The NC Music Love Army (NCMLA) is a volunteer-based community of independent creative, musicians, promoters, venue owners, and supporters working to increase participation and voter turnout, provide support for those groups harmed by the GOP assault on civil and reproductive rights, and to elect endorsed candidates in competitive races, particularly those for seats in the NC General Assembly.
Flag design by Caitlin Cary
NCMLA musicians:
Dawn Landes, Creighton Irons, Skylar Gudasz, Ittai Korman, Brett Harris, MC Taylor, James Davy, Jasme Kelly, Austin McCall, Jess Klein, Chris Boerner, Caitlin Cary, Charly Lowry, Laurelyn Dossett, Django Haskins, Jones Bell, & Matt Douglas on stage at the Cat’s Cradle 9-25-24.
Banners and puppet by Paperhand Puppet Intervention.
The NC Music Love Army was founded by Caitlin Cary and Jon Lindsay to provide direct, multifaceted artistic support to the Forward Together Moral Monday Movement led by the NC NAACP and Reverend William Barber III. The initial scope of the project was to supply an original soundtrack of protest music by and for the people of North Carolina, including original recordings and performances.
The obvious need for the project arose when a Republican supermajority seized power in NC.
The obvious need for the project arose when a Republican supermajority seized power in NC. The virtually unchecked body implemented a host of immoral, regressive, anti-female, anti-labor, anti-environment policies at a rapid pace. In order to raise awareness, funds, and support on a national level for the fight in NC, the NC Music Love Army was formed.
The debut LP, “We Are Not For Sale: Songs of Protest” (released on Redeye through the Love Army Records label) received considerable attention both in NC and nationally, with coverage for the group and recordings in Salon, The Washington Post, Facing South, Rolling Stone, No Depression, MSNBC, and many other outlets.
Our Federal Tax ID is 99-4301391. We are a 501c4 non-profit social welfare organization.
