Absolutely fantastic night down at the 100 Club in London, celebrating 50 years of the Morning Star on a bill with Thee Faction, Grace Petrie, The Hurriers, Attila the Stockbroker and Comrade X. Feel proud and privileged to have been involved in such a momentous occasion and the atmosphere in the room was electric.

Massive thanks to all at the paper, but especially to Bob Oram who organised the event and who has been giving column inches to political artists up and down the country when the mainstream media have all shut their ears and decided to pretend we don’t exist. Top work, Comrade and all very much appreciated.

Great to meet so many friends old and new and to share such a fantastic night in such great company. Got to shake hands and hug people who ran We Shall Overcome events but who until now have been just names on Facebook. Always good to meet up and compare notes. And it is a damn fine feeling to travel so far from home and yet find yourself in a room full of friends.

It has been two decades since I last played our nation’s capital.

I promise it won’t be so long next time.

 

 

Proud to get a nod in a cracking article written by Mark Perryman on the Philosophy Football website in response to repeated whining in the mainstream media about the lack of musical reaction to the times we are living in.

Mark cites a number of incredible records currently out there disproving this fallacy including The Hurriers’ From Acorns Mighty Oaks and Thee Faction’s  Reading, Writing, Revolution two of my favourite albums from 2015.

Mark starts:

“The trouble for musos of a certain age is that the rebel rock of yesteryear, from Guthrie to the Clash, existed in a popular culture almost entirely different to the one any musical rebellion of today has to navigate its way round. So how to make the connections to the past whilst remaining meaningful , not to mention musical, in 2016? “

While going on to spell out who, how and why the music scene in the UK has responded the way it has.

A great article  you can read here:

https://www.philosophyfootball.com/where-have-all-the-flowers-gone.html

And rest assured. WE ARE ON IT.

Next stop for me is 100 Club in London on Monday April 25th where I’ll be joining Grace Petrie, The Hurriers, Thee Faction, Attila the Stockbroker and Comrade X to help celebrate 50 years of The Morning Star.

It has been 21 years since I last played in our nation’s capital. Largely because the music industry is there and most people just flock there to try and make a name for themselves, something I’ve never wanted a part of so I’ve just left them to it, but I am only too happy to support the paper that supported We Shall Overcome when all other daily media outlets chose to ignore us. Solidarity begets solidarity. The way it should be.

If you’re on Oxford Street that night, you could do a lot worse than stop by. This will be an absolute cracker.

Huge credit must go to the brilliant Bob Oram for putting this night together. You’re a star, Bob. Thank you.