Chuckles and Bleu exists to encourage younger generations to find their own voice through the exploration of music. Music is a powerful art form that’s contagious and universal. Songs unite us through shared human experiences, nostalgia and storytelling.

Nina Simone wrote songs that became battle cries for the civil rights movement. She used songs instead of bombs and guns by telling stories that needed to be told, in a format that people could accept and understand. Nina protested acts of violence and oppression against black communities in the segregated south with her lyrics alone.

Helen Reddy’s I AM WOMAN became an empowering anthem to the second-wave feminist movement. Dolly Parton inspired equality in the workplace, John Lennon and Yoko Ono sang about peace, Patti Smith wrote about saving the environment and Neil Young protested war.

The best kind of music leads to action and social change.