It Is Right to Rebel is an exciting and thought provoking new record from Mat Callahan & Yvonne Moore and friends. The double LP consisting of 15 tracks are mostly rooted in the folk music tradition with the unifying elements of rhythm, group singing and acoustic music. Lyrically it deals with topics such as the Zapatista uprising in Chiapas, political prisoners and environmental issues.
The central theme of the record is awareness. It Is Right to Rebel is a battle cry, a wake up call, an invitation to join the struggles of our time, a celebration of rebellion and social movements and a musical thumbs up to all the people that realize that big changes have to be made.
The double album comes in a gatefold sleeve with cover art made by graphic designer and author of The Encyclopedia of Political Record Labels, Josh McPhee, from the Just Seeds collective.
It Is Right to Rebel is a true product of internationalism. It is recorded in Switzerland by an American and a gang of Swiss musicians, the cover art is made by an American activist from Brooklyn and the record is released by a Norwegian leftist record label.
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John the Conqueror Root is a plant, a tuber related to the sweet potato. It is used as an amulet or lucky charm (sometimes called a mojo-bag), it has appeared in numerous songs (by Muddy Waters and Wille Dixon, for example) and has long association in African-American folklore. Legend has it that an African prince was captured, brought to America as a slave, but could not be subdued by his captors. The prince broke free but before flying back to Africa, he left his spirit in the plant that bears his name: High John the Conqueror. Zora Neale Hurston wrote extensively on the subject, emphasizing the plants' character as a "hope bringer" to enslaved people. Writing in 1943 Hurston summarized High John's enduring influence: “The thousands upon thousands of humble people who still believe in him, that is, in the power of love and laughter to win by their subtle power, do John reverence by getting the root of the plant in which he has taken up his secret dwelling, and 'dressing' it with perfume, and keeping it on their person, or in their houses in a secret place. It is there to help them overcome things they feel that they could not beat otherwise, and to bring them the laugh of the day, John will never forsake the weak and the helpless, nor fail to bring hope to the hopeless. That is what they believe, and so they do not worry. They go on and laugh and sing. Things are bound to come out right tomorrow. That is the secret of Negro song and laughter.” Hurston, Zora Neale. High John de Conquer, American Mercury, October 1943
lyrics
High John the Conqueror Root
What can save you when all else fails?
High John the Conqueror Root
What’ll put the wind back in your sails?
High John the Conqueror Root
When all that is oppressive has got you down
High John the Conqueror Root
Here’s a little message bring you back around
High John the Conqueror Root
High John the Conqueror Root
And ain’t it the truth
When you’ve had enuff a
All you had to suffa
Ain’t nobody tuffa then
John the Conqueror Root
Verse 2
You can call it Ipamea or Jalapa root
But really it’s a spirit in a tuber suit
Call it mojo bag or lucky charm
To hide the power of Big John’s arm
etc.
Verse 3
Did you ever wonder how the slaves survived?
And kept that dream of freedom alive?
Shackles bind and whips they crack
But one day John be comin’ back!
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