{"id":5848,"date":"2018-11-22T11:12:30","date_gmt":"2018-11-22T11:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/?p=5848"},"modified":"2019-01-21T07:14:47","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T07:14:47","slug":"commoners-choir-round-up-feat-reem-kelani-stephen-hartley-leeds-film-festival-and-george-orwell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/2018\/11\/22\/commoners-choir-round-up-feat-reem-kelani-stephen-hartley-leeds-film-festival-and-george-orwell\/","title":{"rendered":"Commoners Choir November round up (feat. Reem Kelani, Stephen Hartley, Leeds Film Festival and George Orwell)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5850\" src=\"https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DsMcWFDXQAAurC5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DsMcWFDXQAAurC5.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DsMcWFDXQAAurC5-768x429.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a busy few of weeks for Commoners Choir. Singing (and starring in) the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leedsfilmfest\/status\/1059138140169035777?s=04&amp;fbclid=IwAR3wA2gBjQegAecuyB9f-sysd0BqCTCRBpQKv9eV9Cw6JfzyYzioLELnKRs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds International Film Festival<\/a>, being part of the George Orwell Exhibition and\u2026\u2026my best bit of all\u2026.doing a gig with the Notsensibles!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5851\" src=\"https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_4930-e1542878548491-2000x1055.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_4930-e1542878548491-2000x1055.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_4930-e1542878548491-768x405.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This flurry of activity started when we supported <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reemkelani.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reem Kaleni<\/a> at a charity gig for a Palastinian Womens charity based in Sheffield. She&#8217;s planning an LP of cover versions and I don&#8217;t know why but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reem.kelani.5\/videos\/2514378438588834\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I wasn&#8217;t expecting this one&#8230;..<\/a> Reem is a force of nature (\u201cvoice of an Angel, swears like a trooper\u201d as Mark put it) who had us singing backing on a few of her numbers. With very little prep, she managed to pull a great sound out of us and wore her Commoners patch with pride.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"True North \u2013 The Story of a Song\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NW9rDjd5pyI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The film festival event was the public debut of a documentary by Commoner Phil Moody, aided and abetted by Commoner Carolyn Edwards, about the song \u2018True North\u2019 which we did with 2 other choirs at the start of &#8216;The Great Exhibition of The North&#8217; in Newcastle. One of those wonderful events that you look back on with great pride, which this short film elegantly captures. It&#8217;s 20mins long so grab a cuppa and have a look.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5857\" src=\"https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_4997-e1542882411711-2000x1008.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_4997-e1542882411711-2000x1008.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_4997-e1542882411711-768x387.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Boff wrote a song about George Orwell and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Road_to_Wigan_Pier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Road to Wigan Pier<\/a> for the set of food-based gigs we did earlier in the year called \u2018More than a Mouthful\u2019 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.commonerschoir.com\/Shop.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tea towels still available<\/a>). With food poverty and foodbanks on the rise it feels like we\u2019re \u2018walking back to Wigan Pier\u2019. So, when the curator of the travelling, Orwell inspired art gallery, asked us to sing it at the Leeds opening, we jumped at the chance. You can hear us and see the art here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Room 103 @Studio24, Leeds\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-pOb413Hg6o?start=3&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The next night we were up in Lancaster at an amazing Co-op they have up there &#8211; not the music one that<a href=\"https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/2018\/10\/20\/the-lovely-eggs-rob-auton-mush-brudenell-social-club-19-10-18\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> the Lovely Eggs helped save<\/a>, but another one with shared eco housing and an old mill (<a href=\"https:\/\/haltonmill.org.uk\/about-the-mill\/industrial-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Halton Mill &#8211; where they used to make elephants<\/a>) that\u2019s been turned into an arts space. Our support was the Stephen Hartley band \u2013 ex of the Notsensibles who did a great set of new songs (and one old one) with loads of stories in between \u2013 mainly aimed at \u2018Boffo\u2019 as they were in the same class at school together in Burnley. He\u2019s also been an A+E consultant in his time as well as running a record label, doing some printing and keeping an allotment. <a href=\"https:\/\/louderthanwar.com\/stephen-john-hartley-painting-snails-a-rock-roll-doctors-tale-book-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I got his book and what a great read it is!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5859\" src=\"https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_5020-e1542882649269-2000x1259.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_5020-e1542882649269-2000x1259.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_5020-e1542882649269-768x484.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So with one more gig to go (Hebden Bridge Trades Club \u2013 14<sup>th<\/sup> Dec) it\u2019s been another tremendous year for this raggedy band of ne&#8217;er-do-wells\u2026.heaven knows what we&#8217;ll be doing next year &#8211; what a joy!<\/p>\n<p>Bob the Chiropodist<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5852\" src=\"https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/45518678_10217752970399986_3585097270275604480_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"278\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/45518678_10217752970399986_3585097270275604480_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/45518678_10217752970399986_3585097270275604480_n-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5854\" src=\"https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/44161337_10157715984454045_6395586378284924928_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"184\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5856\" src=\"https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/44028716_10157713507114045_6127991404435079168_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/44028716_10157713507114045_6127991404435079168_o.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/44028716_10157713507114045_6127991404435079168_o-768x689.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5855\" src=\"https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/43732132_10215708029627066_8532974611166396416_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"571\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/43732132_10215708029627066_8532974611166396416_o.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/43732132_10215708029627066_8532974611166396416_o-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5860\" src=\"https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/46399586_2277593029141793_7998861596451405824_o1-2000x972.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/46399586_2277593029141793_7998861596451405824_o1-2000x972.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/46399586_2277593029141793_7998861596451405824_o1-768x373.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"lazysocialbuttons\" data-float=\"left\" data-buttons=\"google,twitter,facebook\" data-twshareurl=\"https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/2018\/11\/22\/commoners-choir-round-up-feat-reem-kelani-stephen-hartley-leeds-film-festival-and-george-orwell\/\" data-twtext=\"\" data-shareurl=\"https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/2018\/11\/22\/commoners-choir-round-up-feat-reem-kelani-stephen-hartley-leeds-film-festival-and-george-orwell\/\" data-fbhideflyout=\"false\" data-backgroundtype=\"light\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been a busy few of weeks for Commoners Choir. Singing (and starring in) the Leeds International Film Festival, being part of the George Orwell Exhibition and\u2026\u2026my best bit of all\u2026.doing a gig with the Notsensibles! This flurry of activity &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/2018\/11\/22\/commoners-choir-round-up-feat-reem-kelani-stephen-hartley-leeds-film-festival-and-george-orwell\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5848"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5898,"href":"https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5848\/revisions\/5898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sleigh-munoz.co.uk\/quims\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}