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Garth’s new album – and a 12″ single!
My Name Is Palestine
Garth says, “I was in Banksy’s Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem where there is a gallery for Palestinian artists, and saw a painting by the superb Palestinian artist Suleiman Mansour. I found the painting so powerful, I said that I would like to put together a song sparked off by this painting – I thought it could be a 12” vinyl single with the painting on the front cover.
I told my good friend Wisam Salsaa, Manager of the Walled Off Hotel, and he phoned Suleiman for his permission, which was kindly given. I then wrote to various Palestinian friends showing them the painting, and asked them for their thoughts. Those thoughts I have reflected in the lyrics. It all came together as this song, My Name is Palestine.”
To accompany the single, and for those without a record player (!) Garth has released a CD with My Name Is Palestine as the title track, along with ten further songs emphasising the dignity and value of each human being, with a strong rejection of the arms trade and war.
Order your vinyl single here, or your CD here
The Devil’s Moment
When the bombers are flying in the name of peace
With people hungry when they needn’t be
It’s the demon of greed when selfishness wins
It’s the devil’s moment.
When the innocent die because our cause is right
When fear is alive and cuts like a knife
When unfaithfulness wins and mistrust is alive
It’s the devil’s moment.
An aeroplane against a clear blue sky
Fearfully guided by an evil eye
Both sides of the world so many will die
It’s the devil’s moment.
Kyrie eleison, kyrie eleison
Kyrie eleison, kyrie eleison
When we turn away and pass on by Read more…
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Garth Hewitt writes redemption songs
and then sings them without fear.
His voice comes through clearly,
challenging us by his witness to act for justice. His is a brave voice,
needed more than ever in a fearful world, and in a sometimes timid church.
Please God, it will help us
sing redemption songs of our own.
The Revd Lucy Winkett
Rector, St James’s Piccadilly
previous Chair of Trustees of Amos Trust