Audience-phone-video from last night. This song is in homage to the rebel village of Wukan in southern China: two people were jailed there only last month for daring to stand up to government land grabs. In a world of political apathy, while our governments and corporations freely devour our human and natural resources, we could learn a lot from these people, fighting for their community at much greater personal risk than most of us would face. The hardest thing for me is trying to communicate those emotions, while trying desperately to play a technical f***ing nightmare piece of music. Thanks to a beautiful audience at Airdrie Town Hall last night: great to see some faces from my first ever gig in Scotland, at a pub on the same street nearly ten years ago! Irvine tonight, at Harbour Arts Centre. Details at jongomm. Arbroath tomorrow, Edinburgh Sunday.
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 14:55:00 +0000