Songs For Change Competition

Songs For Change is a call to songwriters old and new to put into words and music their observations of what's going on in the world today; to write songs that reflect our times; indeed songs which have the power to change our world.

This website is a forum for writers to submit their songs, listen to what others have created and to discuss music, politics etc on the forums. It's a virtual community for songwriters! So get writing, submit your song to the Songs For Change website, and while you are there, listen to what others have sent in.

Competition
Songs For Change has set up a competition in collaboration with Word Power, When the World Said No to War, and Edinburgh's Peace & Justice Centre. They are looking for a new peace anthem. Some of the songs submitted to the competition will be chosen for performance in late 2006, and the winning song will appear on a compilation CD of anti-war songs called Not In Our Name, to be released by Greentrax (Scotland's largest folk label) in early 2007. There will be workshops too (most likely based in Edinburgh, Scotland) open to participants to learn more about songwriting and the history of topical song.

Some of the artists who support the project: Odetta, Eliza Gilkyson, Roy Bailey, Carol Laula, Karine Polwart, Rory McLeod, Jez Lowe, David Rovics...

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