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Michael Franti Loves Obama

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) November 7, 2008 11:58 am
Solillaquists Of Sound pretty much blew the crowd away before Michael Franti & Spearhead began their set. The Orlando, Fla. quartet got the crowd roaring with their opening slot by sound manipulator DiVinci simultaneously playing three beat machines. He played two with his hands and one with his face, and used the latter to pump out most of...
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Michael Franti & Spearhead — All Rebel Rockers

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) September 9, 2008 1:48 pm
There's arguably no one who's more of a musical chameleon than Michael Franti. He and his band Spearhead have played everything from rock and folk to hip-hop and reggae. All Rebel Rockers has more dub material than anything Franti and his band have released to date, and that's appropriate considering they recorded the disc in Kingston, Jamaica...
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Michael Franti Comes Full Circle

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) July 12, 2011 4:02 pm
Michael Franti began his career on Capitol/EMI, then left the label, and now he's back with the release of last year's The Sound Of Sunshine. Franti's been making music for over 20 years now, and his career's gone through tons of metamorphoses. He's also watched the music business change rapidly over those two-plus decades. Franti called...
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Michael Franti Opening Yoga Centre In Bali

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) January 7, 2011 2:38 pm
You might not know, but Michael Franti does more than just make music. The singer/songwriter has been living part-time in Bali for about two years and has spent time building his Stay Human yoga centre on the Indonesian island. It opens Jan. 15 in the city of Ubud, and its first ever retreat will be held from that day until Jan. 22. The grounds...
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Michael Franti & Spearhead — The Sound Of Sunshine

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 7, 2010 1:26 pm
Michael Franti's always been a refreshing voice in the peace movement, which is often ironically full of negativity and people railing at politicians for everything they see as wrong in the world. Franti's records, though they've spoken out against war, have been more about bridging the divides between both sides holding guns than yelling at them...
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The Daily Dig: Michael Franti & Spearhead's "Time To Go Home"

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) July 13, 2010 2:39 pm
Today, I'm launching a new segment in which I'll be featuring a track I'm enjoying every day. It'll be different from Ed Skira's Don't Look Back (In Anger) in that it will highlight songs both past and present that I'm enjoying that day, but which haven't necessarily influenced my life at all. The first track is...
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Bonnaroo 2010 Day 2: Flaming Lips' Dark Side Of The Moon Is Must-See

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By Mike Bax (CHARTattack) June 14, 2010 1:26 pm
I'm typing the majority of this review back at my campsite — as Michael Franti & Spearhead play the last few songs of their set. There's a pocket of two-and-a-half hours between Franti and The Flaming Lips' midnight performance in which the only band playing is Kings Of Leon. And while I mean no disrespect to the Kings, after you've seen them...
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Michael Franti & Spearhead — "Say Hey (I Love You)"

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By CHARTattack Staff September 22, 2009 3:40 pm
Here's the video for "Say Hey (I Love You)," the latest single from Michael Franti & Spearhead's All Rebel Rockers. "Say Hey (I Love You)" is genre-hopper Franti's first top 40 hit.
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Michael Franti & Spearhead At Kool Haus

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Aviva Cohen
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Kool Haus
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Toronto, ON
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November 6, 2008
Michael Franti

Michael Franti & Spearhead At Kool Haus

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Photographer: 
Aviva Cohen
Venue: 
Kool Haus
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
November 6, 2008
Michael Franti

Michael Franti & Spearhead At Kool Haus

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Photographer: 
Aviva Cohen
Venue: 
Kool Haus
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
November 6, 2008
Michael Franti

Michael Franti & Spearhead At Kool Haus

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Photographer: 
Aviva Cohen
Venue: 
Kool Haus
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
November 6, 2008
Michael Franti

Michael Franti & Spearhead At Kool Haus

in
Photographer: 
Aviva Cohen
Venue: 
Kool Haus
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
November 6, 2008
Michael Franti

Michael Franti & Spearhead At Kool Haus

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Photographer: 
Aviva Cohen
Venue: 
Kool Haus
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
November 6, 2008
Michael Franti

Michael Franti & Spearhead At Kool Haus

in
Photographer: 
Aviva Cohen
Venue: 
Kool Haus
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
November 6, 2008
Michael Franti

Michael Franti & Spearhead At Kool Haus

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Photographer: 
Aviva Cohen
Venue: 
Kool Haus
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
November 6, 2008
Michael Franti

Michael Franti & Spearhead At Kool Haus

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Photographer: 
Aviva Cohen
Venue: 
Kool Haus
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
November 6, 2008
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Michael Franti Rebels Peacefully

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) September 5, 2008 3:25 pm
Michael Franti has been to Jamaica many times and has recorded material there with his band Spearhead on multiple occasions. But every time Franti returns, he's taken by how much Jamaicans love music. The studio doors were wide open while Michael Franti & Spearhead recorded their new All Rebel Rockers album with production duo Sly and Robbie...
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Michael Franti & Spearhead Produce More Rebel Rockers

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) May 20, 2008 4:30 pm
Michael Franti & Spearhead will release yet another album of political hip-hop, reggae and dub tunes when they drop their sixth album, All Rebel Rockers, on Sept. 9 through Anti- Records. The 13-track disc is the follow-up to 2006’s Yell Fire! It was recorded in Kingston, Jamaica and produced by Sly & Robbie (Black Uhuru, Peter Tosh),...
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Michael Franti Seeks Truth In His Movie On The Middle East

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By Emma Sadowski (CHARTattack) July 27, 2006 5:30 pm
Human rights activist, musician and filmmaker Michael Franti believes that the world is still a place worth fighting for. On the eve of soccer's World Cup final game, the outspoken artist couldn't stress enough that his goal — through his music and film, I Know I'm Not Alone, which documents his travels to Iraq — is to educate the world about...
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