Bearing Witness by David Rovics

When the genocide of the people of Gaza began in October, 2023, and I began to write a series of urgent songs on the subject, Chet Gardiner shared that sense of urgency, and started taking the songs I was putting out there and making great improvements upon them from his home studio in Hawai'i. In January we put out a 20-song album together called Notes From A Holocaust.

This album is a continuation of those efforts, but with a somewhat expanded scope. Roughly half the album consists of songs about the Gaza genocide that I've written since we put out Notes From A Holocaust. The other half of the album are songs I've written and recorded in the past few years, that either Chet or I thought would be good candidates for enhancement -- plus the much older songs, "St Patrick Battalion" and "In One World" for good measure.

For my part, I'm either playing a guitar, an Irish bouzouki, or a mandola. Everything else you hear is Chet, which includes electric and acoustic instruments of all descriptions, including guitars, basses, banjos, synth, percussion, vocal harmonies, and more.

The cover photo was taken at a gig in France by Isabelle Souriment, who also designed the album cover.

Tracklist

1.	This Is Genocide	2:16

2.	Song for Aaron Bushnell	2:55

3.	Song for Gaza	3:20

4.	Taking to the Waves	2:30

5.	Flour Massacre	2:14

6.	Lines Are Drawn	2:26

7.	Airdrop	3:05

8.	What I Learned from the Hasbara Trolls	4:05

9.	Smashing Elbit Systems	2:43

10.	Hollywood Bread	4:15

11.	Centralia	3:54

12.	East Palestine	2:39

13.	The Last Time the US Invaded Russia	2:30

14.	It's Not A Trade War	2:53

15.	Russian Influence (Hands Off Uhuru)	2:41

16.	Without Henry Kissinger	3:02

17.	Ballad of the TikTok Ban	3:40

18.	Pedie Perez	2:50

19.	St Patrick Battalion	3:21

20.	The Last Words of Kevin Zeese	2:32

21.	In One World	4:20

Credits

released April 19, 2024

License

CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. See the Creative Commons website for details.