Brought together under the auspices of socialist folkie and author Leon Rosselson, this splendid double CD is crammed with a lo-fi fury against the state we’re in. Rosselson is aided and abetted in his righteous indignation by a mighty host that includes Palestinian-British singer Reem Kelani, Frankie Armstrong, Peggy Seeger and socialist magician (apparently the only one) Ian Saville.
Arising from Occupy! and fuelled by a deep disquiet at the actions of Britain’s coalition government, the Anti-Capitalist Roadshow’s subversion is aimed at the arms trade, the dismantling of the welfare state and ‘the delirium of consumerism’. There is a great, if nostalgic, sense of political community that pervades the collection. Musicians guest on each others’ tracks and sing, musically and metaphorically, in concert.
