I’m having a birthday party on Saturday 11th February and I’d love you to come along.

It’s my birthday the day after, so when the wonderful Radical Liverpool event asked me to headline their night at Studio 2 on the 11th Feb I jumped at the chance.

I’ll be doing a full hour slot and currently have no other public performances scheduled in Liverpool in 2012.

In fact, last time I did a proper full set at home in Liverpool was back in 2009 so catch me while you can.

Tickets are just £4.50 at http://www.wegottickets.com/event/152308 or £5 on the door on the night.

Also performing are radical folk trio Our Morals, Acoustica, and the very funny poet and singer Greg Quiery. So it’s a real bargain and will be a guaranteed great night out.

Doors open at 7pm, and the fun starts at 7.30pm.

The venue stays open long after the event finishes too, so stick around and have a drink with me afterwards.

Radical Liverpool at Studio 2, Parr Street takes place on Saturday February 11th 2012. Get tickets at http://www.wegottickets.com/event/152308

I’m looking to build a group of musicians for regular recording purposes. Are you interested?

I write far more songs than I ever get round to recording and I’d like to change that this year.

There’s no budget I’m afraid as the recording side doesn’t really generate money.

But if anyone would like to get together fairly regularly to rehearse and learn newly written songs and then record them with me let me know.

My radio ballad Tressell And Me is being broadcast on Preston FM this Friday (6 Jan).

It will feature in the popular 7pm show Best Kept Secrets presented by Paul and Lucy Breeze.

You can hear Preston FM on 103.2FM in the Preston area or worldwide over the internet by going to http://www.preston.fm/ and clicking on “listen live”.

I’d like to thank Paul and Lucy and Preston FM for sharing the radio ballad with a wider audience.

I am actively encouraging others to do the same, so please contact me with any ideas.

I have produced a radio ballad exploring the socialist ideas within the book The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists.

I hope that you enjoy it, that you share it, and that it helps spread socialist ideas in a way that is easy to understand.

I would love for it to become a well used resource within the labour movement – that’s my main hope for it. Enjoy!

Listen here:

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Download it here (right click and choose Save As)

Or find it on iTunes at http://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/alunparry/id492465811

You can buy Greedy Fingers, the N30 strike song, by downloading it from either Amazon or iTunes

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Greedy Fingers – Alun Parry by alunparry