Green Options » Stand by Me http://greenoptions.com/tag/stand-by-me Posts tagged 'Stand by Me' Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:56:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Playing for Change Connects the World Through Music http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/10/16/playing-for-change-connects-the-world-through-music/ http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/10/16/playing-for-change-connects-the-world-through-music/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:56:06 +0000 Cindy Tickle http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/10/16/playing-for-change-connects-the-world-through-music/

When I first watched the video “Stand by Me” produced by Playing for Change a year ago, I was moved by the beauty of the music and the simplicity of the message.  Playing for Change wasn’t just a multimedia project.  It was a movement - and its mission was to “bring peace to the world through music”.

Needless to say, I ran out and bought the CD, Playing for Change: Songs Around The World as soon as it was released on April 28th.  And now, the fine folks at Playing for Change Records and Concord Music Group bring us the special two-disc package of Playing for Change: Songs Around The World - Deluxe Edition, which includes the full-length documentary film Peace Through Music.

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]]> http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/10/16/playing-for-change-connects-the-world-through-music/feed/ “Stand by Me” in Farsi for the People of Iran http://ecoworldly.com/2009/07/06/stand-by-me-in-farsi-for-the-people-of-iran/ http://ecoworldly.com/2009/07/06/stand-by-me-in-farsi-for-the-people-of-iran/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:34:24 +0000 Rhonda Winter http://ecoworldly.com/2009/07/06/stand-by-me-in-farsi-for-the-people-of-iran/ Worldwide there has been a growing solidarity with the people of Iran, and their brave local activism protesting against their increasingly repressive government. Their grassroots movement is gaining support as millions of us across the globe follow their struggles to be heard. This photographic tribute to the Iranian people is accompanied by a partly Farsi cover of the Ben E. King classic “Stand by Me“, which was recorded by Andy Madadian, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora.

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]]> http://ecoworldly.com/2009/07/06/stand-by-me-in-farsi-for-the-people-of-iran/feed/ “Stand by Me” in Farsi for the People of Iran http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/07/02/stand-by-me-in-farsi-for-the-people-of-iran/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/07/02/stand-by-me-in-farsi-for-the-people-of-iran/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:40:05 +0000 Rhonda Winter http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/07/02/stand-by-me-in-farsi-for-the-people-of-iran/ Worldwide there has been a growing solidarity with the people of Iran, and their brave local activism protesting against their increasingly repressive government. This photographic tribute to the Iranian people is accompanied by a partly Farsi cover of the Ben E. King classic “Stand by Me“, which was recorded by Andy Madadian, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora.

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