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Their music is a message in action.  Bread Over Bombs is an activist rock band that uses 100% of profits from music CD, LP and downloads sales to feed people in crisis around the world.  Through their work with the LA Regional Food Bank Bread Over Bombs has already provided more than 10,000 meals.  With the release of their new self-titled  album available on www.amazon.com  and iTunes purchases and support, which translate directly to meals to feed people in crisis, are spreading internationally. CD’s are even available at Tower Records in Japan.  And Glasgow SE Foodbank in the United Kingdom is giving away the album with every donation.  You can check out their album review on AMN- the Australian Music Network.  The music is a blend of timely and relevant messages with great music. The initiative started with Founder Brad Mitchell long ago. He began volunteering at the age of 7 alongside his grandmother in an Arizona charity-fund...

If you didn't have the chance to see it I think  the most beautifully performed and inspirational version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" I have ever heard was performed as  an Internet exclusive onThe Corbert Report. It was a performance by the MusiCorps Wounded Warrior Band. This particular performance  infused  the incredible vocal compliment of renowned performer Aaron Neville with the voice of  Lieutenant   Corporal Tim Donley  . The band has also performed with Yo-Yo Ma and Roger Waters of Pink Floyd and The Bleeding Heart Band.  en.wikipedia.org The MusiCorp program, and the band, have been praised in The Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post as well as by Congress...... and featured on CNN, ABC and CBS. MusiCorps began when composer and founder of Renovation In Music Education (RIME), Arthur Bloom, was invited to visit a soldier recovering at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. The soldier , a musician who had been badly ...