Outernational headlines Benefit show for Derechos Humanos
The new Outernational album, Todos Somos Ilegales (We Are All Illegals) is out and its both free and hot!
The New York-bred band, formed with the help of fellow Sound Striker Tom Morello and features Dr. Blum, trumpets, organ, accordion and harmonium, Leo Mintek on guitar, Jesse Williams Massa on bass, and lead vocalist Miles Solay. Some of you may have heard and seen the band at Sound Strike Arizona Benefit show in L.A. last summer. But if you didn’t you can catch them on tour by checking their web site for more info.
The album has fantastic and distinct music with an important message for our times. In fact, important messages. It Is the kind of music you can dance to while grabbing hold of exposed contradiction in US immigration policy and feeling united as workers. The album has some great cameos from Residente of Calle 13, Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, and Ceci Bastida on “Canta El Río,” produced Thom Russo and Uproot Andy.
The album is free to whomever thanks to a successful Kickstarter effort by the group, with donations appreciated.
Outernational doesn’t just talk they act. Last year they toured the border with Dr. Cintli and student leader Leilani Clark to get a better understanding of the issues on the border.
Miles and Leo at border with Student leader Leilani being watched by la Migra
The album just got a rave review in Huffington Post where Soley said, “When Arizona’s SB1070 passed in 2010, we decided to be on the frontlines of the battle . . . We went to the border to promote The Sound Strike. We confronted punk rockers in Tempe [Arizona] who were supporting anti-immigrant laws. We recorded Woody Guthrie’s ‘Deportees‘ with Tom Morello in direct response to SB1070.”
