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Israel-Palestine Conflict Rocking the Music World
Musicians often seem united when it comes to social and political issues, so the controversy around Roger Waters and his outspoken criticism of Israel is somewhat untested ground. Last week, the Pink...
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A Simple Symbol of Friendship and Hope
We live in a complex world. But sometimes a single photo and a few well-chosen words bring us all closer to our common humanity. On Saturday, HeadCount’s co-chair Marc Brownstein posted the following...
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Music Saves (More) Lives (Than You Know)
Earlier this month, I worked with Music Saves Lives and New Jersey Blood Services at their annual community blood drive at Freehold, New Jersey’s Raceway Mall. Music Saves Lives, like HeadCount, works...
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Movers, Shakers, Music Lovers: Ken Bazinet
This year, HeadCount is taking a deeper look at the people who make and report the news in Washington, D.C. — and we’re talking to them about (what else?) music. It turns out that the people who shape...
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After 8 Years, Live Earth is Coming Back
What do Al Gore and Pharrell Williams have in common? From the surface, you’d think not much…except a shared goal to build public support for fighting climate change. This week the unlikely pair...
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Music Keeps Me Moving
It has always been a goal and a dream of mine to work in the music business. I love to be involved in the production of shows, and to know I had something to do with a crowd full of smiling faces and...
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Dylan Goes Electric: An Interview With Elijah Wald
Elijah Wald has been a musician since age seven and a writer since the early 1980s. He has published more than a thousand articles, mostly about folk, roots and international music for various...
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America’s Front Yard, The National Mall
At least once a week, during my commute to work, I hear the following conversation: Tourist: Where are we going? Local guide: We are going to the Mall. Tourist: Why are we to a mall? I want to see the...
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Interview: Patrick Hawco, Veteran and Founder of Electric Forces
Electric Forest was an exceptional experience for HeadCount this year and I had the privilege of being the Team Leader for the event. Over the course of the four-day festival our team registered...
View Article5 Best Grammy Moments of 2016
Everything Kendrick Lamar With the most nominations for the 2016 Grammy Awards (11), it is safe to say that last night’s show was all about Kendrick Lamar. Kendrick took home a total of five awards....
View ArticleAn Interview with Rob Garza of Thievery Corporation
Twenty years ago, Washington, D.C- residents Rob Garza and Eric Hilton teamed up to form Thievery Corporation – a genre-bending, mind-twisting collective that mixed hip-hop, World Beat and dance music...
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Ben & Jerry’s Empower Mint: Democracy is in your Hands!
I have a love affair with Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. I vividly remember the first time I enjoyed a cone. It was about 9 pm on December 31, 1999. I was sitting in a field in the Everglades, edging...
View ArticleAn Interview with Matt Hirschy of Equality NC: To Play Or Not To Play?
Many many bands elected to boycott North Carolina in protest of the controversial HB2 law that – among other things – stops transgender people from using bathrooms that align with their gender...
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Coming Home to the Georgia Theatre
On a recent HeadCount outing, I had the pleasure to be among the nearly 1,000 happy and adoring fans joyously singing along with Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes ‘Home, let me come home-o-ome,...
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There’s Still Music: A Recap of the Soundtrack to History
The Soundtrack to History Last night, HeadCount. Magic Hat and the Everyone Orchestra teamed up to present the “Soundtrack to History,” an improvised musical performance set to the election returns. To...
View ArticleLoving Advice to Kanye West Before his 2020 Presidential Run
One thing I have learned from my experience interning with Headcount is that it truly is a civic duty to participate in the democratic process. It is important if you care about the political system to...
View ArticleInterview: Kelly D. Morris, Creator of The MORE Project
Shortly after the Presidential Election, accomplished video editor Kelly D. Morris asked her Facebook friends to share images of what love meant to them. She then spliced those photos – and many other...
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Interview: Peter Shapiro on Producing The Women’s March on Washington Live...
On January 21st an estimated 3.3 million Americans grabbed signs, started chants and attended either the Women’s March on Washington, or the satellite marches around the country. For those who couldn’t...
View ArticleRob Quist, Jon Fishman Continue Tradition of Musician Politicians
There’s this stereotype that a law degree is a bit of a pre-requisite for serving in public office. But that certainly isn’t a requirement. Rand Paul was an optometrist before running for office. Rush...
View ArticleAriana Grande Channeling George Harrison
On Monday, June 5, 2017, Ariana Grande hosted One Love Manchester, a benefit concert supporting the families of victims that lost their lives in the Manchester bombing, raising around $3 million....
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