imagine peace in washington in april 2007
Yoko Ono is taking her message of "Imagine Peace" to where it counts the most -- the streets of the U.S. capital. As part of "Street Scenes," a series of D.C. public art interventions organized by Nora Halpern and Welmoed Laanstra, Ono is gearing up stage a series of interventions.

Photos of Imagine Peace events in Washington

longhouse reserve honours yoko ono in july
She will be honored at the LongHouse Reserve's summer gala on July 21st 2007.

all she is saying: yoko ono's enduring feminist message
Washington Post (April 22nd 2007): "Yoko Ono matters as much today as ever. Read passages from her 1971 manifesto "The Feminization of Society" and you could think she was talking about 2007: "This society is driven by neurotic speed and force accelerated by greed, and frustration of not being able to live up to the image of men and woman we have created for ourselves; the image has nothing to do with the reality of people."

Yoko Ono: "I never thought that I was waving flags. I always felt that I was just being me and by being me in my work I was automatically being that one who is promoting the body of women."

yes yoko solo in toronto, canada
NOW Magazine (April 5th 2007): "Yes Yoko Solo, Jean Yoon's trimmed version of her earlier hit The Yoko Ono Project, a multidisciplinary look at "the most famous undiscovered artist in the world." Yes Yoko Solo from April 18 to 22."

yoko interviewed by larry kane
Philadelphia Inquirer (April 5th 2007):"Larry Kane has interviewed Yoko Ono many times, but never before for TV. Their one-on-one sit-down will be seen Sunday on his CN8 show, Voice of Reason (9:30 p.m.). Ono tells the newsman she's not surprised at the continued remembrance of John Lennon "because his voice was a voice of truth and it has to keep on going." This year marks the 50th anniversary of the first meeting of Lennon and Paul McCartney, as well as the 40th anniversary of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."

yoko ono launches the john lennon foundation for child health
Liverpool Daily Post (March 29th 2007): "She is travelling from her home in New York to a special event at Liverpool’s Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in May.

The launch of the John Lennon Foundation is the first major event for Imagine, the charity Yoko Ono launched in October 2005. It was created to help Alder Hey continue its pioneering work to provide family-focused care for around 200,000 young patients every year. Yoko Ono said: “What is happening with the whole Imagine appeal is really very exciting and I hope the Imagine White Ball will be the first of many fantastic events, all of which have one fundamental goal, to help children everywhere.”

yoko ono at elton john's birthday party
EOG: "Sir Elton John celebrated his 60th birthday in style by throwing a glitzy party at a New York cathedral followed by concert at Madison Square Garden. The flamboyant singer kicked off his birthday weekend by hosting a lavish bash at the Cathedral Church of St John The Divine on Saturday (March 24th). A host of celebrities were among the 400 guests, including Donatella Versace, Pierce Brosnan, Yoko Ono, Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne and newlywed Elizabeth Hurley."

yoko love from iceland
Listen to a very recent phone interview Yoko did with Jody Denberg of KGSR. Yoko sounds very happy and relaxed.

#9 dream performed by R.E.M. for a campaign to save darfur
Amnesty International USA: "On June 12th Warner Bros. Records in conjunction with Amnesty International USA, will release Instant Karma: The Campaign To Save Darfur — a CD of more than 20 iconic songs by John Lennon recorded by an array of best-selling artists, including Green Day, R.E.M., Christina Aguilera, Jack Johnson, and Snow Patrol, as well as Corinne Bailey Rae, Regina Spektor, The Postal Service, and many more. Additional singles from various artists will be released in the weeks leading up to June 12th. Proceeds will support Amnesty International, and its campaign to focus attention and mobilize activism around the urgent catastrophe in Darfur, Sudan, and other human rights crises. Supported by Yoko Ono, who has generously donated all music publishing royalties, the CD — part of AI's global music activism project "Make Some Noise" — aims to harness the power of Lennon's solo songbook to inspire a new generation of activists to stand up for human rights."

Instant Karma: The Campaign to Save Darfur
Amnesty International USA

new brilliant album yes, i'm a witch out now
Pitchforkmedia (November 15th 2006): "The idea behind Witch goes like this: Ono chose the artists with whom she wanted to work, gave them access to her back catalog, asked them to chose a song to rework, and then "provided [them] with the vocals and whatever other instrumental elements attracted them from that cut. Almost all the artists chose just the vocals," according to a press release. The result: a remixes/duets/covers record consisting of "entirely new musical tracks."

Yoko Ono about the album collaborations (UPI, February 6th 2007): "Some of the results, Ono says, moved her to tears. "I was just emotionally overwhelmed by each one of them," she says. "Like most artists, part of you doesn't want people to just meddle around with your songs, but I just felt so thankful that they even listened to my songs to be able to pick one that they liked and wanted to record." Ono has no favorite among the 17 tracks, but she was particularly surprised by Flaming Lips' choice and treatment of the obscure "Cambridge 1969."

A club remix album of Ono songs is due out in April, and she's also working on some original material."

Yoko Ono in Mojo March 2007 issue about the song choices:
"Well, I'd love to hear somebody do Why, but if they did, they'd probably need a stretcher afterwards!"

Yes, I'm A Witch reviewed by the press: "Highly recommended."
Artist quotes: Peaches, Antony from Antony and the Johnsons, and others
Listen to a stream from this album: Walking on Thin Ice