Lee Brickley

Some of you may have seen via my social media pages that I've announced a brand new album project called "Songs for Rojava" due for release within the next two to three months. The aim of the project is to raise more awareness about the Kurdish struggle and the Rojava revolution, and the album will be available for FREE to absolutely everyone. There is going to be a CD version if you prefer that rather than a free download, and it will also be possible to stream the album on Spotify and iTunes, etc. However, I'm making the entire collection of songs and the artwork downloadable at no cost online so that Kurdish supporters and solidarity campaign groups can burn copies of the album and sell them at fundraising events. I will publish a guide for those who want to do that when the time comes - it's easy. The album will feature lots of new Rojava and Kudistan-related songs as well as newly recorded versions of Song for the YPJ , On A Cold Night In Syria , and O...

Hi comrades! I just wanted to point you in the direction of a music video for my song "Ocalan" created by the guys at GerilaTV. I've embedded the video below, so you can check it out here. Download the song HERE

Hi comrades! In case you haven't seen via my Facebook or Twitter pages, I've just released a new song that tells the story of imprisoned Kurdish freedom fighter Abdullah Öcalan. You can listen to the track for free here or download it if you want to support my music. I wrote the song because I feel that the story is interesting and often overlooked. I also discovered that websites like Facebook tend to ban accounts for posting ANYTHING related to Ocalan or the PKK which I find rather disturbing. I mean, regardless of your political opinions and whether or not you consider the man to be a terrorist (more than 140 countries don't while around 49 do), the Kurdish Worker's Party and their movement is an important part of the history of the entire region. Removing even the slightest mention of Ocalan from Facebook stinks for that reason alone. Will the song get my Facebook account banned? Who knows? Luckily, I've been posting about it online for a couple of da...