SPRING OFFENSIVE TOUR!
Fresh from almost 4 months in the U.S. and Europe, I will be touring the Southeast in February and March sharing stories and perspectives from Occupy encampments around the country and their counterparts in Europe, and helping stir up energy for the Occupy movements “Spring Offensive”!
Interview with Ryan Harvey and Mark Gunnery of Riot-Folk by Folk to Folk.
| NEWS AND UPDATES | NEW SONGS & WRITINGS |
| I have posted a few new songs up at the Riot-Folk website, including a song about the uprising in Wisonsin in February and March (which was sort of inspired by my time here in Barcelona, Spain where a similar movement arose in May), a song called Today and Tomorrow that was inspired by both the book The Subversion of Politics by Georgy Kastiaficas and my time spent in Berlin recently, and a song called The Farmer and the Dishwasher that I wrote after taking a bus up the west coast of the U.S. and thinking about the wide expanses of poverty that make possible the bubbles of wealth there, but also about human ability to find love, community, and hope even in situations that require great struggle. There’s also a video up on YouTube of me and Chelsea Carnes from the band Dirty Fist! playing this song live recently in Den Bosch, Netherlands. Go check em out! Recordings coming sometime… | [writings] Can’t Find the Protest Songs? Check Inside the Movement.[songs] Autumn [writings] Occupy Wall Street and Beyond: An Update from the United States [writings] Veterans March on New York Stock Exchange, Port of Oakland[writings] Veterans Respond To Attack That Critically Injured Former Marine[songs] Old Story[writings] “Globalization” Is Coming Home [songs] Lost and Found [writings] Occupy Wall Street: Report from the Times Square March |
[songs] Once We Bury Fascism
[songs] Today and Tomorrow
[songs] Wisconsin
[writings] Protests Grow in “Europe’s Next Greece”
Update from Europe!
YOU CAN NOW ORDER MY NEW CD THROUGH ODONIAN RECORDS, A PROJECT I AM HELPING LAUNCH. Orders will not be mailed out until early October, when I return home from Europe.
Hey everyone! I have just finished 3 awesome shows in Poland and am about to perform in a social center here in Orlova, Czech Republic. Been having a wonderful time here in Europe, learning so much history and stories of current struggles, meeting amazing people, playing some really energetic and crowded shows, and getting a lot of my new CDs out!
Took a late-night bike tour of the Warsaw Ghetto area including the only remaining stand of the wall, and paid my respects to those who rose up there against the Nazis. Also got a nice tour of the areas just east of the Berlin Wall, where thousands of squatters took up a major fight for housing after the fall of the wall. Got a nice history of the squatting battles and saw some of the amazing current projects. Also got to hear about the reaction to the squatting ban in the Netherlands, visited the amazing students and allies who have been holding down the Free Heatherington occupation at the University of Glasgow for 7 months, helped support and met anti-fascist activists in London facing prison terms for fighting racism in the streets, and hung out with some of the rad folks who have been attempting to blockage Shell in northeast Ireland (Rossport) in defense of that community’s land.
All in all, this is great! See my TOUR section for full details of my upcoming shows in Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium, the UK, and Ireland!
FOR ALL OF YOU WHO PRE-ORDERED A RECORD: I had to delay the pressing of my record because I did not have enough money in the end. About 300 dollars worth of donations never came through due to folks not having the money anymore when it was time to charge their cards, and due to a few hidden fees I hadn’t calculated correctly when planning the release. Hopefully within a week I will begin the process, as I will have enough to pay the initial deposit by then (I hope).
“Far Away From Here”, live in San Diego, 2011
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“Man That I Look For”, May 2011.
“Fulfill It”, Home-made Video, March 2011
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New Page, New Stuff!
Hey everyone, welcome to my new music page! It’s still in the works, so for a few weeks, my music, ordering, and some other sections will be under construction.
FOR ORDERS, GET AN ALERTPAY ACCOUNT OR WAIT TWO WEEKS FOR ME TO GET MY NEW PO BOX. UNTIL I FIGURE MY ORDERING PROCESS, I WILL BE TAKING ORDERS VIA EMAIL AND PROCESSING THEM INDIVIDUALLY.
I put this together because the beloved riotfolk.org can’t host videos well and has very limited control over content/images/multimedia. This hopefully will fill some of those holes.
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This year is going to be a big year for me, as I attempt for the first time to sustain myself in some capacity from my music and tours.I come to this decision through a few years of experience in trying to maintain a strong musical presence while working a full-time job (it didn’t work out too well). So, I’m seeing if I can’t maintain a balance whereby I can tour more and get to all the places I haven’t been before or haven’t been to recently.
Let’s see what happens… Thanks for your support, and thanks for stopping by!
-Ryan
