Interview with the NY State Poor People’s Campaign

by Dan Blake | Aug 22, 2022 | Writings

Awarded 2022 NYFA Fellow!

by Dan Blake | Jul 28, 2022 | Featured

I am thrilled to have been awarded the 2022 New York State Council On the Arts Fellowship in music! Can’t wait to put these award funds to good use this year – look out for new projects on the way! Read more about this prestigious award here

On Compassionate Action

by Dan Blake | Jul 13, 2022 | Writings

https://www.15questions.net/interview/dan-blake-about-role-music-can-play-activism/page-1/

Helping Hands Podcast Ep. 2 (Ayya Yeshe, Poor People’s Campaign)

by Dan Blake | Jul 6, 2022 | Writings

Buddhist Global Relief · Ep. 2 – “Compassion Is Like A Muscle” (Ven. Ayya Yeshe, Poor People’s Campaign)

Steve Lacy’s “Politics of Survival”

by Dan Blake | Jul 5, 2022 | Writings

Here is an as-yet unpublished essay where I apply Gramsci’s concept of the “War of Position” to my late teacher Steve Lacy’s special conception of politics he got from working with pioneering improvisers like Cecil Taylor and others. I...