To all our UK friends out there: Strummerville, the memorial charity foundation started by the family & friends of Joe Strummer, has just released an amazing unreleased photograph by Bob Gruen as a limited edition Christmas card. Taken in New York, the photograph shows Strummer giving money to a homeless man. "I never saw Joe pass a needy or homeless person without giving them something," notes the longtime Clash photographer.
It is in this spirit of community and charity that Strummerville was started. The charity is committed to "supporting aspiring musicians and helping projects that help change the world through music." Strummerville has many services focused on supporting independent music from showcasing unsigned bands on their website, to providing rehearsal and songwriting spaces, to a gig and tour bus available for loan. The charity has also strove to enrich the global community through music by opening a music education room at Tilinanu Orphanage in Milawi and a community FM radio station at Rinse Academy in East London.
You can order six cards for £10.00 through the Strummerville store and learn more about the foundation by heading over to Strummerville here.
Strummerville a film by Don Letts from Strummerville on Vimeo.
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