On February 18th, 2022, Afghan girls’ music group, The Miraculous Love Kids, release their brand-new recording, “God Help Us All,” featuring artists Tom Morello, John Ondraski (Five for Fighting), Beth Hart, and more.
When facing the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban on August 15th, 2021, many new challenges started to arise for the country’s people. The Miraculous Love Kids, being a non-profit organization, served as Afghanistan’s only school of music where guitar lessons were taught to war-torn, poverty-stricken girls who were greatly affected by this devastation.
The members issued the following statement: “Today, our lives are in great danger as the success we achieved in becoming part of an international cultural scene has now marked us for persecution.”
The group’s founder and director, Lanny Cordola, recorded multiple songs including “God Help Us All” weeks prior to this event, then all the group’s activities came to a halt. “It has been a hellish past six months trying to evacuate and relocate the girls and their families,” Cordola says. “Tom Morello’s soul hymn perfectly encapsulates this feeling.”
He adds, “The convergence of all these talents truly shows how music can unify artists from different idioms and cultures to lend their voices to the vulnerable, marginalized suffering souls of the Earth. I also feel this song reaches out to the inner ache that so many are feeling these days. Tom has been a Godsend to the girls and I on so many levels. He allowed us to rearrange his composition to fit the girls’ style of singing and playing, which was very generous of him. He also enlisted Serj Tankian and Nandi Bushell.”
When informed about the situation, both Tankian and Bushell were immediately on board.
While he prepares for future music, Cordola’s primary focus is to find safety for the girls and their families. Today, Afghan’s face famine and food insecurity, and one million children are at risk of starving to death unless international aid intervenes.
“We appeal to the international community, to diplomats, politicians, news media and art institutions as well as NGOs to respond to this dire situation,” he stresses.
By recognizing the urgency of the situation, Tom Morello is hopeful this song will help create more awareness for The Miraculous Love Kids and their current situation. “God Help Us All” is a song both for and with some incredibly special girls in Afghanistan who are in grave danger.
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