New album "A Proper State"
now available from Fuse Records and in all good record shops!
Leon's new CD "A Proper State" was released on Monday 18th February 2008 and is now available to buy from all good record shops, online and directly from Fuse Records (see blog) with a special Album Launch Concert to follow - 6th March in Sheffield with the Sheffield Socialist Choir, which also sings on the album - to pre/re-view the album.
Track list:
* Conversation on a Mobile
* The Ghost of Georges Brassens
* Barney's Epic Homer
* Barney's Got a Job Now
* A Proper State
* When They Ask Me
* The Third Intifada
* See Life's Road Before You
* Like Love
* Faslane 365
* The Power of Song
Leon Rosselsong needs no introduction in the world of folk music. His songs, most noticably "The World Turned Upside Down", have been covered by other artists in the truest of folk tradition.
However, Leon Rosselson is not just a veteran singer/songwriter in the traditional sense, his songs remain fresh, speak of the current injustices and shortcomings of the political system we live in and which seems to govern and rule without consideration to those affected by its laws.
Leon is also the author of many children's books and you can find a list of his work at his offical website.
'Possibly the world's most accomplished mischief maker, his radical songs transfer successfully to the printed page.'
-Daily Telegraph, 3 July 1993
'Plenty of good songs for the questing singer and plenty of food for thought for the casual browser...a collection of good and powerful songs.'
-Folk Roots December 1993
In the early days of the folk revival, he was a member of the Galliards with whom he made numerous radio and TV broadcasts and concert appearances. He started writing songs seriously (and humorously) in the early 1960s and hasn't stopped yet. His early songs were topical-satirical (some of them were featured on TV's satire show That Was The Week That Was) but he broadened out from there, absorbing different influences, from Music Hall to French Realist Song, and experimenting with different song forms.
He has performed in every conceivable venue around the country and toured North America, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland and Australia. He has written songs and scripts for Inter-Action's Dogg's Troupe and the Fun Art Bus, songs for a stage production at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, of They Shoot Horses, Don't They? and shows for performance with Roy Bailey and Frankie Armstrong, including the anti-nuclear No Cause for Alarm.
His song The World Turned Upside Down has been recorded and popularised by, amongst others, Dick Gaughan and Billy Bragg (who took it into the pop charts in 1985) and has been sung on numerous demonstrations in Britain and the USA. His Ballad of a Spycatcher, ridiculing the ban on Peter Wright's book, went into the Indie Singles charts in 1987 in a version backed by Billy Bragg and the Oyster Band.
In addition to writing songs for children and giving children's concerts in both Britain and the USA, he has had 17 children's books published. His first book, 'Rosa's Singing Grandfather' published by Puffin, was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal in 1991. The latest books are 'Pumpkin's Downfall', HarperCollins, published in 2000 and 'Home Is A Place Called Nowhere', published by Oxford University Press in December 2002. A stage show based on his children's story 'The Greatest Drummer In The World' was premiered at the Drill Hall, London, in December 2002 with Elizabeth Mansfield and Anna Mudeka and will tour the country from mid-February to the end of April 2004.
To order his CDs, please go to his records page
You can now also buy Leon's CDs at FourDogsMusic.co.uk, who also have an extensive catalogue of music from similar artists.
If you missed your chance to listen to or download "Bury Trident", then you can still get the song by clicking on this link!
As many of you might know, Leon Rosselson has taken part in protests against Trident on frequent occasions. If you wish to find out more about Faslane 365 and how you can take part yourself, then please click on the images below:
This page is maintained on behalf of Leon Rosselson with his full knowledge and consent. To get in touch with Leon Rosselson directly, please go to his official website
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