Five For Fighting
Summary
Singer-Songwriter John Ondrasik is a Grammy nominated, multi-platinum recording artist who performs under the hockey moniker Five For Fighting. With over two billion streams John’s songs “Superman”, “100 Years”, “The Riddle”, and “World” have become part of the American Songbook. Along with Cayley Tull, he is also Co-Founder of Let Music Fill My World, a nonprofit dedicated to expanding access to music education and ensuring young people have the opportunity to create, learn, and thrive through music. John has also been deeply involved in supporting our troops. From USO tours, supporting several Veteran oriented charities, distributing over a million “CD for the Troops” to servicemen, and participating in the evacuation of American Citizens and allies in Afghanistan. Recently John has released a new song and accompanying video “OK” (We Are Not OK) addressing the Oct 7th Hamas attacks on Israel and the collapse of moral institutions both in America and World Wide. On April 13th, the night Iran attacked Israel, John performed “OK” at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, in support of the Hostages and their families. The Wall Street Journal deemed him “The Lone Voice for Israel” in the arts.
- Format: Singer-Songwriter
- Category: Singer-Songwriter
- Event Type: showcase
- Presented By: Take Action x SXSW
Contributors
- Five For Fighting
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