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Phil Monsour
Rock / Acoustic / Folk

Phil Monsour



Brisbane
Australia

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Last Login:  7/16/2009
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Member Since5/1/2006
Band Websitehttp://www.philmonsour.com
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Type of LabelIndie


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 26 2009 7:00P
South West Community Centre Adelaide, South Australia
Jul 30 2009 7:00P
Manning Clark theatre 6 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Aug 1 2009 7:00P
Lass O’Gowrie Hotel Newcastle, New South Wales
Aug 2 2009 2:30P
the diggers Wollongong, New South Wales
Aug 8 2009 6:30P
Ahimsa House Brisbane, Queensland
Aug 9 2009 6:00P
Winsome Hotel Lismore, New South Wales
Sep 19 2009 8:00P
Crate59 Cairns, Queensland

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   About Phil Monsour
I have spent the last two years writing and recording and have just released a new 13 song CD and started to use MySpace.

In The Empire’s New Cothes CD released in mid 2008 I have put together a series of related songs that reflect my identity and my concerns for the struggles of ordinary people. I am using this CD to practically assist solidarity work locally with fund raising concerts and a % of my CD sales is also donated to an Australian Trade Union solidarity organisation that has projects in the Middle East. In a time of spin and silence “The Empires New Clothes” is a little cry for justice and peace.
For history and more information go to http://www.philmonsour.com/

Below is the introductory text of the The Empire's New Clothes CD booklet that explains this project.

What do you do when it hurts beyond reason, when you’re drowning without hope? You can listen to stories of survival. You can scribe and sing. You can bring to life in music, a lost humanity.

In The Empire’s New Clothes Phil Monsour creates a breathing space [nafas]…inside a specific sense of ‘Arabness’ in Australia. It’s about our experience. It’s about our memory. It's about our identity and all the contradictions in between. It’s about the politics of love.

After generations we forget what it is to sing our songs - whether they’re traditional, contemporary or lullaby. But, there is a certain kind of something, about singing in your own ‘voice’. It unlocks memory. It expresses personal worlds of meaning. The social. The political. The historical. The cultural. Song as it is here, bridges these worlds - striking a chord, a deeper ‘resonance’ – physically, politically and spiritually. This is a language never lost.

For many generations in Australia, stories / histories / herstories of Lebanon, of Palestine, of Iraq, have always been insistently part of our conscious and subconscious lives. Al Nakba [The Catastrophe] continues in Palestine today, as do catastrophes in Lebanon and Iraq. And meanwhile, despite apologies, the White Colonial Project continues in Australia.

For Phil, this album is the product of many wars. The birthed child of invasions and occupations. The imprint of many a colonial ‘adventure’. It is a journey of families and identities, growing up when Lebanon was not just ‘the old country’ - it was on the news each night.

Here are the prophecies born from loss and pain. Here are the anthems of hope for justice. Here is where we meet with Eastern hearts and minds, in Western streets and suburbs. In the face of our cynicism and anger, we welcome you to ‘Popular’ music - [shaa3bi] - more like how we want the word ‘popular’ to feel – for you, for your mother, for your brother, for your soul. For us.

This is Phil's hand, his voice, his guitar. Here is Phil Monsour's hope.
("intro from The empire's new clothes CD" by Alissar Chidiac March 2008)

Contact
http://www.philmonsour.com/
phil@philmonsour.com

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Apr 5 2009 9:21 AM

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good vibes 2 u phil :-) s
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Mar 25 2009 2:26 AM

