Chris T-T : Images Of War and Red Songs discussion

Here's a youtube-sized edit of an interview/discussion i had with Brighton-based singer-songwriter and Morning Star columnist Chris T-T. His music often deals openly with political issues (both with a capital and lower-case 'p') and has in the past included frank and barbed lyrics in reaction to the invasion of Iraq. His 2005 album 9 Red Songs is comprised entirely of protest tunes including 'Preaching To The Converted' which, as mentioned in the video, deals with the act of protest itself. With this year's album Capital he has completed a trilogy of albums centred around a general theme of London, and he is currently touring with his band The Hoodrats in support of former Million Dead vocalist Frank Turner.

Here he discusses his reaction to the current Brighton Photo Biennial, in particular the Julian Stallabrass-curated Iraq Through the Lens of Vietnam, the perceived change in Western student ideology between those wars, and his own aims as a protest singer.