Posts about This Is The Fire from Pete's journal at petelawrence.net.
Pete Lawrence
This Is The Fire
It's been quite a journey so far. Pete shares the spring's flurry of guest sessions — drums from Sean Randle, fiddle from Elizabeth Davidson-Blythe, a brass arrangement from George Shrapnell, vocal harmonies from Infinite Vocals — plus an afternoon at Geoffrey Richardson's Richardsonics Studio in Kent, and the road ahead to mixing and a Sing Out retreat at Trealy Farm.
Read on petelawrence.net →Writing from Trealy Farm in the hills near Monmouth, Pete introduces new co-producer Oskar Vizan and recounts ripping through seven vocal tracks in two days at his north London studio, plus a trip to Devon to record Marnie Hunter — all while the crowdfunder keeps the album moving toward an early 2027 release.
Read on petelawrence.net →With renewed interest in the legacy of protest music — sparked in part by the Bob Dylan biopic — Pete makes the case for a new era of communal singing, and launches the crowdfunding campaign in support of the album: thirteen songs already written, ready for the production that will transform them into something special.
Read on petelawrence.net →Pete was interviewed on BBC 5 Live about the inspiration behind This Is The Fire, discussing the events at Glastonbury and the many shapes protest can take — and what it means to build new ways of doing things through song.
Read on petelawrence.net →In today's divided world, where are the universal anthems? Pete writes on the legacy of 'We Shall Overcome', 'This Land Is Your Land' and 'Blowin' in the Wind' — songs that were tools of resistance as much as soundtracks to activism, carried by Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Odetta, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Joan Baez and others whose anthems are still sung today.
Read on petelawrence.net →Gitika ended up leading some stirring community singing sessions at last August's Campout, and it was thrilling to hear the new songs 'This Is The Fire', 'If I Had a Voice' and 'Bubble of Love' in this social context. Pete reflects on finding his own voice as a songwriter and singer, encouraged by Gitika Partington, and traces the project back to spring 2024.
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