The War on Trevor – Coming Soon!
The War on Trevor – Coming soon!!
The War on Trevor (WOT) is a narrative piece of music depicting the plights of a luckless London lad whose life unravels in 1 day. Drawing on recent incidents of Jean Charles de Menezes, who was killed by police when he was misidentified as a bomber – and Moazzam Begg, the British Pakistani imprisoned for being suspected as a terrorist, the WOT speculates on the emerging Kafka-esque reality of trying to live in a culture increasingly disabled by fear and retribution. Musically, the WOT is a mix of guitar interludes, accordion, double bass, cello, drums and clarinet with 4 song sections – ‘The Miranda Warning’, ‘Signal Failure’, ‘The Shami Chakrabarti Blues’ and ‘The Banks of the Arghandab’. We never hear Trevor or ascertain his guilt or innocence. Instead, Trevor is mute, blank slate on which various people project their phobias, pathologies and revenge. The WOT is not Gillespie’s 3rd album. It is a project awarded by the Female composer/songwriter launched by the PRS.
The War on Trevor Tour 2012
Feb 17th – The Lighthouse Theatre, Pool
Feb 20th – The 606 Club, London
Feb 22nd – JAZZ FM @ The Boisdale, London
March 9th – Women of the World Festival @ the Southbank, London
April 13th – Much Wenlock Poetry Festival
April 15th – Lichfield Guildhall, Lichfield
April 19th – Ropetackle Arts, Shoreham by Sea
April 21st – The Barn, Snailwell Suffolk (SOLO)
April 24th – The Albion Beatnik Bookshop, Oxford
April 25th – The Command House, Rochester
April 26th – The Vortex Jazz Club, London
April 27th – Wakefield Jazz Club, Wakefield
April 28th – St David’s Hall, South Petherton
May 27th – Black Mountain Jazz, Abergavenny
June 3rd – Strwberry Hill Jazz Festival, Richmond
