In response to the Charleston, SC shootings, Milwaukee singer-songwriter, Peter Mulvey, has found himself at the forefront of a folk musicians’ movement with his protest song “Take Down Your Flag”. The song began as a simple request for the South Carolina government to take the confederate flag down to half mast in the wake of the massacre, which 9 black Americans were gunned down in Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. Mulvey wrote one verse of the song and then asked other folk musicians to write 8 more verses, one for each victim. Since the song’s posting online, over 80 verses have been written by songwriters like Ani Difranco, Melissa Ferrick, Anais Mitchell, Vance Gilbert, Mark Erelli and many more. Peter Mulvey recently took the time to talk to Folk Alley’s Cindy Howes about “Take Down Your Flag”. 
