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"In the last year, on an unprecedented scale - individuals stood up and called for their voices and rights to be respected. It makes sense to mark 50 years of Amnesty International with a re-working of Bob Dylan's most stirring, challenging and pivotal songs that marked years of unrest and affirmed the relevance of people power." Edwyn Shiell, Amnesty International Australia spokesman
Released today, Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honouring 50 Years of Amnesty International, features a stellar and diverse group of artists across the generational and musical spectrum. This very special release celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning and life-saving human rights activism of Amnesty International. Fittingly, this milestone coincides with the 50th anniversary of the1962 debut album release from the unparalleled Bob Dylan.
Listeners will be delighted to find the likes of and Elvis Costello, My Chemical Romance, Maroon 5, Jeff Beck, Seal and Miley Cyrus united together, side by side, on the amazing track listing. The assortment of musical genres involved attests to Amnesty’s depth of support in the music community, the universal appeal of the core message of human rights, and the breadth of Dylan’s impact on culture.
Through Chimes of Freedom, Amnesty International (who has more than three million supporters in 150 countries) seeks to enlist support for its fight against censorship and attacks on free speech – whether involving artists, writers, musicians, political activists or bloggers. In this campaign, Amnesty is fighting for people such as the imprisoned Nobel Prize winner Liu Xiaobo in China, a scholar and human rights defender imprisoned since 2009 for writing about corruption and criticizing China’s political system.
Chimes of Freedom is Executive Produced by legendary music executive Jeff Ayeroff and Julie Yannatta, who spearheaded Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur – a 2007 collection of John Lennon solo compositions performed by major artists including U2, Green Day, and R.E.M.
"This album is a powerful fusion of the music community’s respect for Amnesty’s life-affirming work and for Bob Dylan’s enduring brilliance,” said Ayeroff and Yannatta. “We are proud to have worked with Amnesty to produce this remarkable project.”
Pre-orders and streaming of the album is available via Amnesty’ International Australia’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AmnestyOz?sk=app_190322544333196
This impressive collection is released physically today (Friday February 3) through Fontana International, a Universal Music company.
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