Preach Freedom

Preach Freedom is a singer, songwriter, composer, percussionist, multi-instrumentalist, teaching artist, and a proud father. He is currently the lead singer for Preach Freedom & Connect, he occasionally fronts for One World Tribe ~20+ years in the making~ as well as the drummer/percussionist/vocals/woodwind instruments for Rusted Root. In 2011 Preach Freedom began working on a solo project, releasing "Ashé" a 5 songs EP from his new album Freedom Must Be! released in 2012, that features a variety of music that draws from American Afro-Native Soul music, West African rhythms, and the human experience. Africa, Haití, Puerto Rico, Cuba… sticks, stones, animals, metals, gourds and animal hides. Music inspired by enslaved people of Africa, which includes spirituals, blues, jazz, soul, and rock and roll…South America, and the indigenous people of North America. American Afro-Native Soul Music. The album is raw, organic, and multilingual. His music raises consciousness. His music is danceable, joyful, ageless and honest. It is full of history. It's message is "edu-taining", agitating, it is peaceful, and it is powerful, drawing from personal experience and life. Preach Freedom sings songs of freedom to our youth, "the key to the future". Preach Freedom makes music for the people! American Afro-Native Soul Music