Not in Our Name CD
Not in Our Name CD is a pro-peace album in support of the victims of the Iraq War featuring jazz, folk and classical music, songs and poetry. It arose from the Facebook group "Impeach Tony Blair" and was recorded in October 2015 in London and Manchester.
The CD includes a eulogy by Craig Brierley whose brother was killed in Iraq in 2003. Their father, Peter Brierley, confronted Tony Blair, refusing to shake his hand, and is a staunch anti-war campaigner and seeker of answers to the "weapons of mass destruction" question. He was one of the driving influences in creating the CD.
Peter Brierley was interviewed about the CD on Good Morning on ITV on 30 October 2015.
Personnel
- Alisha Sufit – singer, songwriter, poet
- Stephanie de Sykes – singer, songwriter
- Earl Okin – singer, songwriter, musician, arranger, comedian
- Debi Doss – singer
- Annie Skates – singer
- Mary Carewe – singer
- Ray Souter – writer
- Tom Laimer-Read – writer
- Tim Hain – singer, songwriter
- Tormey Woods – singer
- David Erdos – actor and director
- Cary Elwes – actor
- Julie Hesmondhalgh – actress
- Maxine Peake – actress
- Michael Smiley – actor
- Heathcote Williams – poet and actor
- Caroline Kennedy – writer
- Janis Hetherington – writer
- Allison Carmichael – CD cover designer
- Cliff Jones – producer
Track listing
Listings are in the format:Track – singer or performer
- "Bomb Babies" – Annie Skates
- "Blair’s Jerusalem" – Choir
- "Bombs Over Basra" – Julie Hesmondhalgh
- "Bomb Babies Reprise" – Annie Skates
- "The Great John Chilcot" – Cary Elwes
- "We Three Things" – Choir
- "BLIAR" – David Erdos
- "Bomb Babies Reprise" – Annie Skates
- "The Right Thing To Do" – Michael Smiley
- "Silent Night Reprise" – Choir
- "Tony Blair – Tory Lite" – Earl Okin
- "Ode To Dick Cheney" – Cary Elwes
- "Mr Blair" – Alisha Sufit
- "Silent Night Reprise" – Choir
- "Blair Of Wars And Glory" – David Erdos + Choir
- "The Mock Inquisitor" – Julie Hesmondhalgh
- "If I Ever Get Home" – Tim Hain
- "Eulogy To My Brother" – Craig Brierley
- "Who Did This To Me?" – Maxine Peake
- "Somewhere In Baghdad" – Annie Skates
- "Dying Child" – Stephanie De-Sykes
- "Silent Night Reprise" – Choir