Steven Mention: "Give Us Your Poor" - CD/Film Project
Modern Guitars Magazine - Press Release
April 10, 2006
".....Appleseed Recordings was founded in 1996 by attorney, social activist, music producer, organizer, and writer Jim Musselman.....
Along with a steady stream of releases by established and rising young musicians, Appleseed's next major project is an upcoming CD, tentatively titled Feels Like Home, that pairs well-known musicians with homeless singers, songwriters and musicians on songs addressing the national crisis of homelessness and destitution. "Give Us Your Poor: Homelessness & the U.S." is the umbrella title for the project, which will also include a documentary film, that is being created by the "Give Us Your Poor" national public awareness initiative based at UMass Boston in collaboration with Appleseed and the Berklee School of Music Internship Program. Major artists involved with the project include Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, blues guitarist Ronnie Earl, singer-songwriter-guitarist Susan Tedeschi, John Mellencamp, actor Danny Glover and others with an interest in the plight of the homeless.
For more information on Appleseed Recordings, contact Alan Edwards: (e-mail) Joevinyl@aol.com; (ph/fax) 215-628-4562; (website) www.appleseedrec.com"
April 10, 2006
".....Appleseed Recordings was founded in 1996 by attorney, social activist, music producer, organizer, and writer Jim Musselman.....
Along with a steady stream of releases by established and rising young musicians, Appleseed's next major project is an upcoming CD, tentatively titled Feels Like Home, that pairs well-known musicians with homeless singers, songwriters and musicians on songs addressing the national crisis of homelessness and destitution. "Give Us Your Poor: Homelessness & the U.S." is the umbrella title for the project, which will also include a documentary film, that is being created by the "Give Us Your Poor" national public awareness initiative based at UMass Boston in collaboration with Appleseed and the Berklee School of Music Internship Program. Major artists involved with the project include Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, blues guitarist Ronnie Earl, singer-songwriter-guitarist Susan Tedeschi, John Mellencamp, actor Danny Glover and others with an interest in the plight of the homeless.
For more information on Appleseed Recordings, contact Alan Edwards: (e-mail) Joevinyl@aol.com; (ph/fax) 215-628-4562; (website) www.appleseedrec.com"
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