“My commitment to your freedom is real, whether you're around or not.” — Alsarah

Welcome to the first episode of The Solidarity Index!

Join host Zahyr Lauren aka The Artist L. Haz as they talk with @Alsarah about taking freedom as a lover, finding reflection as a displaced people, and choosing to do the unsafest thing that makes your heart sing.

Alsarah is a Sudanese singer, songwriter, and ethnomusicologist based in Brooklyn, NY aka Canarsie land. She is the leader of East-African Retro-Pop band Alsarah & the Nubatones, has worked with a wide array of celebrated artists and producers, and is currently creating Sudanese trip hop with Sarah Michaels in Mesafa. She also works with Sudanese artist collective Refugee Club Productions on a variety of projects – including acclaimed documentary Beats of the Antonov.

Alsarah joined hundreds of leading artists in signing the Musicians for Palestine declaration of solidarity, and is a contributor to the BDSmixtape compilation (2023).

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My Love Language is Action – with Alsarah

Listen to a special edition of the #MUSICIANSFORPALESTINE podcast that was recorded live at an event at Interference Archive in Brooklyn, New York. 

This event was co-hosted by Musicians For Palestine and the Interference Archive in collaboration with Radio AlHara. In the edition you can hear people who joined the collective zine making session and radio broadcast sharing their reflections about the meaning of solidarity in practice. Also you specifically hear from artist Kevin Caplicki speaking about a silk-screen print "Boycott Divestment Sanctions" that is distributed by the Justseeds artists' cooperative. Also you hear from musicians Devin Brahja Waldman who speaks about joining the Musicians For Palestine movement. 

https://justseeds.org/product/imaging-apartheid-boycott-divestment-sanctions/

Music on this edition is Christian Carrière with the track Static, you also hear from Devin Brahja Waldman's ablum "Watermelancholia" and a couple of works from the Cr​é​puscule album by Rêves sonores.

This episode was recorded and produced by Audio Interference, the podcast project of the Interference Archive. The program was edited by Stefan Christoff of Musicians For Palestine.

Radio AlHara

#MUSICIANSFORPALESTINE PODCAST - 17 Art In Action Across Borders at Interference Archive

On this edition of the monthly Musicians For Palestine podcast we hear from musician Jessie Stein on her involvement in helping to launch this project. Also Jessie reflects on the ways that the independent cultural scene and musician networks in Montreal created a context of community engagement and solidarity that opens doors to thinking about ways that musicians could act together to engage in international solidarity work and also to support local activism. 

Jessie plays with The Luyas, you can listen to their music here:

https://theluyas.bandcamp.com

This podcast interview was recorded and edited by Stefan Christoff.

#MUSICIANSFORPALESTINE PODCAST 18 - Jessie Stein

On the 19th edition of the #MusiciansForPalestine podcast, we hear from Bocafloja, a groundbreaking hip-hop artist from Mexico. Bocafloja has long expressed solidarity across borders while speaking about specific struggles for justice in the context of Mexico, particularly articulating the urgency of listening to and supporting Black and Indigenous activist artistic voices in Mexico as important points of anti colonial resistance across the Americas. Bocafloja is a supporter of Musicians For Palestine. 

Photo is of Bocafloja and accompanying music is by Bocafloja.

The interview with Bocafloja aired on Radio Alhara راديو الحارة in Bethlehem on Monday, June 5th at 5:30pm, that is 10:30am eastern time, live at https://www.radioalhara.net This interview is distributed by OTHER PEOPLE available for download and broadcast on other stations internationally. This interview was broadcast and facilitated by Stefan @spirodon Christoff.

#MUSICIANSFORPALESTINE PODCAST 19 - Bocafloja

#MUSICIANSFORPALESTINE PODCAST 20 - Adam Kinner, Anarchist Mountains and Raz Mesinai

This edition of the program is a mix of music by artists involved in supporting the #MusiciansForPalestine project. Adam Kinner presents a solo saxophone track recorded on the floor at La Sala Rossa in Montreal. Anarchist Mountains Trio presents the piece A Free Palestine dream, out on @amekcollective in Sofia, Bulgaria and finally a series of tracks by Palestinian producer in NYC,  Raz Mesinai, from a recently released an album of the Badawi project called "A Tale of Two Cities."

