A new charity compilation of songs from the All Things Go music festival — that includes several culturally fluid musicians — was released today, with all proceeds benefitting The Ally Coalition.
The compilation, “All Things Go: 10 Years,” includes ATG artists past and present, including Kesha, Maren Morris, Rachel Chinouriri, Medium Build, Bartees Strange, Maude Latour, Joy Oladokun, EMEI and more.
All Things Go is an independent music festival that has held events in the United States and Canada, renowned for its innovative approach to curation and community. It is celebrating over a decade of festivals, originating in the Washington, D.C., U.S.A. area before expanding to New York City in 2024 and hosted its inaugural Toronto, Canada 2025 edition last weekend.
Known for its intentional focus on female and non-binary-led lineups, the festival reflects All Things Go’s ongoing commitment to cultivating diverse, inclusive spaces within the music community.
In 2023, All Things Go launched a partnership with The Ally Coalition, founded in 2013 by Jack Antonoff (Bleachers) and fashion designer Rachel Antonoff, to further support LGBTQ+ youth through on-site programming and artist-driven engagement across its festival platforms.
SOME OF THE CULTURALLY FLUID CONTRIBUTORS
Rachel Chinouriri is a singer/songwriter from Croydon, England. Her family moved to the U.K. from Zimbabwe not long before she was born. Chinouriri’s traditional African upbringing led to curiosity about her British cultural surroundings, and as a teenager she fell in love with acts such as Daughter and Lily Allen as well as the developing London Hip-Hop and R&B scene.
“I wrote it about growing up in a tiny part of Croydon called ‘Forestdale’ which felt like a level of peace when I was inside alone,” Chinouriri says about her song. “There was a degree of peace I felt back then that I was never able to find again and I am craving that feeling again.”
Joy Oladokun, a U.S.-born daughter of Nigerian immigrants, co-wrote a song along with artists googly eyes and August Ponthier. The song, “Jesus and John Wayne” is an anthem about reclaiming faith from the grip of politics and exclusion, inspired by the New York Times bestselling novel by Kristin Kobes Du Mez.
U.K.-born U.S. Military BRAT Bartees Strange, who wrote the song “DCWDTTY,” grew up in England, Germany and various U.S. states before the age of 12.
“One of my favorite songs from people in this part of the world is ‘DC Will Do That To You’ by Smart Went Crazy,” Strange says. “Content-wise, this song doesn’t have much to do with theirs, other than I feel like a big part of who I am is because of [Washington,] D.C. and what I feel like it did to and for me. This song is just me, wandering through the DMV [the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia] — things seen and heard in a uniquely lovely and upside down place.”
Emily Lee (professionally known as EMEI), wrote the song “Talk Talk Talk.” The daughter of Chinese immigrant parents, she competed on “Dancing With The Stars” in China when she was a teenager.
“I’m so happy I get the chance to release ‘Talk Talk Talk’ on the All Things Go anniversary album,” EMEI says. “I haven’t released a single since February and a lot has happened since then. I’ve gone on tour. I’ve lost loved ones. I’ve lost friends. I’ve gone through grief and depression and back. This year has been a huge year of growth and music making.”
Adult Third Culture Kid (ATCK) Maude Latour, who grew up in Sweden, the U.K., Hong Kong and the U.S., wrote the song “Green Tea (Demo).”
“I wrote this song back in 2019 and my fans have been asking for me to release it since,” according to Latour. “This song captures a moment in my life i’ll never forget — a breakup, late December, and wondering about my place in the world. I vividly remember wanting to read every single book on the shelves, to call my sister, go out dancing, kiss a stranger and find myself somehow amongst all of it. Oh — also, my favorite drink is ice green tea.”
To order the album, go to futures.ffm.to/allthingsgo.
