We need a shake-up before its too late
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A Wake-Up Call For A Messed-Up World
How Do We Get Out Of This Mess? This new Single from indie folk duo Sue and Dwight raises the alarm that world events are wildly out of control and that we need a big shake-up before it’s too late.
“When I first wrote this song in a pandemic dazed 2020, I thought world conditions couldn’t possibly get any worse,” Sue explains. “Yet they have. I still believe there’s hope though and it starts within all of us confronting the chaos and collectively finding the way forward. We’re not helpless and we need to act now”.
Emboldened authoritarians, environmental devastation, growing inequality, and senseless wars have all converged to take the world to an even more dangerous place in 2025. Self interest and complacency have turned us into bystanders and enablers to impending disaster.
To deal with this, the song channels unrest into rhythm, blending an urgent lyrical call out to act ‘before its too late’ with a pulsating ticking clock guitar rhythm. Imagine Billy Bragg and Pete Seeger meeting the Doors.
As Sue notes, “I wrote this not just as a song but as a wake-up call”.
Sue and Dwight’s uplifting and socially conscious songs reflect the world around us. They have created a music catalogue that tells the stories of the demise of small prairie towns, child soldiers in Uganda, melting snow on the peaks of Kilimanjaro, and the enigma of urban life to name just a few. Sue and Dwight perform at their weekly online shows and selective live events.
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About Sue and Dwight
Although Sue and Dwight were born too late to be part of the folk revival of the 1960’s their music embodies the spirit of that time. Winnipeg born and Toronto based, the indie folk duo are songwriters who write uplifting and socially conscious songs that reflect on the world around us. They have released 3 CD’s and numerous singles.
With one foot planted solidly in folk music, Sue and Dwight comfortably step out into pop, gospel, and the blues. The core of their sound is the vocals, warms leads with harmonies.
Sue and Dwight have performed at clubs and events across Canada and were mainstays of the Toronto Subway (TTC) busking program for over a decade. The duo has reached new audiences across North America and into the UK with over 300 online shows in addition to their live show shows of original music and tributes featuring music of the 1960’s and 1970’s.
