If you haven\u2019t already heard, we want to let you know that the PSALTERS<\/a> are going to be rocking the stage at Wild Goose!<\/p>\n

The Psalters are a genre unto themselves, defying easy categorization. A\u00a0 Philadelphia\u00a0Weekly<\/a> writer describes them thus:<\/p>\n

I\u2019m\u2026watching the Psalters celebrate rootlessness and internationalism, mixing radical Christian propaganda with multiethnic polyrhythms and neo-Dickensian refugee ragamuffin chic. The woman next to me wears a full-on Middle Eastern burka, from which protrude long, electric green dreadlocks\u2026The tall dude at the sound desk in the leather pants and the crazy pirate-looking mother in the front row are all members of the\u2026Psalters\u2013the crusty-punk, multiethnic, radical Christian equivalent of the anarchist Chumbawamba: part traveling circus, part live-by-example anti-patriotic slap in the face to the ticky-tacky Christianity peddled by millionaire preachers obsessed with their congregation\u2019s genitalia.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The Atlantic says<\/a> \u201cPsalters mounts an ululating, multi-drum offensive against the capitalist hegemony. They dress the part, too\u2014if you saw this lot coming on a dark night, you\u2019d run.\u201d Listen (and see) for yourself:<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<p>All we know is that we like them and their untamed sounds. They practice what they preach, too. They\u2019re a communal NGO, partnering with refugee populations and indigenous groups in the work of radical justice through the art of worship. Hear their passion in this interview from a few years back with fellow <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/wildgoosefestival\/2011\/04\/21\/shane-claiborne\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">Wild Goose co-conspirator<\/a> Shane Claiborne:<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Psalters interviewed on AWIP - with Shane Claiborne\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SSkuADrb2xk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Tired of status quo politics and religion? Like a soundtrack for exodus, Psalters\u2019 aggressive blend of afro\/arab\/gypsy punk resists definition, demands attention, and pounds convention with a raised fist. 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