Tuesday, April 14, 2009

FlowRadio Tribute to Peter Gabriel for WEVL spring pledge drive:

Name Artist Album
The Feeling Begins Peter Gabriel Passion
Sky Blue Peter Gabriel Up
Secret World Peter Gabriel SW Live Radio Sampler EP
Exit Through You Joseph Arthur, Peter Gabriel Big Blue Ball
Burn You Up, Burn You Down Peter Gabriel, The Holmes Brothers Big Blue Ball
Growing Up (TLA Mix) Peter Gabriel HIT
Games Without Frontiers Bob Holroyd Without Within
The Rhythm Of The Heat Peter Gabriel Security
Bashi-Bazouk Peter Gabriel Digging In The Dirt [Single]
Salala Angelique Kidjo, Peter Gabriel Djin Djin
Excellent Birds (Album Version) Laurie Anderson Mister Heartbreak
San Jacinto Peter Gabriel Security
Fourteen Black Paintings Peter Gabriel Us
Solsbury Hill Sarah McLachlan Steaming EP
Biko (Live) Peter Gabriel Plays Live
In Your Eyes Peter Gabriel Secret World Live
A Different Drum Peter Gabriel Passion


I also found some nice live video performances to share:

In Your Eyes (circa '80s with Youssou N'Dour)
Biko (1986)
San Jacinto (1986)
Downside Up
Growing Up

And beyond the music, there are many other reasons I wanted to honor Peter Gabriel with a special FlowRadio tribute show. He is a tireless advocate for human rights.

He started the Witness program to equip people with cameras to fight human rights abuses worldwide. (Peter Gabriel talks about Witness and human rights.)

He is one of the founders of The Elders program, which seeks the collective wisdom of the elders in every corner and culture of the world so we can listen and pay attention to their advice on surviving these difficult changing times in human history.

And just last month, during a tour stop in Mexico, he delivered a petition and message to Mexico's president to do more to stop the murders of women and girls in Cuidad Juraerez.

Getting back to the music:

He started his Real World label primarily to capture and preserve the music of people and cultures around the world and the WOMAD music festival series to celebrate it.

And he created a pretty fabulous recording studio in Bath, England.


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