Pull up a chair for an exciting conversation with Marc Broussard on the day before he releases his fifth charity album! Marc explains the process of releasing SOS V– Songs of the 50s from its earliest beginnings to some pretty big changes mere days before its recording. He describes what he’s feeling at this moment of the project. He offers a wonderful explanation regarding how Love of People, the benefactor of this project, supports others.

Marc goes on to detail how his collection of five charity albums came to exist. And he describes his own feelings of being blessed by the release of his charitable recordings.

Marc gives us a glimpse into the differences between recording a record for charity and recording his original projects. Hear how his upcoming album of original material (currently due on April 18th) was created and the record number of songs that Marc wrote for it in three days! He enthusiastically tells us about his upcoming tour in Europe and the United States, and how the set list is developed.

Marc speaks with great love about his parents, his wife and his community (and lets us in on a little fact about a local grocery store). He might just be the first Compassionate Measures guest to offer a hometown restaurant recommendation! Finally, Marc explains how that music-making legacy continues in the Broussard family.

You can visit Marc’s website at marcbroussard.com Spread the word about Mark’s 2026 projects (two records and the tour)! You can learn more about Save Our Soul Foundation at marcbroussard.com/charity-1. Please consider making a small donation to support their amazing work.

Hear more rare conversations at Compassionate Measures dot org and invite another music friend to pull up a chair. Join our community on Facebook or Instagram. Thanks always to YOU for listening, to Marc Broussard for being a musician who is changing the world and to Chris Downey for putting it all together.

Pull up a chair for the handbook on guiding top-notch organizations that will change the world!

The daughter of Noel "Paul" Stookey (of Peter, Paul & Mary), Liz Stookey Sunde is the CEO of the national nonprofit Music to Life, which she co-founded with her father. Music to Life empowers artists across genres and geographies to become sustainable social entrepreneurs. Through leadership and entrepreneurial training, Liz helps musicians strategically connect with communities facing persistent economic, environmental, or racial injustice.

Alastair Moock co-founded The Opening Doors Project – an organization that amplifies voices of color and advances interracial conversations about race through the arts. Through live concerts, storytelling, and education programs, they bring communities together to explore race, identity, and history in a way that only music can. From classrooms to concert halls, their artists create spaces where tough conversations turn into meaningful connections.

Alastair recounts the concert that changed his life as a young person and identifies the legendary folk musician who ultimately became his North Star. Liz describes a particularly memorable and humorous Peter, Paul and Mary concert from her own youth.

Alastair informs us how bias and racism are perpetuated unknowingly without malice and why he respectfully declined his second Grammy nomination. His insights about examining bias and teaching it to youth of all ages is by far one of 2025’s greatest lessons.

Following Alastair’s comments – and even before describing Music to Life’s incredible work – Liz reminds us that her organization carries out its mission to support world-changing artists like Alastair. Music to Life has a network of 400 artists in 42 states and 300 communities who cover 39 music genres. They come to Music to Life with a burning interest to facilitate change. The organization supports artists to recognize and own their worth in today's social change marketplace.

Both Alastair and Liz consider The Opening Doors Project and Music to Life as their life’s work. You will be blown away by their shared wisdom, dedication, passion and heart!

You can visit Music to Life at musictolife.org and sign up for their mailing list. Visit The Opening Doors Project at openingdoorsproject.org and please consider making a small donation to their groundbreaking efforts.

Hear more rare conversations at Compassionate Measures dot org and invite another music friend to pull up a chair. Join our community on Facebook or Instagram. Thanks always to YOU for listening, to Liz Sunde and Alastair Moock for their transformational work and to Chris Downey for putting it all together.

Pull up a chair because Dr. Don Carleton is here to tell us how the Tom Campbell/ Guacamole Fund archives will forever have a home and serve as a part of our nation’s history.

Tom Campbell (1939-2024) is considered by many to be the “grandfather of the benefit concert,” virtually inventing the idea of bringing together musicians and activists to create memorable and often historical events. For over 50 years, Tom and his team organized and produced over 1200 benefit concerts, rallies and receptions for a wide range of issues. Bonnie Raitt has proclaimed that “no one has done more to raise funds and awareness than Tom.”

Dr. Carleton is the founding Executive Director of the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas-Austin. The Briscoe Center recently acquired the Guacamole Fund’s archives (correspondence, photographs, press releases, benefit concert posters, t-shirts and items unique to Tom’s work) for the Tom Campbell and Guacamole Fund Collection.

We learn how the immense collection was acquired, how the amazing display was created and how documents can be utilized by scholars at the Center. The public is invited to view the collection, with details available on the Center’s website (briscoecenter.org)!

Dr. Carleton explains to us why the benefit concerts of the late 1970s through 90’s might be impossible to replicate today.

He further describes other incredible items at the Dolph Briscoe Center. We’re talking about 18 linear miles of rare items in all! You might not have been a history buff before you pulled up a chair… but you’ll appreciate history by the time our conversation with Dr. Carleton is complete.

Please consider a small donation to the Guacamole Fund (guacfund.org) to support Tom’s vision. They do such good and important work.

Hear more rare conversations at Compassionate Measures dot org and invite another music friend to pull up a chair. Join our community on Facebook or Instagram. Thanks always to YOU for listening, to Dr. Don Carleton for preserving our history of music inspired activism, and to Chris Downey for putting it all together.