I saw a bunch of potted flowers
bursting by a bank –
poppies, daisies, carnations,
reds, blues, whites, golds, violets –
how constricted there they seemed,
audacious their delight
I saw a bunch of people gathered
there at Union Park –
commies, anarchists, punks, queers,
black, brown, white, young, old –
beautiful with joy and rage,
but still, it seemed, too few…
Lord, let there be more like these –
flowers, people, gathered —
Let them sprawl through downtown rampantly,
and trample over banks!
—Adam Gottlieb (5/1/15)
With upbeat music and lyrics directly inspired by current struggles for social justice, Chicago-based Reggae Fusion band Adam Gottlieb & OneLove offer their songs to the soundtrack of a new revolution. Adam Gottlieb (first known from the Youth Spoken Word poetry movement) now writes primarily in the form of songs, brought to life by the incredible band OneLove. Comfortably rooted in a versatile Reggae/Folk-Rock sound, the band dexterously fuses Funk, Blues, Hip Hop, Ska, Jazz and more. You can find OneLove's music on Soundcloud, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, etc. Follow the band on Facebook and on our official website: adamgottliebandonelove.com.
