Strummerville
Strummerville is the Joe Strummer Foundation for New Music. It was established shortly after Strummer's death in the winter of 2002 by his wife Lucinda, who serves as a trustee. Other trustees are Jazz and Lola Mellor - Joe's daughters and Damien Hirst.
Strummerville is a registered charity that gives opportunities to people through music and funding to projects that change the world through music.
Strummerville has been very active in over the past few years and has supported over 60 bands with recording in 2011. They have a bus they loan out to bands for free to take on tour. They have just opened a music room at an orphanage in Milawi alongside supporting projects like Billy Bragg's Jail Guitar Door and Camden Calling. They also have a free rehearsal space in west London, a room at The Roundhouse in Camden, two rooms at The Oh Year Music Centre in Bogata and a recording studio with FairTunes in Bogata. http://www.strummerville.com/our-work-and-what-we-do/
The foundation also runs a stage at Glastonbury Festival, which goes by the name The Strummerville Bandstand, featuring an open mic on which many big name acts perform such as Jamie T and Dirty Pretty Things. They also run a campfire at Glastonbury where many of the big acts come and hang out. in 2011 Mumford & Sons headlined their small campfire stage http://www.strummerville.com/nme-glastonbury-2011-the-secrets-of-success/
Strummerville released a charity single, a cover of The Clash's "Janie Jones". Nominally by "Babyshambles and Friends", the single featured Babyshambles, Carl Barat and Dirty Pretty Things, Larrikin Love, Jamie T, Guillemots and many more. It reached #17 in the UK Single Charts.
On 31 August 2010 Strummerville announced their first ever UK tour 'The Westway Round the UK Tour' with Rum Shebeen, The Supernovas and Beans on Toast.[1]
Strummerville is also the name of a tribute song to Strummer by Irish punk band Stiff Little Fingers.
They have great Joe Strummer merchandise, the profits of which all go back into the charity. http://www.strummerville.com/get-the-merchandise/
In 2010 Don Letts made a movie about the charity called 'Strummerville" which premiered at SXSW.
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