For over five years the HOPE not hate Facebook team have ended the evening with a song. Sometimes sad, sometimes funny, sometimes groovy…
Always, whenever possible, it’s been topical.
There’s been banjos, there’s been rap, there’s been pop, there’s been reggae, there’s been punk. There’s been Strange Fruit.
There’s been arguments, there’s been suggestions and even occasionally, the odd outrage. After all, it’s only music.
Five years on, we still haven’t had Take That or One Direction, but we did have Simon Le Bon one night. For one night only.
Now those clever people that do the ‘Goodnight’ song have got together and found 22 fantastic tracks by 22 fantastic artists and put them on a CD. Some you will have heard, some you will not have. There’s a few up and coming gems on the ‘Goodnight’ CD as well as firm favourites.
It’s coming out in May and all of the monies raised will go back into campaigning against racism and fascism.
We’ll be putting the link to buy the album out soon. It’s limited edition, so you’ll need to get in quick!
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