MFA Reboots

Music for America relaunches today as a local, Seattle-based organization sponsored by the local chapter of SEIU.

I’m sad that MFA has shrunk so much, but hopeful that the folks in Seattle can maintain a vibrant music/activism scene and pioneer some best practices that others can replicate in cities across the country. Good luck y’all.

I’ve got a whole lot more to say about the general decline in concert-based electoral activism (with some exceptions) even as political statements and activity from musicians are becoming more acceptable than at any point in over a decade. It will all be in an article I wrote for WireTap, hopefully to be published in the next couple weeks.

(And yay on SEIU for supporting young voters and cultural outreach).