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World Be Free

by UNIVERSAL LOVE BAND

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Make a Plan Make a Plan Make a Master Plan. Take a Stand Take a Stand Take a Natural Stand.
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Kassumai 03:54
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Deliver Me 04:59
Deliver Me Trusting only in, You Scattering my Enemies, You Clearing the Way and Showing Me Favor Singing All Praises To You Praying, Always to You At Dawn, I Wait for You Living in Reverence, Everywhere My Temple Touching the Cornerstone, You Deliver Me, Deliver Me from My Foes JAH Deliver Me, Deliver Me from My Woes Secure, I lie down to Sleep In Peace, My Trust Complete Resting in Silence, Taking Refuge In JAH, my Deliverer.
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Duniya 04:24
This world filled with suffering This world filled with pain Yet this world holds the key to happiness This world, no different than a dream or a game. Oh, don’t become a target Stay deep, deep within your heart Every war is another teacher Every war an offering of fresh start. Aduna Aduna Nakhembaylyla (This world is but illusion) Aduna Aduna Lo fi djis da fay diekh (Everything will come to an end) Aduna Aduna Nakhembayla (This world is but illusion) Aduna loy sakhal na don diama. (Whatever you build, let it be peace) Duniya Peace
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Little Star 04:08
Hey Little Star It's gonna be all right. Where have you been, sweet boy, where have you been? Where have you beeen, sweet girl, I know where you've been. Living in the shadows on the other side of pain. Living in the shadows, alone in the rain. I and I will find you, I will, I promise you. I and I will find you, I will, a promise is a promise. Pour your sweet light into a cup, hey Little Star Nourishing I and I drink it up. Eyes open on the morning star, we're gonna find you. Eyes open on the Morning Star, we're gonna find you. Eyes open on the Morning Star, Light the way Home. Eyes open on the Morning Star... Hey Little Star It's gonna be all right.
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Soul Fire 04:56
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By The Rivers of Babylon We laid down and wept. When we remembered Zion, We laid down and wept. Let my tongue be silenced If I should ever forget. Oh Lord Let us all be free Oh Lord I pray to set us free. By the Rivers of Captivity, The Lord showed me a path. Through suffering and hardship, I must never turn back. Your loving hand is guiding me, I will never forget. This world is beautiful, Yet this world is confused. Everybody running, Using and getting used. Wisdom is precious-- Everybody seek the truth.
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Be Still 04:15
I am the Word that Calls you to Freedom I am the Love No one can truly give-- In the Stillness of the Night I will be Your Light Be Still Know That I am Here. I am healing to the Broken I give Vision, the Blind Will Se-- In the Stillness of the Night I will be Your Light Be Still Know That I am Here. Speak Lord I am Listening Speak I am Listening Speak I am Listening, listening, listening I am closer than you Realize I don’t desire to Be Alone-- In the Stillness of the Night I will be Your Light Be Still Know That I am Here. Believe, I take Great Delight in You I sing Your praises all day long-- In the Stillness of the Night I will be Your Light Be Still Know That I am Here.

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RIVERWEST CURRENTS June

"World Be Free is a gift from the Universal Love Band to the Community. Complex rhythms permeate themes of transformation and empowerment. The band connects a wide age range, and diverse cultural backgrounds in friendly, creative, original music collaborations.

This album has been a journey inward and downward, four years in the making and overcoming intense obstacles for each of the band’s members. It is a celebration as well as a mourning of loss. A calling from the roots. A community gift and an intention. It is a question as much as a response.

How can the World Be Free? What am I going to do about my inner peace? How can that spread into an interlocking peace, woven and present with people? When do I call on spirit to help me? How do I let go?

There is always a story to every song. A simple hope to work, play, and dream. Celebrating the good work done. Acknowledging, encouraging, and thanking the Powerful Woman. You are the Master, now make a plan and take a stand. Soothing our inner child and the interconnected child.

Community, light a fire underneath us! Wake up! What are we going to do?

And sometimes the journey is to go to the river, sit, and cry from your enslavements. Let your tears join the waters to wash us. Maybe in the stillness we find our connection and liberation.

It’s going to be all right.

The album is an attempt- a very human attempt- to become more human, get out of our own way. It is a practice of presence. To be, for this one, radiant moment, alive.

We thank you for listening and connecting.

About the band’s name

Why the band name? The name is a translation of the Sanskrit word maîtri, which means “loving kindness/friendliness”. It refers to abundant feelings of immeasurable kindness. I guess you could call us Maitri Band for short.

Several members of Universal Love Band have a deep, in one case 19-year connection to monk-friends in the Tibetan monastery of Drepung Loseling, now in exile in south India. This spring, KT Rusch and Jessica Vega Gonzalez traveled to the monastery and to rural village Banavasi, playing ULB music on ukuleles for school children and Buddhist monks in exile as well as people we met along the way.

Members of the band also participate in monthly healing music sessions for people with disabilities. From United Community Center on S. 9th Street to Right Way Center for Independence on N. 3rd Street, we bring music to sites across Milwaukee. Community outreach has included Express Yourself Milwaukee with whom kt has a ten-year relationship, with some band members participating over the years."

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"Universal Love Band @ Club Timbuktu
If they played only instrumentals and didn’t sing in English, Milwaukee’s Universal Love Band could be mistaken for a group from somewhere on Africa’s western shore. Relentless Afro-pop rhythms take center stage on their latest album, World Be Free, while the band’s name spells out the message of their lyrics. ULB’s album release party is meant to reflect a sense of community with displays of flower art in the East Indian tradition by Sharada Gudigar and tile-making for the Center Street Peace Post directed by ceramic artist Muneer Bahauddeen. African food will be served. There is no cover but a free-will donation is encouraged." Shepherd Express pick of the Week. May 2014

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credits

released June 11, 2014

Jessica Vega Gonzalez - Vocals, Ukelele, Piano
Chris Braun - Drum Set
Carl Nichols - Guitar, Vocals
Sarah Korb - Tenor Sax
Deon Sartin - Guitar, Vocals
KT Rusch - Electric Bass, Gamelon Ngoni, Melodica, Vocals

Honored Guests:
Bocar Ndiaye - Percussion, Vocals
George Jones - Percussion
Holly Haebig - Vocals
Mandjou Mara- Vocals

Recorded by Chris Braun
Produced by kt rusch
Mastered by Tyler Traband
Graphic Design by Amy Butterfield
Special Thanks Jim Griffith

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UNIVERSAL LOVE BAND Milwaukee, Wisconsin

ULB plays original music in an amalgamation of punk spirit, West African and Great Lakes culture. We have an edge, with roots in Milwaukee's early punk scene, yet we reach out to the shores of West Africa and beyond.

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