Politics
Sophie Lancaster: 3rd Anniversary T-shirt
Coronation Street star shows support on the three-year anniversary of murdered Sophie Lancaster. This year, 24th August will mark the three-year anniversary of the tragic and brutal attack that lead to 20 year old Sophie Lancaster’s death. To mark the anniversary Artist Rob Maltby, Sophie’s boyfriend, has designed a T-shirt to celebrate Sophie’s individuality and [...]
Song: The Wealthy *Loan* Pakistan Some Help
This is Haiti all over again isn’t it. The news today reports that the World Bank are going to loan (yes loan!) Pakistan some money to help it recover from its worst ever flooding. Meanwhile international aid has been slow in coming and even now has only raised a third of what is needed. Humanitarian [...]
Peterloo Commemoration Gig 16 Aug
I’ll be performing with Vinnie T Spen in Manchester on Monday 16 August, running through some of the set list of our band Rich Man’s Ruin. (Gabi is on her hollybobs or else she’d be with us too). The gig is to commemorate the events at Peterloo where working people protesting peacefully were attacked by [...]
Justice For The Shrewsbury 24
Sadly I can’t be there, but today there is a rally in Shrewsbury to demand justice for the trades unionists and building workers attacked by the State in the 70s. Two were jailed, Dessie Warren and Ricky Tomlinson. The rally is an attempt to clear their names, and get a pardon. I wrote the song [...]
Liverpool Peace & Ecology Festival
I’ll be playing as part of folk band Rich Man’s Ruin at the Liverpool Peace and Ecology Festival this weekend. The all day festival takes place on Sunday 4th July at St Lukes Church at the top of Bold Street. (St Luke’s is better known locally as “the bombed out church” if you don’t know [...]
The Limerick Soviet Honoured
I am deeply proud to announce that my song The Limerick Soviet has been requested by the Limerick Council of Trades Unions to be entered into their official archives. I consider this a huge honour. The Limerick Council of Trades Unions is the very organisation that is the direct descendant of those who formed the [...]
Pirate Me! Full Album Free For Ogg Camp
In order to celebrate Ogg Camp being in Liverpool this weekend, I’m giving away the entire We Can Make The World Stop album away via download absolutely free. But in OGG format, not MP3. Ogg is is a completely open, patent-free, professional audio encoding and streaming technology with all the benefits of Open Source. This [...]
Miscarriages of Justice Night – Feb 12th
This isn’t one of my gigs but I’m posting anyhow as it’s certainly worthy of your support, and a cracking bill musically too. Pete Wylie, John Head, and Peter Hooton feature at The Zanzibar, Seel Street on Friday (Feb 12) in support of Mojo – the miscarriages of justice organisation. It all kicks off at [...]
Named In Preston FM’s Top 3 of 2009
I’m proud and pleasantly surprised to discover that Preston FM has named “Who is Alun Parry?” as number 3 in their New Year countdown of most “interesting things we have learned” during 2009. There are two sound clips below so give them both a listen. Paul and Lucy interviewed me earlier this year and the [...]
New Song: The Fruits of Apartheid
Lyrics The things you have grown with stolen water Are rotting are rotting are rotting away For we will not purchase the fruits of apartheid They’re rotting, they’re rotting, they’re rotting They’re rotting, they’re rotting away Imagine the green in these fields so fallow Imagine the life flooding back to the land Imagine the harvest [...]
