enjoy this wonderful video: Elia Bastida. violin  . Joan Chamorro, bass
Joe Magnarelli, trumpet


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More songs:: HERE

StreetcredMusic: This Generation Better Wake Up, Or Is It Too Late? With Bob Dylan

In the 1960s there was a battle of the generations, the younger movement prevailed. However through the 1970s and then with the Reagan administration, aided by fear driven rhetoric and massive dollar support from corporations, the top 10% regained control.

The 21st century is now totally driven by a few, who control, money markets, production and distribution of everything. That "Hard Rain" Dylan spoke of in 1962, is now flooding the planet.

Bob Dylan was a leader of the movement a Prophet, and a Poet. I place him at the top of the most respected musician of my lifetime.