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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"There is good in the world," wrote Cormac McCarthy in his apocalyptic novel, The Road. In a climactic scene, the dying father tells his son: "Keep the gun with you at all times. You have to find the good guys but don't take any chances." His son resists, wanting to stay with his father. But the Father insists, "You have to carry the fire." "I don't know how to," says the son. "Yes you do." comes the reply. "Is it real? The fire?" "Yes it is." "Where is it," asks the boy, "I don't know where it is." "Yes you do," says the father, "It's inside you. It was always there."
The bearers of the fire know there is good in the world.
– Mat Callahan
lyrics
High Time For A High Time
Come gather round my friends
with a flagon of beer and a bottle of wine
Just like the river bends
it's a crooked old world with a
wicked design
Come now let's raise a toast
to the tumbling dice and the rumbling earth
The things that matter most
they haven't a price, so much are they worth
Hey, don't delay, it's a
Chorus:
High time for a high time
We got the rhythm and we got the rhyme
Come gather round my friends
let's sing us a song, let's bring us a verse
Let's not speak falsely, then
so full is the heart, so empty the purse
Let's sing a song of praise
for the honor we share
and the people we love
Come while the piper plays
there is good in the world
It's the banner we wave
Hey, don't delay, it's a
Chorus:
Bridge:
Sages speak but are we listening?
The will is weak, temptation strong
The truth we seek is right here glistening
Gotta sing a different song
Gotta make our right from wrong
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