Afterquake: Making music with Sichuan earthquake survivors

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From www.afterquakemusic.com In May 2008 an earthquake devastated Sichuan province in China, killing tens of thousands and leaving millions homeless. To commemorate the one year anniversary of this tragedy, musicians Abigail Washburn and Dave Liang of the Shanghai Restoration Project traveled to Sichuan to make music with children who survived the earthquake and their parents. Using folk songs sung by the children as well as sounds of their parents rebuilding their houses with bricks and mortar, Abby and Dave created a unique musical soundscape, and this video shows how the whole process unfolded in March, 2009. To see hear more of the music, see pictures from the project and to learn more about how to support Sichuan Quake Relief please visit http You can also support quake relief by getting the tracks on iTunes: tinyurl.com or picking up the CD on Amazon: tinyurl.com Proceeds from the music help to provide much needed quake relief to the 5 million who lost homes in the earthquake. Video shot and edited by Luke Mines.



Posted by RandomCritic   @   7 May 2010 25 comments
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25 Comments

  • ifrit1780

    That boy’s song is so sad =(

  • lulu2010

    God bless your work!
    Beautiful heart.

  • bluebirdblast

    that was so touching, i couldn’t help but cry

  • mrzack888

    it’s a bitch China censors youtube

  • sydneywtflicious

    i volunteered at a school in a community called the caihe community with free the children, they were greatly affected by the earthquake!

  • FarewelI

    This was so touching, my condolence for the people who past away.

  • danpt2000

    China today is advancing at a breakneck pace. China has a booming automotive industry, has growing Telecommunications companies, has an aerospace industry. Oh, did I mention the Chinese are in the space race now? The only thing China needs is a steady flow of energy. As the USA stirrs up a hornets nest in the Middle East, she eyes suspiciously at China’s push into Africa.

  • danpt2000

    American economy falters because the mismanagement of Monetary and Foreign policy of the government. The USA spends $400-500 billion annually on upgrading her military and maintaining her Global hegemony. That military expenditure is more than Russia, China, France, UK and Germany combined. USA suffers financial problems not because of China, USa suffers from unemployment and shipment of jobs overseas because of overspending by US gov’t.

  • iwishicouldb

    very touching, gd songs come from their deep hearts

  • MrSarikuyi

    Such a great no-nonsense short film, I almost see the beautiful and caring hearts behind those cameras …just those simple things…thank you people!!!

  • windcu

    that’s pretty cool!

  • hellin1207

    I am totally/deeply touched..nice movie..

  • frydayupinhere

    FREAKING AWSOME. i want to do this with my music to. im def going to buy the cd. i really liked the last song

  • chanbbbbbbb

    soooo touching, the scene when Chen’s Mum was watching the video…

  • jamesjian

    well done

  • bass109

    需要新的自由世界
    問題已經正在挨餓俄羅斯,上升無神論反美國,分為非洲,電力消耗澳大利亞,燒毀了中國,韓國的核戰爭,打破中東,歐洲耗盡資源,分為非洲,不能跟踪南美洲等…導致失敗的世界。需要團結中東世界的希望和未來

  • bass109

    需要新的自由世界
    問題已經正在挨餓俄羅斯,上升無神論反美國,分為非洲,電力消耗澳大利亞,燒毀了中國,韓國的核戰爭,打破中東,歐洲耗盡資源,分為非洲,不能跟踪南美洲等…導致失敗的世界。需要團結中東世界的希望和未來

  • textbook321

    I was moved! So wonderful! Thank you for doing that!

  • GEORGIEGardner3903

    Gauge loves anal – 1TUBEXXX[.]COM

  • puellatempestatis

    These kids all have pretty good voices

  • n3WeiJun

    It hits me when I saw this video.
    I’m going this summer for a volunteer project to Chengdu, Sichuan. This video is motivating me more to help the local people.

  • maydaysoath

    lol i love how MahlerTitan is finally shutting the f*ck up now.
    much love to china.

  • ccbccbccb123

    love you guys

  • zigyzigy13

    But EVERYBODY hates America and MANY people hate4 Americans. Don’t cry. The world knows it. We all know that you guys are killing innocent iraqis, Afganis, Pakis,right now, In the past you guys have killed the innocnet civilians in japan, vietnam, south korea. Now yoiu guys are ALSO killing Mexicans using biological weapon. The world knows it. ONLY the dumb fuck fat American knows nothing about this issue you big mac despised by everyone in the world. Don’t be shy. We all know it.

  • jimmyjamesWang

    Now when it come to spreading the idea of democracy and human rights, china is amazingly ahead of itself. Even people remote villages are not unfamiliar with democracy and human rights, thanks to the internet, and the CCP as well, for its early propagandas made the words like ‘democracy’, ‘rights of the worker’, rights of woman’ very well known throughout the country. That’s what made events like 1989 possible.

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