{"id":359,"date":"2020-06-23T17:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T17:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2020\/2020\/06\/23\/ian-holubiak-releases-music-video-to-the-ballad-of-michael-brown\/"},"modified":"2020-06-23T17:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T17:45:00","slug":"ian-holubiak-releases-music-video-to-the-ballad-of-michael-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2020\/2020\/06\/23\/ian-holubiak-releases-music-video-to-the-ballad-of-michael-brown\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Holubiak Releases Music Video to \u201cThe Ballad of Michael Brown\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Brooklyn<\/a>-based singer-songwriter and self-taught musician\u00a0Ian Holubiak, who goes by the name\u00a0Great Ian Alexander<\/strong><\/a>, has released the music video to his new protest anthem, written in response to the death of George Floyd and in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“<\/strong>The Ballad of Michael Brown,”<\/strong> was originally supposed to be a battlecry for the late Michael Brown, a victim of police brutality. As the years have passed, the song has maintained its relevance, serving as yet another voice in defiance of the systemic racism inherent in America’s police forces. Great Ian Alexander presents a song to aid in the revolution, to form a new police system and oust the racism that has been perpetuated and brutalized through the 13th Amendment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Written by Ian Alexander Holubiak, Larz Principato<\/a> & Denis Lipari<\/a>, the song is a part of Holubiak’s solo project, Great Ian Alexander. <\/strong>Holubiak, a self-taught musician from the age of nine has toured with the Atlantic Records band, Oh Honey, as both a member and co-songwriter. Among the other groups he has toured with include Beach Weather and singer-songwriter acts inducing Grammy award nominated Elle King<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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