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Sunday, 20 April 2014
It was 20 years ago today ....
Robert Childs Elastic Band released the 17 track Revenge on this day in 1994. I'd intended to issue my "follow up" album today but I'm way behind in my recording schedule (Revenge took 2 years to record!). But you can still listen to Revenge online. Oh, by the way, Happy Easter!
Wednesday, 11 September 2013
Long Live The People's Revolution
On this day, forty years ago, 11 September 1973, the democratically elected Chilean government of Salvador Allende was overthrown by a military coup led by General Pinochet.
According to Wikipedia:
'After General Pinochet assumed power, United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger told President Richard Nixon that the U.S. "didn't do it," but "we helped them...created the conditions as great as possible." (referring to the coup itself).'
According to another Wikipedia article "Pinochet's government killed at least 3,197 people and tortured about 29,000." One of the many killed was singer/songwriter and theatre producer Victor Jara along with many other artists and musicians.
No matter what the opinion of the Allende government might be it's noteworthy that the "people's revolution" in Chile that brought him to power was a democratic election.
According to Wikipedia:
'After General Pinochet assumed power, United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger told President Richard Nixon that the U.S. "didn't do it," but "we helped them...created the conditions as great as possible." (referring to the coup itself).'
According to another Wikipedia article "Pinochet's government killed at least 3,197 people and tortured about 29,000." One of the many killed was singer/songwriter and theatre producer Victor Jara along with many other artists and musicians.
No matter what the opinion of the Allende government might be it's noteworthy that the "people's revolution" in Chile that brought him to power was a democratic election.
Saturday, 3 August 2013
Thursday, 27 June 2013
Listen to me on RouteNote!
I've joined RouteNote which is a digital distributor that places tracks on popular download sites including iTunes, Amazon and Spotify.
My first "single" on the site is Whose Turn Is It Now? which has previously been available on the SCALA Higher Ground album.
I hope to add more songs soon.
Check out my RouteNote page.
Saturday, 1 June 2013
Now on ... TwitMusic!
Nope it's Twitter's solution for musicians who tweet a lot.
You can hear me twittering on my very own TwitMusic Page!
Ornithologists and other twitchers beware!
(tweet, tweet, tweetly-tweet!)
Monday, 13 May 2013
My live tracks on Soundcloud #2
You can listen to this live track in high quality wav format, originally from the SCALA Higher Ground album, on my Soundcloud site.
My live tracks on Soundcloud #1
You can listen to this live track in high quality wav format, originally from the SCALA Steps album, on my Soundcloud site.
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