All the songs on this CD have been selected from a number of Banner Theatre productions past and present that focused on the effects of austerity, and the gradual and deliberate dismantling of the welfare state, and the NHS in particular.
Tracks
1. Lewisham Porky Pies
Interview clip: Anita Downes, Palliative Care Nurse, Lewisham Hospital
2. I Believe In You
Interview clip: Su Lowe, Health Visitor
3. Broken City
4. Gold, Greed, Avarice
Interview clip: Allyson Pollock, Professor of Public Health Research and Policy, Newcastle University
5. I Read The News Today
Interview clip: Christos, Disabled People Against Cuts
6. Scapegoat
7. Rise, Like Lions
8. Which Side
Interview clip: Becky Everett, Teaching Assistant
9. We’re Not Going back
Interview clip: Elizabeth Ogden, Health Campaigner
10. Milk And Honey
Produced and engineered by Vince Pryce.
Mastered by Matt Cook.
All songs written by Dave Rogers, with additional lyrics by Vince Pryce on Land of Milk and Honey. The tunes and arrangements were created collaboratively.
Banner Theatre Musicians: Rosie Cartlidge, Philippa Girling, Anthony Gouldburne, Vince Pryce, Dave Rogers, John Sanderson, Damon Wilding, Fred Wisdom.
Image & jacket design by Dave Walsh.