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Can A Rock Band Make History?

The Tenementals @tenementals.bsky.social · 14d

£4500 raised for Doctors without Borders last night in Kinross. Many thanks to the organisers (Jane & KLEO), to all the great acts we shared a stage with, and to the audience for being so generous! Next stop - St. Andrews Uni Music Dep't, Sat 4 Oct, for a day of talks and performance. Free entry!

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The Tenementals @tenementals.bsky.social · 16d

Did you tune into this @historyworkshop.org.uk podcast? Check it out!

History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 16d

Can a rock band make history?

Glasgow rock band, the Tenementals (@tenementals.bsky.social) explore what it means to create radical history through music.

A Glasgow rock band, The Tenementals, explore what it would mean to create radical history through music.

www.historyworkshop.org.uk

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The Tenementals @tenementals.bsky.social · 18d

tomorrow!

The Tenementals @tenementals.bsky.social · 18d

Two Tenementals benefit gigs this week - Wednesday in Glasgow for Honorary Scotians, Friday in Kinross for Doctors Without Borders. We’ll be playing a full set at both (and we're on last). Both start at 7pm. Here’s some words from David. Come along and help us spread the word!

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The Tenementals @tenementals.bsky.social · 19d

yeah, that's a pity. Yes, the stones and more are amazing. Govan was also the location for the only film ever directed by Sean Connery.

The Tenementals @tenementals.bsky.social · 20d

Govan Old Parish Church has an extraordinary collection of medieval burial stones which are more than well worth visiting- and a great shop which is now stocking our album, on CD and vinyl. Swing by!

The Tenementals album and the stained glass windows of the church

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The Tenementals @tenementals.bsky.social · 21d

Many thanks to Zara and the @uofglasgow.bsky.social staff who helped host The Tenementals Listening Post for Glasgow Doors Open Day this afternoon. Thanks to those who bought records, CDs, t-shirt and/or signed up to our mailing list. The biggest draw on the day was, of course, The Tenementalsauras

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu9t...

The Tenementals @tenementals.bsky.social · 23d

Three years tonight we performed our first full gig! Stephen Sheriff, the then Director of Glasgow Doors Open Day Festival programmed us to play Glasgow Trades Hall. We were super-chuffed to be awarded 'Outstanding Event of the Festival' award a few weeks later. Were you there?

The Tenementals playing at Glasgow Trades Hall

The Tenementals picking up 'Outstanding Event of the Festival Award'

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The Tenementals @tenementals.bsky.social · 25d

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The Tenementals @tenementals.bsky.social · 26d

People Make Glasgow!

A night of poetry, comedy & music hosted by Honorary Scotians, a charity which integrates new Glaswegians into the city

Wed 24 Sep, 7-10pm. FREE. Book a space at the e-mail below. We are on last - and we're playing a full set. See you there! open.spotify.com/track/7x7caJ...

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The Tenementals @tenementals.bsky.social · Sep 9

Thanks to whoever created a Spotify playlist for Die Moorsoldaten. Our full-length German-language version sits astride some celebrated performers – Luke Kelly and The Dubliners, Pete Seeger, Hans Wader, Paul Robeson, Ernst Butsch, Choir of the GDR People’s Army!
open.spotify.com/track/1ph3Ck...

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The Tenementals @tenementals.bsky.social · Sep 8

Here'e a link to more info about the film fundraiser we posted about earlier.

Georgia Alexandria Johnson @thisisacallfromjj.bsky.social · Sep 3

Here We Are |

We've spoken about this moment for the last 580 days.. We're welcoming the feelings that are asking to be felt, wringing all we can out of these last days because once he walks out of those doors, EVERYTHING changes.

#documentary #prison #incarceration #family #traumahealing

The Tenementals @tenementals.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thanks to the always on-the-ball, Mr @lostglasgow.bsky.social for noting that today is the anniversary of the execution of John Baird and Andrew Hardie for their part in the 1820 Radical Rising. Our 1820 song focused on a man deported whose name remains uncertain ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lat1...

The Tenementals - Peter Pike or Pink (ft. Sarah Martin)

This Is A Call From Josh Johnson, Will you answer?

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The Tenementals @tenementals.bsky.social · Sep 8

Here's a film crowdfunder that you might want to support.
Read more at the link .....

www.indiegogo.com/projects/thi...

A documentary about rebuilding, release, and radical sibling love across prison walls. | Check out 'This Is A Call From Josh Johnson, Will you answer?' on Indiegogo.

www.indiegogo.com

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Stephen Baker @stephenbaker.bsky.social · Sep 6

Beautiful song. Beautiful voice.

The Tenementals @tenementals.bsky.social · Sep 6

One year ago today, we put this video out into the world. The inimitable Monica Queen on vocals, singing a cover of a Victor Jara classic, accompanied by Simon on guitar. What a voice!

Catch Monica Queen and Thrum performing at Airdrie Town Hall, Saturday 13 April.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ege...

The Tenementals (ft. Monica Queen) - Te recuerdo Amanda

The Tenementals (ft. Monica Queen) - Te recuerdo Amanda

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The Tenementals @tenementals.bsky.social · Sep 6

One year ago today, we put this video out into the world. The inimitable Monica Queen on vocals, singing a cover of a Victor Jara classic, accompanied by Simon on guitar. What a voice!

Catch Monica Queen and Thrum performing at Airdrie Town Hall, Saturday 13 April.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ege...

People Make Places: Popular Music and Scottish Urban Identity

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The Tenementals @tenementals.bsky.social · Sep 4

Free symposium @uniofstandrews.bsky.social - 4 October.

People Make Places: Popular Music and Scottish Urban Identity

"The heart of the project is The Tenementals, who tell the story of Glasgow in music. How might popular music contribute to community-building in the east of Scotland?"

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The Tenementals @tenementals.bsky.social · Aug 30

Free symposium on Popular Music and Scottish Urban Identity at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social on Saturday 4 October - there's performances, talks and more. Book a place here: events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/peopl...

Part of a larger project exploring the links between research and practice, this day involves both banter and bands.

events.st-andrews.ac.uk

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Peter Davies @pdavies.bsky.social · Aug 27

I love this bilingual version of Die Moorsoldaten / Peat Bog Soldiers by the excellent Tenementals

The Tenementals @tenementals.bsky.social · Aug 27

On this day in August 1933, left-wing political prisoners in Börgermoor, a nazi concentration camp, first performed Die Moorsoldaten, or Peat Bog Soldiers. Here’s a video of our German/English version, featuring Lily Mohaupt. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaCK...

The Tenementals - Peat Bog Soldiers (Die Moorsoldaten)