In honor of blues legend Robert Johnson’s birthday today, Playing For Change shares their latest Song Around The World, “Walking Blues,” featuring Keb’ Mo’ along with musicians from six countries.
“Walking Blues” was originally written and recorded by Son House in 1930. Robert recorded his own version in 1936. Playing For Change started their version in Patagonia, Argentina with Roberto Luti and Nico Bereciartua playing slide guitars in front of a 100-year-old fig tree and with that raw performance, they added friends as they traveled to create a blues jam around the world.
Blues is always from the people for the people and this video creates a moment in time to come together and put all the darkness and division we face as a human race into the music so it can set us free. Turn it up and enjoy!
Watch Keb’ Mo’ Perform “Walking Blues”
Playing For Change is a movement created to inspire and connect the world through music, born from the shared belief that music has the power to break down boundaries and overcome distances between people.
Their primary focus is to record and film musicians performing in their natural environments and combine their talents and cultural power in innovative videos they call Songs Around The World.
Creating these videos motivated them to form the Playing For Change Band—a tangible, traveling representation of their mission, featuring musicians met along our journey, and establish the Playing For Change Foundation—a separate 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to building music and art schools for children around the world.
“Through these efforts we aim to create hope and inspiration for the future of our planet.” Playing for Change
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