At first I saw David Groza playing the guitar from Israel. And I was like “Woooow, that guy is amazing!” But then I saw more and more people doing the same thing from different corners of the world (and yes, I know the world doesn’t have corners)— Congo, South Africa or Ghana. That was when I already had my ears up and my eyes sticking to the screen. Then, I finally understood what was going on.

All these people sing for a cause. They sing for a change. They sing for a world with no problems, with no war. They sing to make people aware that we don’t need first class and second class citizens, that the color of our skin should be just as important as the color of our eyes …

We don’t need, no more trouble. And it looks like music is our best weapon for a change.

I don’t know about you, but Bono and the other featured musicians had a great impact on me.

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Other than being some of the largest mammals in the seas, whales area also known for their “voices”. Call it the whale song, it’s true that the whales may sing to court mates but not only. The biggest Romeo of them all, is the humpback whale which is known to produce repetitious sounds at varying frequencies. That’s a whale song.

So exactly, why do whales sing?

To Find Juliette. Researchers think that the male humpback whales sing to impress their mates. It’s like a beautiful underwater serenade, that we humans call flirting. Usually, only male humpbacks learn to sing because they’re the ones going after the “ladies” – who expect to get found (kind of like humans, right?). And whale singers put the best on the table.

As a communication tool. Even though it’s assumed to have an important role in mate selection, the singing is not just to establish identity and dominance before mating. Recent studies concluded that whales use singing more like a general communication tool to keep communities together. And a good example is when migrating. Singing helps navigate new locales and keeps the group together. Scientists also call it echolocation. It’s the biological sonar of most whales.

Imagine yourself underwater, trying to say something to a fellow diver. Unless you have a microphone, you’ll definitely need to make some noise, right?

Now that you know why whales sing, think twice about whaling. It could be Romeo …

Original images courtesy of gwoodford and Peat Bakke