PeaceLabs Playmakers: Lucy Eills, Bill Fletcher, Mike Huckabee and Joe Crowley

“BAM! You’ve written a jingle!” � Lucy Eills, 11yr old, 6th grader from from Concord, NH, wins the PeaceLabs Playmaker Award for her “Healthy NH” jingle. We came. We saw. We sang Kumbaya: http://zedc3test.techprogress.org/events/2008/09/musiced.html/email.html Must Read and Listen NH News! My niece & Godchild, Ms. Lucy Eills, wins “Healthy NH” Jingle Competition with her jam: … [Read more…]

MNSi Accepting Donations

MNSi now accepts credit card donations through Network For Good. You can also donate via PayPal; a PayPal account is not required.

MNSi Speaker Series Launches

The Honorable Bass Player, Governor Mike Huckabee rocked with Congressional Musicians Caucus Co-Chair, Rep. Joe Crowley (D-NY), in support of MNSi. See Wash. Post, HuffPost, Center for American Progress story & video, photos.

Music Steals the Show at Toronto Film festival

NYT: All Ears on Screen: Music and Musicians Play Major Role at Toronto Festival “…But music was also stealing the show in some less expected places. “The Secret Life of Bees,” a coming-of-age drama set against the civil rights struggles of 1964, turns out to be stitched together, emotionally speaking, with a cello. Through much … [Read more…]

Denver Convention Music Thoughts and Vids

http://worldmusiccentral.org/article.php/yonder_mountain_barack_obama_2008 And sorry to indulge (for a sec) but, when I saw Barack’s “Top Ten” song list, it did cross my mind that the next President of the United States might actually dig my music…http://www.nationaljournal.com/conventions/co_20080828_4414.php I saw BLP, Cheryl Crow, Kanye West, Stevie, Michael McDonald. Blue Grass opened the day at Invesco and reentered immediately … [Read more…]

Roland Fryer and MNSi

Harvard economist and social innovator, Roland Fryer from the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute partners with MNSi to design MusicianCorps pilot program evaluation.