This double CD is a companion to Garth’s book Against the Grain, contains some new songs like Against the Grain itself, songs from different stages of Garth’s recordings, and some demos not previously released.
Featuring:
Against The Grain – 2018
Raise The Flag – 2006
Do Unto Others – 2018 (new recording)
Rivers, Mountains and Trees – 1999
Lifeline of Hope – 2018
Immigrant Eyes – 2018
Stealing Jesus Back – 2006
The Hungry Wind – 1982
We Don’t Do Body Counts – 1994 (demo)
Not In My Name – 2003
Rainbow Over Kampala – 1983
Love Song For The Earth – 1976
Eternal Echoes – 2006
Physical Pain – 1979
I Will Return – 1974 (with Chris Barber Jazz & Blues Band)
Alien Brain – 1985
Oscar Romero – 1985
Come Home Mar Gregorios – 2018
Poets of Nicaragua – 2010
Cast Your Net Again – 2003
Did He Jump…Or Was He Pushed – 1979
The Writing On the Wall – 1992
Hail Glorious Morn – 2013
Number One – 1974
Love Bade Me Welcome – 1992
Bread Of Life – 1993
Goodbye To All The Heroes – 1978
Red Hot and Cooking – 1982
How The Dice Falls – 1981 (demo)
Golden Studded Jukebox – 1980 (demo)
May You Live To Dance… On Your Own Grave – 1978
This double CD represents more than 40 albums released by Garth Hewitt over 45 years – with eight never-before-released tracks and two previously appearing only as vinyl singles, you’ll experience Garth’s variety of styles and subjects ranging from worship songs on justice (from the album Justice Like a River) to 1840s Chartist hymns Garth put to music on his recent album Liberty is Near! There have also been two children’s albums and one in Spanish! Garth has been joined on his records by a wide variety of artists: Bryn Haworth, B J Cole, Beth Rowley, Jessy Dixon, Sir Cliff Richard, Martyn Joseph, Randy Stonehill, Ben Okafor, Reem Kelani, Penny Cave, Mark Heard, Paul Field, Paul Pilot, Duke Special, Denise Ogbeide and many more including his own daughter Abi and daughter in law Eils Hewitt – you’ll hear many of these on this album.
This album is a companion to Garth’s autobiography/Memoir also called Against the Grain. In the book Garth tells what motivated his ministry of music and justice. He shares his influences – his early years – tells the story of his involvement with the Greenbelt festival from its earliest days. He talks about his sense of vocation both as a priest and in terms of his commitment to issues of justice. Garth tells of the creation and work of the Amos Trust that he founded and also how and why he got involved in the struggle for justice for Palestine.