Mark Johnson

Playing For Change: Building Schools, One Soulful Note at a Time

Kristi York Wooten | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Entertainment News, Playing for Change, Mark Johnson, Grandpa Elliott, World Music, Playing for Change Music, Playing for Change Foundation, World Music Tour, Video, Impact News
Kristi York Wooten

Hyped since its 2004 launch and now in the midst of an expansive international tour, Playing For Change is proving to be so much more than a cover band with multinational cred.

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The Three Horsemen of Arts Education

Nick Rabkin | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Antonio Damasio, Public Schools, Philadelphia, Tax Rebellion, Cognitive Science, Arne Duncan, Atlanta, Washington, Diane Ravitch, No Child Left Behind, Achievement Gap, George Lakoff, Fiscal Crisis, Dc, New York, Neuroscience, Art, Mark Johnson, School Reform, Arts Education, Chester Finn, Chicago, Education News
Nick Rabkin

If more education policymakers begin to recognize the poor returns that school reform has brought, we may, even in this time of deep economic strain, see a new openness to the arts in our schools.

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Bianca Bosker

Zite CEO: The Web Is Outgrowing Search

HuffingtonPost.com | Bianca Bosker | Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: Zite Ceo, Online Privacy, Personalization, Personalization Online, Mark Johnson, Zite, Technology News

The Internet is outgrowing search engines. So says Mark Johnson, CEO of Zite, an iPad app that labels itself a “personalized magazine” deliveri...

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Woman Attacked By Crazed Rooster

Patch.com | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Weird News, Weird Pennsylvania, Mark Johnson, Weird Animals, Animal Attacks, Rooster, Animals in the News, Hellertown, Bethlehem Pennsylvania, Weird News News

When roosters attack, things can get pretty ugly. And that's exactly what happened on Skibo Road May 12, Lower Saucon Township police reported in a re...

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Memo: Re: Narnia's 24-Million Dollar Opening Weekend

Mark Joseph | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mark Johnson, Narnia, Michael Apted, The Witch & the Wardrobe, Andrew Adamson, The Lion, c.s. Lewis, Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Chronicles of Narnia, Prince Caspain, Liam Neeson, Entertainment News
Mark Joseph

Attn: Liam Neeson, Michael Apted, Andrew Adamson, Mark Johnson Re: Voyage Of The Dawn Treader's 24-Million Dollar Opening Weekend If.....you...........

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No, They Are the World

Michal Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Playing-for-Change-Stand-by-Me, Playing for Change, Mark Johnson, Womex, Peace Through Music, Christoph Borkowsky, World News
Michal Shapiro

Playing for Change is not just about making pretty videos. It's about connecting a global community where access to medicine, education, and mutual respect are a given.

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HuffPost Reviews: Bob Dylan - Together Through Life / Playing For Change - Songs Around The World

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Americana, Windham Hill, The Huffington Post, New York City Subway, Bono, Native Americans, Grateful Dead, Donny Herron, Sun Records, Higher Octave, Dublin Ireland, Mark Johnson, David Hildago, Blues Rock, The Buena Vista Social Club, George Recile, Oliver Dahan, Reggae, Six Flags, Carmine Street, Monks, Chess Records, Standing in the Shadows of Motown, The Knitting Factory, Willie Dixon, Playing for Change, Bob Dylan, Blues, Los Angeles, New York, Keb' Mo', Roger Ridley, Hulu, World Music, Jackson Browne, New Age, Robert Hunter, The Band, Mike Campbell, Tony Garnier, Soca, Narada, Himalayan, Bob Dylan Review, Huffpost Review, Music Review, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Together Through Life is a tonic whose pace is moderate, music is organic, lyrics are intelligent, and feel is refreshingly human.

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HuffPost Video Premiere: Playing For Change Presents "Don't Worry"

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Huffington Post, Variety Magazine, Bono, Usher, Sam Cooke, Josh Groban, Congo, South Africa, New Mexico, First Lady Michelle Obama, Garth Brooks, Shakira, Mark Johnson, Stevie Wonder, Tiger Woods, Will.I.Am, Barcelona Spain, Queen Latifah, Subway, President Barack Obama, Los Angeles California, Washington Mall, President Abraham Lincoln, Joe Biden, Los Angeles, Brazil, New York, Barack Obama, Hbo, Sheryl Crow, Santa Monica California, Herbie Hancock, U2, Entertainment News, Henry Rollins, Youtube, Rickie Lee Jones, Norman Lear, Ashley Judd, New Orleans, Samuel L. Jackson, John Mellencamp, Los Lobos, Pete Seeger, Paul Simon, Washington Memorial, Obama, Apartheid, Santa Monica, Grammy, Lincoln Memorial, Concord Records, Ebay, Woodstock Film Festival, John Legend, Michelle Obama, Entertainment, Jerusalem, Video Premiere, Beyonce, President George Washington, Playing for Change, Pierre Minetti, Keb' Mo', New York City, Tom Hanks, Venezuela, Moscow, Jackson Browne, Vice President Joe Biden, Shepard Fairey, President Lincoln, Contemporary Blues Album of the Year, Bruce Springsteen, Isreal, Zuni, Himilayas, Video, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Featuring over twenty musicians from four continents who have never met, "Don't Worry" makes its auspicious debut today, on Martin Luther King Day, and is featured here.

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