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American Veteran Plays Music for Agent Orange Victims

“As long as I’m still alive, I will continue raising fund to help poor people in Quang Ngai and share the pain of AO victims” - Roy Mike Boehm.

(MADISON, VietNamNet Bridge) - Veterans and members of the US-based Madison Quakers charity organization on March 27 evening played violin, flute, guitar and mandolin to raise funds for Agent Orange victims in the central province of Quang Ngai.

For the past 16 years, Roy Mike Boehm, a US veteran quietly came to Vietnam’s Quang Ngai province to play violin to pray for the souls of the victims of the My Lai massacre.

To Call Zimmerman a Zimmerman

Bob Dylan gives up peace, tosses support for Israel's in spite of war crimes.

(LONDON) - Singer-songwriter and harmonica owner Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman) will perform at Israel's Ramat Gan Stadium in June.

The 69-year old folk legend seems to be impervious to Israel’s war crime record and the growing international movement calling for artists to boycott the rogue state.

Settlement Reached by Sara Evan`s Ex-Husband in Slander Lawsuit Against Evans` Divorce Attorney

"It has been a long fight but when it comes to defending my kids, there is no cost too high” - Craig Schelske

(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) - Craig Schelske announced his acceptance of a settlement offer by prominent Nashville, Tennessee divorce attorney, John Hollins Sr. and Hollins, Wagster, Yarbrough, Weatherly & Raybin, P.C., regarding the slander lawsuit, Schelske vs. Hollins. Hollins conceded to Schelske late Thursday afternoon.

Hollins succumbed to the pressure imposed by Schelske in light of the impending truth regarding the falsity of Hollins' statements made to People Magazine where Hollins claimed that he had photos depicting Schelske in sexual situations.

Audiodraft Crowdsources Japan Relief Songs

Aims to Raise $100,000 for Red Cross Japan Aid; Best 5 Songs- to be released on iTunes, Amazon, and other outlets.

(SAN FRANCISCO ) - AudioDraft, the provider of innovative crowdsourced audio design contests, today announced that it has launched a contest to select the five best songs associated with relief and healing to be published through online music stores, including iTunes, Amazon, and others.

The proceeds will go toward tsunami and earthquake relief efforts.

Portland Rockers Shocked as KUFO 101.1 FM is No More

For over two decades, people have depended on KUFO for good, solid rock.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - The rockin clock has stopped ticking for KUFO 101.1 FM in Portland Oregon. A standard for 21 years, the loyal northwest rockers will be on their way to another place on the dial to find their favorite morning show jocks, Kidd Chris and Porkchop who have been replaced with The Glenn Beck Program and The Lars Larson Show.

Alice in Chains Bassist Mike Starr Dies in Salt Lake City

Michael Christopher "Mike" Starr was born on the 4th of April in 1966.

(SALT LAKE CITY) - Michael Christopher "Mike" Starr was an American musician, best known as the original bassist in Alice in Chains, with whom he played from the band's formation in 1987 until 1993.

Pete Seeger Officially Joins BDS Movement

Seeger, 92, one of the fathers of American folk music, is a veteran political and peace activist.

(TEL AVIV HA'ARETZ.) - American folk music legend Pete Seeger on Monday officially joined the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign - an international movement to pressure and sanction Israel through economic means.

American folk music legend Pete Seeger on Monday officially joined the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign (AP) Seeger, 92, one of the fathers of American folk music, is a veteran political and peace activist.

Hot, Loud, Angry and Political for Justice

Music to rescue hearts broken by Israeli oppression.

(ORLANDO, Fla.) - It wasn’t just a hot one in O’Town on the last Sunday of February because the thermometer registered 83 degrees in the shade at Lake Eola during the first Arab American Cultural Festival.

Temperatures rose with the heat that emanated from voluptuous belly dancers, award winning Debkeh dancers, singers and passionate hip hop poets who energized the crowd of thousands...

A Veteran in America: Trying to Find the Way Home

Despite centuries of war, there is no successful strategy that helps veterans re-integrate into a comfortably ignorant, binary world.

(ALAMEDA, Calif.) - Jason Moon's mother tells him that as a young child he loved writing songs and that during long car trips he'd share his songs with her. Today, he's writing songs again. But for more than five years following his return from a year-long tour of duty in Iraq, he could barely write a line.

Moon deployed to Talil Airbase in 2003. 5 years later he was ready to testify at the four-day long Winter Soldier hearings held in in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Blind Boys of Alabama Record Country Gospel Album

'Take the High Road' is produced by Jamey Johnson; features guest performances by Vince Gill, Willie Nelson, Hank Williams Jr., Lee Ann Womack and the Oakridge Boys.

(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) - Five time Grammy Award and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners The Blind Boys of Alabama will release a traditional country-gospel album for the first time in their 70-year career.