{"id":2444937,"date":"2019-06-04T00:01:06","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T06:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=306678"},"modified":"2019-06-04T00:01:06","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T06:01:06","slug":"michael-franti-brings-stay-human-tour-back-to-aspen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/michael-franti-brings-stay-human-tour-back-to-aspen\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Franti brings \u2018Stay Human\u2019 tour back to Aspen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Michael Franti will headline Belly Up on Tuesday, June 4.<\/strong>
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Belly Up\u2019s summer concert season kicks into gear on Tuesday with the return of Michael Franti,<\/a> one of Aspen\u2019s most beloved pop musicians and most frequent visitors.<\/p>\n

The genre-bending singer, songwriter, activist and master of uplift makes seasonal appearances in Aspen, this time bringing his ongoing \u201cStay Human\u201d tour to Belly Up for a Tuesday night show. The tour coincides with the recent release of his new album \u201cStay Human, Vol. II,\u201d and Franti\u2019s documentary film, \u201cStay Human,\u201d which is about people he\u2019s been inspired by around the world who are battling our age of cynicism with hope.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been a lot of places in the world, and it\u2019s one of the most beautiful places,\u201d Franti said of Aspen during a recent visit. \u201cI feel like no matter who you are, no matter what your political situation is, people cannot help but be moved by the natural beauty. That makes Colorado a unique place. And Coloradans have a spirit of having the land they\u2019re stewarding be there for generations. I think that changes people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Franti\u2019s shows here often take on an otherworldly dimension. In August, when he headlined the Jazz Aspen Snowmass Labor Day Experience, his sunny onstage optimism seemed to will away gathering storm clouds and manifested in a resplendent double rainbow over the festival crowd. In 2017, when he performed to an international crowd during the World Cup Finals in Wagner Park, he covered John Lennon\u2019s \u201cImagine\u201d while fireworks burst over Aspen Mountain behind him in an instantly iconic Aspen moment that seemed to bring a divided world together for a few brief moments.<\/p>\n

The Bay Area native always puts on a memorable show. He\u2019ll always make his way into the crowd for a chunk of his performance. He may hug you while he\u2019s there.<\/p>\n

Visiting Aspen regularly, he\u2019s given his time to local nonprofits like the Buddy Program and the Aspen Yoga Society. He launched his own \u2014 the wish-granting charity Do It For the Love, which creates live music experiences for the ill \u2014 with a fundraiser here at Belly Up owner Michael Goldberg\u2019s house in 2013.<\/p>\n

And Colorado\u2019s notoriously committed music lovers have a special place in his heart.<\/p>\n

\u201cNowhere else in the world do people say, \u2018Hey, let\u2019s hop in the car and go to a concert,\u2019 and that\u2019s a four-hour ride,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s the best music fans in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

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via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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