VIDEO and MP3s: Zee Avi, John Forté, and Zoë Keating

Kristen Taylor ( Bio  /   Posts )  |  Wednesday, December 23, 2009 UTC

This week, new videos and the accompanying mp3s from Zee Avi, John Forté, and Zoë Keating, three of the talented musicians who graced the PopTech 2009 stage in October. Find out their upcoming tour dates and how to support their music with the links below.

If you are still seeking gift ideas, you might donate a goat (and hear a new track with Zoë!), contribute to the PopTech Social Innovation Fellows’ organizations, join the PopTech Impact Fund, and purchase books from 2009 PopTech speakers.

Watch Zee Avi perform at PopTech 2009

Shortly after posting self-styled videos on You Tube, singer songwriter Zee Avi woke up to 3,000 emails one morning. One offered her a recording contract with Brushfire Records. Since then, Avi left her home in Kuala Lumpur for Los Angeles. Avi performs melodic, melancholy songs tinged with irrepressible optimism.

Download mp3s: Honey Bee, Bitter Heart, Poppy, Just You and Me

Go Deeper:

- Zee’s personal site, zeeavi.com, and her MySpace page
- Zee’s upcoming tour dates
- Zee’s Twitter, @zeeavi

Watch John Forté perform at PopTech 2009

John Forté is an accomplished musician and producer who recently released StyleFREE the EP, his first album since serving seven years in federal prison. Forte’s career was interrupted by a 14-year sentence for a first-time non-violent drug offense; Former President Bush commuted his sentence in 2008.

Download mp3s: Face You World, Play My Cards For Me, Running Up That Hill, The Breaking of a Man

- John’s personal site, johnforte.com, and his MySpace page
- John’s upcoming tour dates
- John’s Twitter, @john_forte

Watch Zoë Keating perform at PopTech 2009

Cellist Zoë Keating uses a cello and a small box of electronics to create a one-woman avant-garde orchestra. A former member of the cello-rock trio Rasputina, Keating has played live on radio and television, in the Nevada desert, in medieval churches, punk clubs, and in venues across North America and Europe.

Download mp3s: 1 and 2

- Zoë’s personal site, zoekeating.com, and her MySpace page
- Zoë’s upcoming tour dates
- Zoë’s Twitter, @zoecello

More music in 2010!

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