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"Politics and music have oft gone hand-in-hand: just take a look at soulful crooner Billie Holiday's \"Strange fruit\" lyrics or the any tracks folk legend Bob Dylan penned during the Vietnam era. Though the 1960s... \n\nPolitics and music have oft gone hand-in-hand: just take a look at soulful crooner Billie Holiday's \"Strange fruit\" lyrics or the any tracks folk legend Bob Dylan penned during the Vietnam era. Though the 1960s may have claimed some of music's most prominently patriotic activists\u2014be in Pete Seeger, Peter, Paul and Mary, or Joan Baez\u2014there's been a newfound interest in all things political from today's chart toppers.\n\nIt's no secret that indie rock outfit Death Cab for Cutie's been aboard the political train this year\u2014what with their ardent support of Barack Obama and frontman Ben Gibbard's performances during Denver's Democratic National Convention. But their involvement continues post-election, too: they've just partnered up with Do Something and the Grammy Foundation to launch Key Change Grants, \"a program that encourages young people to create and promote social change through music.\"\n\nThe program, which allows any US or Canadian citizen 19 and under to apply, will award $3,000 grants to five grand prize winners (who'll also be flown to LA for this February's annual Grammy Awards) and will give twenty additional finalists a $500 community action grant to help further develop their ideas. \"We know firsthand about music's power to help transform important issues,\" said Death Cab for Cutie bassist Nick Harmer. \"When we heard about Key Change Grants, we wanted to be part of this unique partnership that will put the power for change directly in the hands of young people.\"\n\nApplications, which are available on dosomething.org, are due December 15th. Fill one out, grab an acoustic guitar, and get involved."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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