CHARLIE CAWOOD (Oud, Bağlama Saz, Bouzouki, Hammered Dulcimer, Zither, Pipa, Zhongruan, Liuqin, 12-string Acoustic Guitar, Electric and Bass Guitars) “Of all art forms, music best exemplifies the nature of ourselves, and the interconnectivity between us and the world in which we reside. The language of music forms a vocabulary that […]
Monthly Archives: February 2019
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HANS JÖRG SCHMITZ (Drums) “In 2000 we had played with the band in Sarajevo, a few years after the end of the civil war in Bosnia. Some of the buildings had no rooftops; they were still destroyed and the houses were uninhabitable. Thousands of landmines …. still buried in the ground…We […]
CHRIS JORDAN (Director, Writer, and Editor) albatrossthefilm.com ‘The war is against plastic and they are casualties on the frontline’ Following his shocking photographs of dead albatross chicks and the diet of plastic that killed them, Chris Jordan’s film “Albatross” is a call to action to repair our broken relationship with […]
SILVER DONALD CAMERON (Canadian Journalist, author, playwright, university teacher, Host and Executive Producer of ‘The Green Interview’) “United Progressive Fratenity wishes to express our sincere appreciation to Dr. Cameron for allowing use of audio excerpts from The Green Interview for the album Planetary Overload – Part 1: Loss.” One of […]
MICHEL ST-PÈRE (Guitar) “I have known Mark for many years and am a fan of his work. It is an honour for me to be part of this project with him and many other great musicians. In this world, where everything goes fast, what better way to spread a message […]
GRACE BAWDEN (Vocals) “I am proud to be a part of the United Progressive Fraternity and I am deeply honoured to be working with so many wonderfully talented musicians who are passionate about their music and environment because I believe it is important to love and protect our planet and […]
GUILLERMO CIDES (Chapman Stick) “It’s all about becoming a better person. This is what music means to me and this is what we have in mind to create music and go ahead with projects like UPF. We can change the world because we all are the world and we all […]
JESÚS GANCEDO GARCÍA (CHUS GANCEDO) (Drumkit) “It´s been such a pleasure working together with Mark Trueack and Steve Unruh. It hasn´t been the typical hasty collaboration through the internet, it´s been a slow developing process in which you take risks and make decisions trying to achieve the best results. I […]
CHRISTOPHE LEBLED (Guest Arranger, Keyboards, Soundscapes) “The future of humanity will certainly go through the conquest of new planets far from our solar system. Proxima Centauri b is certainly the exoplanet most suited to accommodate a human colony in the course of the 22nd century… But before embarking on this […]
ANGUS KEAY (Guitar) “I love music… I believe music to be one of the few truly tangible forms of expression that can divulge the makeup of our universe: dimensions of colour, resonance, vibrancy, dynamics, emotion and feel. Our universe is a living entity teaming with energy. Music is the song […]