Wenn ein Millionenheer von Flüchtlingen zu Gast ist bei der reichen Frau (XXVI) : Migration Blues
With Migration Blues Eric Bibb draws a parallel between the former African American sharecroppers leaving the segregation and misery of the South for the industrial cities of the North and the current migratory movement to Europe of the refugees from the Middle East.
This album features a trio comprised of Eric and two stellar guests: JJ Milteau (harmonica) and Michael Jerome Browne (guitar, fiddle, banjo…) and, occasionally, a few more classy performers. (DixieFrog Records)
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Eric Bibb says in the sleeve note to Migration Blues, his most politicized album to date: "The way I see it, prejudice towards our brothers and sisters who are currently called 'refugees' is the problem. Fear and ignorance are the problems. Refugees are not 'problems'—they are courageous fellow human beings escaping dire circumstances."
Not the way Donald Trump sees it.
Bibb, probably America's most important folk blues artist, shouldn't have much to fear from Trump, thanks to his own migrations. He lives in Scandinavia and records in France. But he says: "With this album I want to encourage us all to keep our minds and hearts wide open to the ongoing plight of refugees everywhere. As history shows, we all come from people who, at some time or another, had to move." ... (All About Jazz, CHRIS MOSEY, March 26, 2017)
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This album features a trio comprised of Eric and two stellar guests: JJ Milteau (harmonica) and Michael Jerome Browne (guitar, fiddle, banjo…) and, occasionally, a few more classy performers. (DixieFrog Records)
View on YouTube
Eric Bibb says in the sleeve note to Migration Blues, his most politicized album to date: "The way I see it, prejudice towards our brothers and sisters who are currently called 'refugees' is the problem. Fear and ignorance are the problems. Refugees are not 'problems'—they are courageous fellow human beings escaping dire circumstances."
Not the way Donald Trump sees it.
Bibb, probably America's most important folk blues artist, shouldn't have much to fear from Trump, thanks to his own migrations. He lives in Scandinavia and records in France. But he says: "With this album I want to encourage us all to keep our minds and hearts wide open to the ongoing plight of refugees everywhere. As history shows, we all come from people who, at some time or another, had to move." ... (All About Jazz, CHRIS MOSEY, March 26, 2017)
Die GBlogSuche nach »Wenn ein Millionenheer ...« hat 56 Resultate geliefert.
gebattmer - 2017/05/01 18:42
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