News & Updates

Brave Troubadours How Artists are Healing our Country DATE: Wednesday, November 18, 2020 TIME: 5pm PT / 7pm CT / 8pm ET Taking Music to the Streets! Brave Troubadours is...

“Just doing what I had wished another person had done for me when I was that age.” That’s what fuels New England hip hop and rap artist “GeNreal,” otherwise known...

Empowering Rural Youth Learn more about the artist/activists from this performance: EmZ, DJ Sean and GeNreal DATE: Sunday, October 25, 2020 TIME: 5pm PT / 7pm CT / 8pm ET...

Photo: Lauryn Hottinger If a picture paints a thousand words, it can also forever change a life. That’s what happened to musician Emilia Dahlin when she saw the starkly haunting...

Creativity, connection and community... That's what encompasses the work of Myles Bullen, a Native American musician, poet and performer from Portland, Maine—and one of Music to Life's Northern New England...

The Art of Belonging DATE: Sunday, September 13, 2020 TIME: 5pm PT / 7pm CT / 8pm ET Learn more about the artist/activists from this performance: Emilia Dahlin, Myles Bullen...

Equity and Empowerment DATE: Sunday, July 26, 2020 TIME: 5pm PT / 7pm CT / 8pm ET Learn more about the artist/activists from this performance: HOST: Dr. Rick Halperin, Director,...

"Recovery and Resilience" Learn more about: Jaimee Harris & Cheryl Cawood DATE: Sunday, July 12, 2020 TIME: 5pm PT / 7pm CT / 8pm ET ARTIST: Jaimee Harris ARTIST: Cheryl...

Learn More about Sasha Klare-Ayvazian & Steven Hernandez ARTIST: Steven Hernandez  ARTIST: Sasha Klare-Ayvazian HOST: Anmol Mehra  EMCEE: Leti Bueno Music has always played a vital role in the social change...

In this update, we hear from Music to Life's social change artists in Texas (Austin, Dallas, Houston) and Northern New England (Bethlehem, NH). They share their experiences, what they're learning...

Photo: Amanda Pascali, Houston Music to Life launched its Texas Accelerator in January 2020 (with artists in Austin, Dallas and Houston) in collaboration with the Southwest Regional Folk Alliance (SWRFA);...

From L: Nicholas Trahan (NH), Liz Stookey Sunde, Emily Zanleoni (VT), Sarah Trunzo (ME), Noel (Paul) Stookey, Peter Yarrow, Kristen Graves, DJSean Hay (VT), Emilia Dahlin (ME) and Myles Bullen...

Photo features artists, Master Class instructors and production friends from our 2017 national search for social change artists and week-long Music for Change Festival in collaboration with the Rubicon. Here's a...

Music to Life's twenty cause-themed playlists include contemporary & historical protest songs, incorporate music from artists of all backgrounds & genres, and provide soundtracks to a variety of social movements...

Music and social activism have intertwined throughout Gina Chavez’s career as a Latinx bilingual folk-pop singer. Gina began writing music while living in Argentina. Later she spent eight months as...

“Life, Liberation, and Hip Hop culture: this is why I make music. It’s more than music to me; it’s a movement. I make art to shine light and fulfill my...

Naima Shalhoub is a Lebanese American vocalist, songwriter, and educator for social justice. A former educator in the public school system, Naima spent a year facilitating weekly “Music and Freedom...