'A highly subversive pairing of two of the left's most eloquent songwriters.' - Daily Telegraph. '...some of the most literate and well-made topical songs now being written.' - New York Times. In this glorious two-DVD set Britain's finest living songwriters are captured live (on tour in Berkeley California) presenting two nights of their original songs words and inimitable performance. Turning Silence into Song (Disc One) showcases a pair of career-spanning 'greatest hits' with a suitable sprinkling of new and previously unreleased material. All introduced... and contextualized with a large helping of trademark wit and dry irony. The Liberty Tree (Disc Two) tells the story of 18th century political activist's Tom Paine's extraordinary life interweaving Paine's own words from his letters and the pamphlets which made him one of the most influential and dangerous writers of his age with extracts from newspaper reports diaries letters and other documents of the times. Together you'll find over four hours of the finest contemporary songs stories humour and observation from the greatest practitioners of the craft. Track Lisitng: Be Reasonable Conversation on a Mobile Where Are the Barricades? Deep Down Underground Harry's Gone Fishing Charlie I Close My Eyes The Ghost of Georges Brassens Penny Pot Lane Bringing the News from Nowhere Small Revolutions Everybody Loves Like Love The Big Wheel The Poet the Wife and the Monkey Karl Marx City Blues When I Look Up Song of the Olive Tree My Father's Jewish World Red and Green The World Turned Upside Down [show more]
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The British songwriting duo captured live in Berkeley, California, over two nights. The first concert features a mix of the pair's greatest hits along with a selection of new material. In the second concert, the two men take the opportunity to tell the story of American political activist Thomas Paine using his own words from various letters, pamphlets, newspaper reports, diaries, and other documents.
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