Accompanying artwork by Susanna Gonzo.

#MUSICIANSFORPALESTINE PODCAST 20 - Adam Kinner, Anarchist Mountains and Raz Mesinai

I selected a bunch of tracks live at The Lot Radio in Brooklyn on August 13, 2023. For this mix I highlighted artists who have supported the Musicians for Palestine appeal, reflected here in the remix of The Lot Radio graphic. Thank you for listening. - Stefan.

Stefan Christoff live @ The Lot Radio 08/13/2023

A full episode focused on music from artists who have signed onto the Musicians for Palestine letter to "demand an immediate ceasefire and humanitarian aid in Gaza, and an end to the siege."  We also talk about ways you can help the people of Gaza.  A wide array of artists are on this list, so a lot of fuzzy sounds of solidarity are featured. 

● Autolux - "23 Watt Apple Juice" (Intro)

*talk break - cam drops by with a nice surprise!*

● Big Brave - "The One Who Bornes a Heavy Load"
● Ky - "Elvin Silverware"

*talk break - lots of local bands signed onto the music for palestine letter*

● Eve Parker Finley - "In the End"
● Markus Floats - "Free Wifi"
● Dot Allison - "Colour Me" (Track from Way Back '99)
● Mandy, Indiana - "Pinking Shears"

*talk break - musicians for palestine statement*

● Hotline TNT - "I Thought You'd Change"
● Fucked Up - "Cicada"
● Luna - "Dear Diary" (Track from Way Back '99)

*talk break*	

~hour break~

● Mogwai - "Ritchie Sacramento"

*talk break - musicians for palestine letter*

● A Place to Bury Strangers - "My Weakness" (CJLO Classique '07)
● Deafheaven - "A Great Mass of Color"
● Blonde Redhead - "Melody Experiment"
● Bodywash - "Massif Central"

*talk break - ways to help gaza*

● Duster - "Inside Out" (Track from Way Back '98)
● Fontaines DC - "I Don’t Belong"
● Clairo - "Closer to You"
● Hayden - "Trees Lounge" (Track from Way Back '96)
● DIIV - "Like Before You Were Born"

*talk break - musicians for palestine and ways to help gaza*

● Asobi Seksu - "Thursday"

Musicians for Palestine - https://musiciansforpalestine.net/
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Hooked on Sonics - 2023-11-23 - Musicians for Palestine

Musicians for Palestine is a global network of musicians working together to support Palestinian human rights and to refuse silence in the face of Israeli state war crimes against the Palestinian people. 

#MusiciansForPalestine podcast is a series of conversations with artists who signed our collective declaration : https://musiciansforpalestine.com

“We call for you to join us with your name in refusing to perform at Israel’s complicit cultural institutions, and by standing firm in your support of the Palestinian people and their human right to sovereignty and freedom. We believe this is crucial to one day live in a world without segregation and apartheid.”

CULTURAL POWER FOR COLLECTIVE LIBERATION

From Palestine to Puerto Rico, Sudan to Standing Rock, Berlin to Brooklyn and beyond – a mass movement of people is interconnected not only in our struggle against injustice, but in celebration of our collective power to demand and create change.

Decolonize. Solidarity. Liberation. Love. 
What do they sound, look, feel like in action? 

Every 3 weeks, join host Zahyr Lauren – aka The Artist L. Haz – to explore these questions with trailblazing artists who are using cultural power to confront erasure and censorship with creativity and connection. 

Produced by and centering the voices of women, queer, trans, and gender-expansive artists, The Solidarity Index is guided by the fact that no one of us can be free until everybody's free.

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Free City Radio explores the intersection of social activism and the arts.

The weekly show features interviews on contemporary political currents in Montréal, Canada and around the world, highlighting creative voices involved in struggles for transformative social change. 

This Free City Radio page also features contemporary music mixes contributed to stations around the world. 

Free City Radio's 30 minute weekly program is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on :

CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11am
CJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8am
CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am
CFRC 101.9FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30am
CFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7am
Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30am
CKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pm
CJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pm

New tracks tagged #MusiciansForPalestine