Videos
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 [...]
Song: Remember Sophie, Celebrate Uniqueness, Reject Conformity
It’s one week away from the anniversary of the murder of Sophie Lancaster 3 years ago in Bacup, Lancashire. You’ll probably remember the case. She was killed simply for looking different. Sophie liked to dress in goth gear. A gang targeted her and her boyfriend Rob for the way they dressed. Sophie died as a [...]
“Oh Mr Cameron” – anti Tory song by my Mum!
My Mum and Dad went to Glasgow last weekend to see Paul McCartney at Hampden Park, and decided to make a little bit of a hollibobs out of it. I got in touch on Tuesday to ask what they’d been up to on holiday. I got a text back saying: “Just been on a demo [...]
Slay The Rich – Live Video
Warning: there is strong language on this video from the start I wrote this song in the run up to the Haiti gig earlier this year. It’s a disgrace that life or death situations like those which faced the people of Haiti are dependent upon charity. All around us we see good people striving like [...]
New Song: If Harry Don’t Go
I was told this story of London dockworker and union activist Harry Constable by my friend Martin Ralph on Thursday night, just after the close of the Woody Guthrie Folk Club. Yet the original tale was documented by Bill Hunter, and the full story is linked here on Bill’s website. Harry was victimised by the [...]
Woody Success
Who said nobody wants political music anymore? Within 20 minutes of opening the doors, we had to shut them again. We were full!!! Thanks to everyone who came and supported us. I’m keen for feedback on the night. Everyone who got in seemed to have a ball, but I’d like to hear from everyone who [...]
Why Is Haiti Left To Charity?
I’m told that the Love Haiti gig raised over £1,000. Donations for the gig are still possible online by clicking here. Thanks to Clair Chapman for organising the night. Bandinabox TV produced this excellent short film on the night which features an interview with me. Those who saw the original will notice that this version [...]
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 [...]
Vive La Difference – Sophie Lancaster Foundation
Today should have been Sophie Lancaster’s 23rd birthday. But she was murdered for her appearance. She dressed in the goth style. It is an extreme example of how we police each other into conformity, how we fear difference in others, and how easily it is exploited into horrific violence. The Sophie Lancaster Foundation has been [...]
