RedCeltic
24th July 2001, 06:09
I cliped this from Sinn Fein's Republican news for all interested. Considering that there are a few IRA supporters in this community I figured this may interest some.
>>>>>> Classic resistance album reissued
Throughout Ireland's proud history of rebellion and struggle,
songs and verse have been used to capture the atmosphere of
momentous events, and the prison struggle against criminalisation
is no exception.
To mark the 20th anniversary of the 1981 hunger strike, which
culminated in the deaths of ten young men, the album H-Block,
originally produced in 1980 in support of political prisoners'
rights in Long Kesh and Armagh, has been reissued.
This digitally remastered CD features memorable tunes including
The Rights of Man and Taimse i mo Chodladh, songs including the
H-Block Song and 90 Miles from Dublin, and poems including Guest
of the Queen and A Retort.
The wealth of talent on display in these ten tracks is
formidable. Christy Moore, Francie Brolly, Dan Dowd, Mick Hanly,
Noel Hill, Tone Linnane, Donal Lunny, Matt Molloy, and Declan
Sinnott. Actor Stephen Rea reads three poems, two of them written
by prisoners in the H Blocks and smuggled out by relatives.
Through words and music, the plight of the prisoners and the
strength of their endurance and resistance is emotively evoked.
This one could be handed out as a primer on the prison struggle
along with David Beresford's Ten Men Dead. If you haven't got the
original album, get out and invest today.
H-Block is available, price #10.99, from all Sinn Fein outlets
([email protected]) and branches of Dolphin Discs.
>>>>>> Classic resistance album reissued
Throughout Ireland's proud history of rebellion and struggle,
songs and verse have been used to capture the atmosphere of
momentous events, and the prison struggle against criminalisation
is no exception.
To mark the 20th anniversary of the 1981 hunger strike, which
culminated in the deaths of ten young men, the album H-Block,
originally produced in 1980 in support of political prisoners'
rights in Long Kesh and Armagh, has been reissued.
This digitally remastered CD features memorable tunes including
The Rights of Man and Taimse i mo Chodladh, songs including the
H-Block Song and 90 Miles from Dublin, and poems including Guest
of the Queen and A Retort.
The wealth of talent on display in these ten tracks is
formidable. Christy Moore, Francie Brolly, Dan Dowd, Mick Hanly,
Noel Hill, Tone Linnane, Donal Lunny, Matt Molloy, and Declan
Sinnott. Actor Stephen Rea reads three poems, two of them written
by prisoners in the H Blocks and smuggled out by relatives.
Through words and music, the plight of the prisoners and the
strength of their endurance and resistance is emotively evoked.
This one could be handed out as a primer on the prison struggle
along with David Beresford's Ten Men Dead. If you haven't got the
original album, get out and invest today.
H-Block is available, price #10.99, from all Sinn Fein outlets
([email protected]) and branches of Dolphin Discs.