Kae Tempest (born Kate Esttheir Calvert, 22 December 1985) is an English spoken word performer, poet, recording artist, novelist and playwright.They were at stage school, having been accepted at the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology in Croydon. I’m very happy to be here, I’m very honoured to be on this stage, but I have to say this: there is a damaging and poisonous racism at root in this country. Amnesty International United Kingdom Section. This is our moment to defend the things that unite us and refuse to let fear and prejudice win.“Music and art have always been powerful partners to the cause of justice because they share an ability to stir something deep within us. May 11, 2016. will be among a thousand musicians performing in people’s homes in more than 200 cities globally for a first-of-its-kind day of concerts to unite people in welcoming refugees, Amnesty International and Sofar Sounds announced today, marking World Refugee Day. NME have shared this lovely review of our amazing fundraising gig –.

The number of refugees from the brutal conflict in South Sudan alone has passed one and a half million, making it  Africa’s largest refugee crisis, and the third biggest in the world after Syria and Afghanistan. With a few notable exceptions, governments have demonstrated what Amnesty has termed a “shocking failure of leadership”, building walls and fences and introducing policies to keep refugees out, rather than working to share responsibility for hosting and assisting refugees, and to address the root causes of the crisis.Kate Allen, Director of Amnesty International UK, said:“Where governments have failed, ordinary people have taken up the challenge to welcome and show support for refugees. From the site, people will be able to select their city and the event of their choice to be in with a chance of winning two tickets.

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“If we realise the fault in a story we’re telling, and we don’t want that story any more, how do we change that narrative? BOURNE, MA - JULY 14: Musician Ed Sheeran performs at the Mix 104.1 Beach House in Bourne, Mass., on July 14, 2017. Talk to your children about it, talk to your friends.”This is the second time Tempest has appeared at the Sydney writers’ festival, after a smaller tour in 2013. X We are at the end of colonial history, British history. Amnesty is documenting human rights abuses against refugees and pushing for governments to find a sustainable solution to the global refugee crisis.“I'm honoured to have been asked to be part of Give a Home for Human Rights’. Kate Tempest (pictured), Laura Mvula, Ed Sheeran and Daughter are among the British artists to take part in Amnesty International and Sofar Sounds’ global refugee solidarity concert series. They are playing in Mexico City, where they have worked previously with Mexican immigrant communities. Empathy, humility, reparation and change,” she urged.Don’t clap it. Almost all are hosted outside the wealthiest nations, which simply aren’t doing their fair share to help.

August 8, 2017 12:01 AM EDT Now they feel that they have to use their platform to speak up for others who haven’t been so lucky. Mounif is excited to return to London to sing, adding that performing at the Give a Home will allow her and her colleagues to present a different experience of Syria.

We acknowledge that this land was and always will be Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land. Don’t clap it. Kate Tempest interview: 'We are living in absolute f**king madness' On her new album Let Them Eat Chaos, Tempest captures the confusion of a modern world with dagger-sharp lyricism. © 2020 TIME USA, LLC. By Registered office 17-25 New Inn Yard London EC2A 3EA. Gregory Porter, Hot Chip, Jessie Ware, Kate Tempest, The Naked and Famous, The National, Oh Wonder, POLIÇA and Zero 7 will be among a thousand musicians performing in people’s homes in more than 200 cities globally for a first-of-its-kind day of concerts to unite people in welcoming refugees, Amnesty International and Sofar Sounds announced today, marking World Refugee Day. The Book Of Traps And Lessons. All rights reserved. Each event will feature performances from two to three music artists, as well as talks from activists to highlight the solutions people are working on to address the refugee crisis., the world’s largest human rights organisation, and, a London-based company that specializes in throwing secret concerts in people’s homes all over the world.

The shows will be an opportunity to reflect on our shared humanity and strengthen our resolve to tackle this unprecedented humanitarian challenge.”Above & Beyond, Bad Suns, Band of Skulls, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Billy Bragg, Broods, Cosmo Sheldrake, D∆WN,David Arnold and Michael Price, David Wrench, Eliza & The Bear, ESKA, Fenech Soler, Flyte, Fossils, Frank Turner, Frightened Rabbit, Gorgon City, Gregory Porter, Grouplove, Hot Chip, Hudson Taylor, Indian Ocean, James Morrison, Jessie Ware, JP Cooper, Julien Baker, Kate Tempest, Kevin Ross, KT Tunstall, Lewis Watson, Lianne La Havas, Local Natives, Matthew Herbert, Megan Washington, Morcheeba, Nadine Shah, Ngaiire, Nigel Godrich, Nina Nesbitt, Nothing but Thieves, Oh Wonder, Paper Route, Parvaaz, Phoebe Ryan, POLIÇA, Public Service Broadcasting, Reverend & The Makers, Ritviz, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Rudimental, Sampa the Great, SK Shlomo, Skrat, Suli Breaks, The Fratellis, The Jezabels, The Naked and Famous, The National, The Staves, Tokio Myers, Toothless, Wild Beasts and Zero 7Music fans around the world will be opening up their homes – the locations of which will be secret until closer to the day of the gigs – to host the concerts.

And the fact that I’m not meant to say it in polite society is even more damaging.Between performances of her poetry at the Roslyn Packer Theatre in Walsh Bay on Tuesday evening, Tempest delivered an unscripted speech about empathy, history, politics and the importance of storytelling. Guilt is not good enough any more. AUSTIN, TX - MARCH 17: Iman Hashi (L) and Siham Hashi of FAARROW perform onstage at ContraBanned #MusicUnites during 2017 SXSW Conference and Festivals.You can unsubscribe at any time. They help us to look beyond borders and see what unites us.”Copyright © Amnesty International Australia ABN: 640 0280 6233. Refugee girl, Greece. We know that this is happening all over the country and it’s fantastic that musicians and music fans are adding their names with Give A Home for Human Rights.“Music lifts our spirits, helps us think about things in new ways and it knows no borders. By signing up you are agreeing to our Unfortunately when the war stops the last thing to fix will be the arts.” While she is now resident in the British city of Leicester, other orchestra members are scattered around the U.K., which makes rehearsals for events like Give a Home very difficult.

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