A video for unity

Some old fool in Wales has long been banging the drum of unity.
Reject division, privilege and exploitation.
Reject the ransacking of our democracies by capital.
One world for the people NOT corporate interest.
Enqiries:
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Ne Plus Ultra - Live video from The Cellar Bar Cardigan

Live performance of Ne Plus Ultra, 26th January 2012, at The Cellar Bar, Cardigan.

I played three songs at The Cellar Bar, Cardigan last night

Another fine night of song at The Cellar Bar, Cardigan.
I weighed in with three songs:
Here Today, Dangerous Times (only finished writing it yesterday morning) and Long Way From Home.
I also accompanied Bob Bawden from Whisky Business on a nice slow blues. Thanks Bob !

Live at The Red Lion, Cardigan

I played four songs at the Red Lion, Cardigan last night:
Here Today
The Seeds Of Wrath,
Life Goes On
Sights & Sounds.

Listen to my live session on Radio Tircoed 21st January 2012

Steve Kelly Live session on The Acoustic Program, Radio Tircoed 20/1/201 by Andy Boyt on Mixcloud

Here's a complete podcast of the Acoustic Programme featuring my four song live session + my interview with Andy Boyt.

Can we have some economic development please Mr Osborne

                                           George Osborne

The UK economy contracted by -0.2% during the final quarter of last year.
The bad news is that the effects of the Euro Zone crisis hasn't properly begun to impact upon the economy yet. There is a six to nine month 'lag' between events and their having an impact.
So they WILL fully impact upon the economic figures for the second and third quarters (and beyond) of this year.
Unfortunately things look set to get a whole lot worse.
Oh, and in April another tranche of cuts kick in ....

How The Guardian reported this news

Since when did the UK become a fascist country ?

In the wake of sickening news that the Conservatives propose to cap benefits it is clear that their policy of divide and rule is taking grip.
As with public sector pensions - where any decent thinking person realised that the issue was that many private sector pensions were too low - it is not that benefits are too high, the problem is that in many parts of this country wages are too low and rents are too high.Never mind that this travesty was never put before the electorate.
Never mind that they don't have a mandate to tear up the Welfare State.Just mind that it is both utterly immoral and a weasel-minded betrayal of the people of this country who fought for a better future during the last war.
Since 1948 we have had a universal system of collective entitlement: we all pay in, we all get something out when we need it.
It is the mark of a civilised society that it takes care of its most vulnerable members; the young, the elderly, the sick and the unemployed.
When did we DECIDE to stop doing this ?
This government is an utter disgrace.
Just as the people of this country defied the vilely warped regime of Hitler I spit in their millionaire faces with utter contempt.
HOW DARE THEY !!!!!

Moral capitalism ? Someone's having a laugh !

The hammer of the disabled, David Cameron, is now to make a speech about moral capitalism ?
Surely that is a oxymoron if ever I heard one.
That's like saying "here's a friendly shark".
Strewth !
BBC report of the issue

She Is Rain

A simple love song - elemental affirmations - a soul mate - an anchor.
When joy can become tears - tears can become joy.
At the point of bursting when you can't quite believe your luck.
So you whisper it quietly when you really want to shout it out loud, for fear of someone tapping you on the shoulder and saying 'nah, it ain't for you mate'.

Live In Session on Radio Tircoed

I will be playinjg live in session on Radio Tircoed's the Acoustic Programme this Friday evening - 20th January 2012.
The show is presented by Stu Loosemoore and Andy Boyt and will be on 8pm-10pm UK time.
You can listen on-line:
Radio Tircoed
Just go to the site and click the 'Listen Live' tab.