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Mar 19 2009 11:04 AM

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Mar 11 2009 7:39 AM


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Mar 2 2009 8:59 PM

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Jan 6 2009 5:52 PM

Ya disponible el nuevo CD de la banda punkcore por excelencia del Madrid de los noventa, herederos de la sacudida del RRV, criados en las okupas del sur de Madrid; vuelven los incombustibles SPIDIKFLOTES, disco nuevo, lleno de sonidos rabiosos. PUNK + CORE = SPIDIKFLOTES www. wcdiscos. com/tien TRADES are WELCOME. Nos gusta intercambiar y colaborar con otros grupos, sellos, fanzines…, si estas interesado, escribenos: info@wcdiscos.com SPIDIKFLOTES en el local de ensayo, tocando el tema :PUTOS NAZIS http://es. youtube. com/watch?v=G46zNFNgQkM Si quieres contratar a los SPIDIKFLOTES ponte en contacto con nosotros
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Dec 24 2008 3:23 PM

Por fin disponible uno de los discos mas esperados de este año; de las cenizas de KAOS URBANO y con miembros de AGRESION, GUITAR MAFIA, BAJO KLERO y SUBLEVADOS sale esta banda de auténtico punk rock. Herederos de Cicatriz, con ramalazos barriobajeros a lo BANDA TRAPERA, refrescan el continuo apalancamiento de los grupos a un mismo sonido. Es difícil deshacerse de la banda que será la vuelta a la originalidad en el punk. www. wcdiscos. com/tien TRADES are WELCOME. Nos gusta intercambiar y colaborar con otros grupos, sellos, fanzines…, si estas interesado, escribenos: info@wcdiscos.com
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Dec 14 2008 9:57 PM

Hi and thanks for accepting our friend request! We've added some new tracks so please stop by again and take a listen to our work.
Cheers and best of luck in the New Year - Sally
Ben Stewart - ANGRY BIRDS AVAILABLE NOW on ITUNES





Nov 13 2008 11:49 PM

Hi Phil.
Thanks for looking at my site, Hope you're having a good one
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Nov 12 2008 3:43 PM

Suerte con vuestros proyectos, Aquí os dejamos información de las nuevas ediciones de la Working Class Records Pasaros por la tienda www. wcdiscos. com/tien
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Aug 20 2008 6:31 AM



Sunday 24th August, Sharif’s new mix set for ADream brings together originals, trip-hop, world music, funk, downbeat electronica, disco and of course some soul . Enjoy love Sharif (click link below).
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Jul 25 2008 4:11 PM

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Peter Malick





Jul 22 2008 5:04 PM

digging it!
EL Zero





Jul 21 2008 3:43 AM

SHOW SOME LOVE




STIF SAY
aswatt (ramallah underground)





Jul 19 2008 7:06 PM

Greetings from Palestine...!
james katz





Jul 17 2008 2:44 PM

ey phil, thanks for listening and for your friendness, we really appreciate the support! if ya want, you can hear more songs at jameskatz. com
have a thrilling thursday.

-james and the JK street team

Hannah Acfield


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Jul 17 2008 8:45 AM

Hey Phil,

Sounds great! see you round
Hannah ox
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Jul 16 2008 1:49 PM

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Jul 5 2008 4:36 AM

You are fabulous, Phil!

Best,
Ruthie Bram
4ZzZ 102.1fm





Jul 2 2008 11:24 AM

Thanks for being friends with 4ZzZ Phil. Love your music!

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Jul 2 2008 1:23 AM

Thanks for the visit and support, Phil! Good tunes!

Immigration Songs
Wally





May 26 2008 6:21 AM

g'day Phil

Fantastic gig on Saturday night - that's a handy band you've put together. The CD sounds great too.

Please keep me posted on the trio shows.

cheers
Geoff
ANTaR





May 5 2008 2:43 AM

Hi Phil, have you heard we're a finalist for a MySpace impact award? We're in the running to win a $10,000 donation :)
Please vote for us because a donation of this size would be so helpful to ANTaR - the pic below is a link to the page where you can vote ...

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Thanks for your help!
Priscilla @ ANTaR
Luucy. in the sky with diamonds.





May 2 2008 11:54 AM

new songs up phil!
they are great
i like the album cover
hope all is well x
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