ThePoetry Spoke & Guest Alun Parry
The much in demand Socialist Folk Singer Alun Parry plays ThePoetry Spoke at Gallaghers As Guest Musician - this coming Thursday - 21st November - from 8pm!
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Of Alun's debut album "Corridors of Stone", Lianne Steinberg, a music writer in the Big Issue said of the album: "The Liverpudlian singer-songwriter packs more weight in the punch of his folk songs than most acoustic musicians do in a lifetime".
The Liverpool Echo, in the run up to European Capital of Culture year, named Alun Parry, along with the city's other poets, playwrights, authors and songwriters within the top 30 reasons why Liverpool was culturally great. In January 2008 Parry was chosen by BBC Radio 4 to present a grassroots music special to introduce Liverpool’s European Capital of Culture celebrations.
In September 2013 he released the album "When The Sunlight Shines", which consists of 15 tracks. It features the musicianship of Gina Le Faux, Gabrielle Monk, Vinny Spencer, Gerard Sugrue, Stu Thompson and Emma Runswick. The album stays true to Parry's social commentary and storytelling style, but with an Irish American feel to the music.
The album received critical acclaim. The Liverpool Echo named it as its album of the week. BBC Radio Merseyside featured the album in a one hour special on their Folkscene programme. R2 Magazine described it as "glorious - a tremendous breadth of lyrical ambition."
Legendary Scottish folk singer Dick Gaughan says...
In dark days like these, songs like Alun’s are needed more than ever and they shine like a beacon through the fog of lies, disinformation and propaganda to present a working class view of reality. Great singer, great guitarist, great songwriter and hugely entertaining in live performance.”
What with Alun as Guest and a fantastic night of poetry you can be a part of - this should be a pre-Christmas cracker! If you want to read, perform or just watch, you'll get a warm welcome and a great night - join us!
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