by Les | Feb 6, 2020 | News
‘Firies’ Song’ was written by Melbourne singer-songwriter Les Thomas on the 31st of December, 2019 while this summer’s horrific bushfires were at their peak in Southern NSW and Far Eastern Victoria. What started with a few simple lines of verse, has grown...
by Les | Nov 7, 2019 | News
Donald Trump’s October withdrawal of US troops from the Rojava region of north-east Syria, home to the Kurdish allies who fought off Isis, and the subsequent Turkish invasion, created an instant humanitarian catastrophe with more than 300,000 internally...
by Les | May 30, 2017 | News
Every Friday night in June, Kingsbury Bowls Club presents Les Thomas with very special guests June 2 w/ Bill Jackson June 9 w/ Frank Jones (Whirling Furphies) and Alison Ferrier June 16 w/ Justin Bernasconi and Cat Canteri June 23 w/ Jed Rowe June 30 w/ Small Town...
by Les | Jan 14, 2015 | News, Video
January 11, 2015 marked 13 years since the opening of US detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. As part of the international campaign for its closure, Dr. Aloysia Brooks, torture prevention advocate, and songwriter and human rights advocate, Les Thomas, have...
by Les | Oct 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
Melbourne singer-songwriter and activist Les Thomas will be launching his “Survivor’s Tale” album at the Petersham Bowling Club on Sunday, November 9 with supports from Darren Cross, Lisa Caruso and Not Good With Horses. Les Thomas is a...
by Les | Aug 16, 2014 | Blog
Robin Williams’s death has prompted an avalanche of comment about depression and suicide, most of which has been sympathetic, celebrating what he generously gave the world through his art, but some of it has been blindly judgmental. When depression is ignorantly...
by Les | Jun 19, 2014 | Blog
“Budget Reply (Hey Joe)” by Les Thomas is Australia’s first musical response to Joe Hockey’s deeply unpopular 2014 Budget. The song is a direct and witty protest against cuts targeted at the young, the unemployed, the elderly, Indigenous programs, Medicare, education,...
by Les | Jun 10, 2014 | Blog
Dear friends, I’ll be visiting France and England for the first time this July with my family. Though the main reason for the trip is to visit friends and relations, it would be crazy not to line up some small, strictly not-for-profit or fundraiser shows with all...
by Les | May 22, 2014 | Blog
Last Sunday saw the first large protests against Joe Hockey’s disgraceful first (and hopefully last) budget and I was very happy to be able to perform “Budget Reply” which was written the day after the budget was delivered. Of course, no one that I...
by Les | Mar 19, 2014 | Blog
Three days on from March in March and I’m still buzzing from the experience. In the last 19 years I’ve probably been to more rallies than polite company would tolerate, but there are a number of things that make March in March significantly...
