Listen To The Music

New York, NY - February 1, 2018 - Playing For Change (PFC), the multimedia company responsible for the popular "Songs Around The World" video series garnering more than 500 million total online views, today announces their fourth and most ambitious album and video series to date, Listen to the Music, presented by nana music and 2seas Sessions, and led by the premiere of "Skin Deep," which features Buddy Guy along with over 50 musicians uniting in song across America. Watch it today via People.com, here. The album will be released April 20, 2018 (available to preorder tomorrow, Friday, February 2nd) through Motéma Music, the multi-GRAMMY®-winning label with additional marketing support from the newly formed mission driven label, Resilience Music Alliance. Featuring artists such as famed American legends The Doobie Brothers, Buddy Guy, Warren Haynes, Dr. John, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and more, collaborating alongside street musicians, gospel choirs, an array of international music luminaries (including Tuareg guitarist Bombino, Malian kora master Mamadou Diabaté, Cuban tres player Pancho Amat, and Congo's legendary TPOK Jazz Band), and the Playing For Change Band, Listen to the Music is part of PFC's historic "Songs Around The World" series and presents 12 new interpretations of iconic music classics. A complete list of tracks and their featured artists is located below. Enhancing the multinational flair of the project, each of these artists were filmed recording their parts for each song against scenic backdrops in their home countries, a process that took roughly three years to realize. The result is a compelling series of performance videos in which PFC's unique global multi-tracking recording process is documented to their most broad-reaching effect so far, featuring over 200 artists of diverse nationalities in 25 countries. The videos will be released once a month beginning Friday, February 2nd, to give a vibrant sense of place to the stunning array of musical traditions that meld seamlessly on these tracks, and providing an inspiring illustration of peaceful worldwide cooperation. "In a world with so many divisions, we need to create connections. Musical collaboration is the best way to make that happen," says Mark Johnson, Co-Founder of Playing For Change, who has traveled the world to capture each and every video as part of the series.