That’s it from us for another week dear reader. Be sure to tune into Mike Ritchie’s show on Celtic Music Radio on Sunday where he’ll be talking about our top 10 Americana artists of all time, which we finished running down this afternoon while we battened down the hatches for all those artists we missed out. Let us know what you think.
In the meantime, there’s another national Palestine demo tomorrow and this tweet by Cat Stevens caught my eye. ‘Where Do the Children Play?’ was of course the opening track from his 1970 album “Tea for the Tillerman” but has a particular resonance today with its lyrics: “Will you tell us when to live? Will you tell us when to die?” Take care.
I once wrote a song called ‘Where Do The Children Play?’ meaningful to many of us perhaps, but totally meaningless to the poor children of Palestine. They are just asking for a place to sleep, some food to eat, a night without fear of being bombed or losing their limbs, a chance… pic.twitter.com/TZ8awDcUUN
— Yusuf / Cat Stevens (@YusufCatStevens) February 15, 2024