Beautiful comment from Cheryl Beer

This is what the most wonderful Cheryl Beer had to say about my performance at the Cellar Bar open mic night on Thursday.
I am conpletely humbled.
"Saw Steve playing live with just his acoustic guitar at an Open Mic night at the Cellar Bar in Cardigan last thursday night and the hairs stood up on the back of my neck ... so moving to watch such a beautifully quiet and unassuming man fill the room with his innermost soul :)"

Here is Cheryl's webpage:
Cheryl Beer

And her page on Facebook:
Cheryl Beer on Facebook

Live at The Cellar Bar, Cardigan

Shock, horror !
I played five songs at the Cellar Bar, Cardigan last night:
Sights & Sounds, Four Horsemen, On Your Own, Suburban Villa and Ne Plus Ultra.
Listen to On Your Own below - although it is not 'live' as advertised. Hmmmm

A Walk Through The Paris Metro

From my friend, the wonderful French singer Emma Mory - the video features Emma with her daughter Camille-Molly on a journey through the Paris Metro. The accordion music is by Patrick Houdusse.

Listen to the songs of Emma Mory:
Emma's songs on YouTube

Enjoy !!!

Just imagine

The people who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world are the ones who do.

Occupy Wall Street

It's the economy stupid !

Cameron was it again yesterday.

Blaming the country's present economic problems on profligate spending by the previous government. 

No, no, no. A thousand times no.

Spending under the previous government was neither spectacularly high nor spectacularly low - broadly it was on a par with Lady Thatcher's Conservative administrations. In short it was affordable and when he was in opposition Cameron pledged to match the spending until 2010.

No, our present difficulties were caused primarily by the recklessness of the banks and other financial markets and institutions.

We now suffering cuts because the country bailed out the banks. That is why we have such a large deficit - and to address another lie - it is not at an historic high, even for peace time.

The problem is that Cameron has reversed the growth policies of the previous government with the result that growth has flat lined, inflation is rising and so is unemployment.

In the first few days of its administration the coalition scared the living daylights out of consumers by raising the prospect that we could end up as another Greece - not only did this destroy consumer confidence it was also utter twaddle. 

Greek debt, as a perecentage of GDP, is over twice the size of ours - and Greek borrowing is through high interest, short term, loans whilst ours has always been at lower rates over much longer periods. There was never the remotest possibility that we would go the same way as Greece.

However, we now have the worst of all worlds - a stagnating domestic economy, a European financial crisis and a struggling economy in the States.

Where, pray, is the growth supposed to come from ?

Yet the British public, in its infinite stupidity, still thinks that Cameron is the best person to deal with our economic situation.

Pah, let's see if that holds when the cuts really start to bite next April.

Steve Kelly 6th October 2011.
Review of the speech in The Guardian

Life Songs - poking you with a pointy stick

Sure, it's rude to point but it needs to be pointed out, in a pointed way, that Steve Kelly & Andy Towell's album 'Life Songs' is available.
Just pointing you in the right direction......
Buy it here from Endless Records

Life Songs - now available on eBay

The album that I have just released with Andy Towell - 'Life Songs' - is now available via eBay:
Click here to buy Life Songs on eBay

Life Songs - Launch day +6

Steve is trying to play it all cool - what with Andy clearing off to the Cayman Islands with the proceeds from their new album 'Life Songs' - the irony being, of course, that 'Life Songs' lays bare much of the human experience by exploring our fears and our foibles.
At the moment Steve is colourfully exploring one of the seven deadly sins - can you guess which one ?

Support wit, intelligence, classic song writing and Steve and Andy's 'joie de vivre'.
Get the album here:
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Life Songs - Launch day +5

‎'Life Songs' is an album about life's experiences and lessons.
One might say that it is all a question of trust.
I trust Andy - his friends and family might think that he is camping in Cornwall - but we know better don't we .....
Buy the album now:
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Life Songs - Launch day +4

Andy Towell sends his love from the Cayman Islands.
He doesn't wish that you were there, that would spoil it, now wouldn't it.
Be happy that he is leading the lifestyle of the internationally revered rock god on your behalf.
That is why you bought the album, so that he can do all of the things that you can only dream of doing.
It's one of life's little lessons that .
'Life Songs' is the new album by Steve Kelly & Andy Towell.
Buy it so that Andy Towell can continue to live his life of luxury.
Available now from:
Endless Records