Red Bird Rising is musician, songwriter and producer Diedrich Donald Weiss, who wrote his new single “My Revolution” finding motivation from the situation that unfolded in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The thoughtful rock track serves as both a “profound love song and an immense anti-war statement.” Featuring a wide range of instrumentation and musical collaborators, including Ukrainian husband and wife Taras Kuznetsov on lead vocals and Ana Pshokina on bass.
The stirring rock anthem carries itself with a mediative confidence and grooviness that feels empowering, theraputic and also inspirational.
While speaking on the track, Weiss adds:
I have a world worn faith in the power of music to effect people’s lives positively. It’s from this place that inspired me to write “My Revolution” in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It may be naive to think a song could in any way substantially effect something as dominating as this horror, yet it was my answer to the inner question, “what can I do?”.
I initially thought of the invasion as life or death. Soldiers, tanks, missiles, guns, blood. My mind touched the images and information coming in and it quickly separated to protect me from the intensity. It filled in the blanks with past wars in modern history. But the battle is not what this song is about.
Enjoy a listen to the track with its music video which we have shared below.
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